The Musical Futures Northern Ireland pilots are now underway. Schools in Derry and Belfast will be piloting Musical Futures to assess its need, suitability and whether any adaptations need to be made. All schools will be trialling non-formal teaching and informal learning approaches with a minimum of one class. They will be working with Wall2Wall Music, who will be supporting the work with practitioner support.

Watch this space for more on how the pilots are going, what teachers and students think, and new resources developed by teachers in Northern Ireland to support Musical Futures.

For further information about the pilot programme in Northern Ireland please contact Sarah Murphy, Musical Futures Northern Ireland Coordinator, tel 07811 107065, email smilesmurphy@googlemail.com

Resources Developed by Northern Ireland Pilot Schools

Footage from the training days June 2011
A selection of videos from the training days in Northern Ireland - see how the teachers and practitioners adapted to being students and learning informally! 

Footage from the training day in Belfast, November 2011

Northern Ireland Champion Schools

Limavady Grammar School
3 Ballyquin Road, Derry, Limavady, BT49 9ET
Aideen Hughes (music teacher), ahughes699@c2kni.net, Derek Collins (Head of Music), dcollins852@c2kni.net

Northern Ireland Pilot Schools

Immaculate Conception College
Trench Road, Waterside, Derry, BT47 2DS
Catherine Alexander (Head of Music), calexander473@c2kni.net

St. Brigid's College
Glengalliagh Road, Derry, BT48 8DU
Evelyn McGinley (Head of Music), emcginley110@c2kni.net

St. Cecilia's College
Bligh's Lane, Derry, BT48 9PJ
Claire Cutliffe (music teacher), ccutliffe011@stcecilias.derry.ni.sch.uk, Fiona Logue (Head of Music), flogue479@stcecilias.derry.ni.sch.uk

St. Patrick's and St. Brigid's College
55 Main Street, Claudy, BT47 4HR
Gareth Doherty (Head of Music), info@claudyhigh.claudy.ni.sch.uk

St. Peter's High School
Southway - Foylehill Estate, Derry, BT48 9SE
Marie Strawbridge (Head of Music), mstrawbridge265@c2kni.net, Jennifer O'Kane (music teacher)

The following schools joined the pilot in Northern Ireland in January 2012: 

St Columb’s College
Buncrana Road; Derry; BT48 8NH
Brendan Mc Ginn (Head of Music) bmcginn930@stcolumbs.com 

Foyle View School
15 Racecourse road; Derry; BT48 7RE
Denise White (Head of Music)  dwhite772@foyleviewsp.londonderry.ni.sch.uk

Lisneal College
70 Crescent Link road; Londonderry; BT47 5FQ
Karin Flanagan (Head of music)
karinjflanagan@yahoo.ie 

 
 
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