Music as a Tool for Social Inclusion (PDF) - Cork City Council

Section 2:
Local Music Education
Services in Cork City
2.1. Introduction and Approach
The information and analysis in this and the following sections is based on responses to
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a questionnaire completed by 10 local community and voluntary music organisations.
The researcher also interviewed key individuals in the organisations, consulted, made
site visits, and held workshops with learners at the Cork Academy of Music and the
Togher Music Project and School.
The groups involved in this research include three pipe bands, two brass­and­reed
bands, two choral groups and three community music educ tion providers:
Ballyphehane and District Pipe Band
Barrack Street Band
Butter Exchange Band
Cork Academy of Music
Cork Children’s Chorus
Cork Music Works
Saint Finbarr’s Pipe Band
Togher and Fire Brigade Pipe Band
Voices of Cork
Togher Music Project and School
See Appendix 1 for a description of the origins and activities these community music
education providers undertake.
The formation of the Cork Community Music Network (CCMN) crystallised during the
research process and the work and challenges facing the Network will be presented
in section 6. The researcher acted as an external facilitator for CCMN, a role that also
helped to inform this report.
39. A number of other groups were also invited to take part in the survey but did not take up the opportunity
for a variety of reasons.
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