Music to our ears

By Katie O'Keeffe

Beautiful melodies will surround Glanmire today as a music marathon take holds and it's all for a great cause.

A school of music is holding the 12-hour music marathon in aid of the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal today, Thursday, in the surroundings of Glanmire Community College from 9am-9pm when students and staff will play various genres of music continuously for 12 hours during which time they will attempt to raise much needed funds for the Irish Red Cross and their Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Attendees can hear everything from classical music to traditional music and everything in between. From 4.30pm members of the public are welcome as walk-ins to wander around the various performance spaces and soak up the atmosphere.

Carol Daly, Principal of the Cork ETB School of Music, said: “Through this musical offering, we want to bring not just practical support for Ukraine, but to communicate some joy by doing what the students and staff do best. So, make sure you call to see us from 4.30pm to experience the amazing talents that this School of Music has to offer.”

In a joint statement ahead of the day the group said: “As we see the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time unfold before our very eyes we feel as helpless as the rest of the world does. As musicians, both teachers and students alike, we feel that the greatest contribution we can make is through our art and our time. There is strength and unity in music. It is a universal language that transcends politics and violence.”