Irish Youth Music Awards NATIONAL DAY AVIVA STADIUM Sat April 16 2016 Iymas National Day
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IYMAs OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Irish Youth Music Awards NATIONAL DAY AVIVA STADIUM Sat April 16 2016 IYMAs National Day Hello and welcome to the ninth Irish Youth Music Awards National Day. It’s been a brilliant year with lots of regional events throughout the coun- try and lots of new clubs and projects getting involved in the IYMAs programme. It’s been a pleasure to travel up and down the country and see the brilliant talent and communi- ties of young people working together to create their own music scenes within their youth clubs and projects. Today is about them and showcasing what they do and most importantly for those involved to have fun meet new friends and create new connec- tions with other young people doing the same things in their communities. We see the IYMAs as a stepping stone for those involved to learn new skills and to further their journey into em- ployment and education opportunities within the creative and music industry that exists within Ireland and overseas. Thank you so much for coming and special thanks to all our sponsors, supporters, youth leaders, clubs, projects and most importantly all the young people involved, have a great day. Barry Lennon, Director Irish Youth Music Awards Youth Work Ireland would like to welcome you all to ninth National Day for the IYMAs which marks the launch of Youth Work Ireland Week 2016. Our organisation’s theme for this year is Mental Well Being. As this is our flagship programme we want to explore supporting young people, look at employment opportunities within the creative industries while working together as a team. We are excited to have so many new clubs and projects involved this year and we would like to thank all the participating regions, sponsors and supporters who have helped nurture and grow the IYMAs programme throughout the year. Patrick Burke, CEO of York Work Ireland 2 IYMAs Official Programme Introduction........................................................... 2 Contents.................................................................. 3 Overview of this year’s IYMAs..................................... 4 Day Schedule.................................................................... 5 Main Stage Performances............................................... 6 IYMAs Representating Acts ........................................... 8 Educational Hub ............................................................. 10 Mentors............................................................................ 12 Music Industry Panel..................................................... 13 Vocal & Music Workshops.............................................. 14 IYMAs Recipients info.................................................... 15 Our Venue today.... The Aviva Stadium is a world class sports stadium with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lans- downe Road stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and replacing it as home to its chief tenants: the Irish Rugby Union Team and the Republic of Ireland football team. The stadium, located adjacent to Lansdowne Road railway station, was opened in May 2010. The stadium is Ireland's first, and only, UEFA Elite Stadium and in 2011, it hosted the Europa League Final. It also hosted the inaugu- ral Nations Cup, as well as the regular home fixtures of the national rugby team, national football team and some home fixtures for Leinster Rugby from August 2010 onwards. 3 IYMAs 2016... what a year! This year marks the ninth year of the Irish Youth Music Awards and with our ten-year anniversary next year, we are very excited to welcome young people from over fifteen youth services across the island of Ireland. We have young people participating from Youth Work Ireland Member Youth Services, CDYSB (City of Dublin Youth Services Board, Crosscare and our strategic partners in Northern Ireland YANI (Youth Action Northern Ireland). The IYMAs involves over 340 youth clubs and over 150 projects in communities all over Ireland. The local youth club, or service, is at the heart of the community where people come together to be part of something important in their community. To date over 85,000 young people have taken part in and benefited from the IYMAs and each year we hope to grow this number and support our future cultural entrepreneurs. It’s been a very busy year since last year’s National Day with lots of news.... the two IYMAs performers Jake Mc Ardle (2015 IYMAs Recipient act for team Louth) and Laura Duff (2015 Song writing winner for team Limerick) – pictured above had the opportunity to perform for the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins sharing the bill with Dublin act Little Green Cars. This marked the launch of the IYMAs album featuring team Louth and songwriter Laura Duff. This was released nationally through HMV Ireland and also received a worldwide digital release through I-Tunes, Spotify and several other digital providers. The IYMAs is now officially a challenge partner of Gaisce which means young people participating in the IYMAs programme can use their involvement to count towards their Gaisce award. We are excited to have Ireland’s leading contemporary music college, BIMM Dublin involved in the national event again as our educational partners. This year’s Educational Hub has increased to two rooms so check the schedule for times and don’t forget to sign up to the workshop you want to attend as places are limited. We will be providing workshops and a support panel to young people who are looking to further their careers in the creative and musical industries. We would like to thank all our partners and supporters who have made this year very special. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Irish Youth Foundation, IMRO, Youth Action Northern Ireland, BIMM Dublin, Music Maker, Gaisce and all the young people, youth workers, clubs and projects across Ireland who participated this year. We can’t wait to work with you all again next year. So go have fun and have a great day and remember to tweet, post, share and Facebook the events from today #iymas IYMAs Team 4 Day Schedule PRESIDENTIAL SUITE 10.45am Doors Open 11am Speeches 11.15am IYMAs MC Laura Karaliute from Carlow Regional Youth Services will introduce our special guest. 11.25am Special Guest Jake Mc Ardle, IYMAs recipient act for team Louth 2015 11.40am First act introduced by IYMAs MC Laura Karaliute from Carlow Regional Youth Services 11.45am IYMAs representing acts part one 2pm Stage Closes – Lunch 2.45pm Stage Reopens 3pm IYMAs representing acts part two 5.30pm Mentors feedback 5.40pm Presentation of team work certificates 6pm IYMAs 2016 Songwriter Award Presentation 6.15pm IYMAs 2016 Announcement and Presentation 6.30pm IYMAs 2016 Representing Act Performance 7pm Close of Event LEADERS RECOMMENDED STAGE 10.20am Over 20 Bands/Acts will play on this stage throughout the day. EDUCATION HUB 10am Registration for workshops See page 10 & 11 for full schedule 5 Presidential Suite Stage Performers 11.45pm JANAJ Youth Work Ireland Galway 12.15pm Kojak Ossory Youth (Kilkenny) 12.30pm Emily Boyne St John Bosco (Drimnagh) 12.45pm The Meladies Crosscare Dundrum Rathdown Youth Service 1pm Sam Newcomb Waterford and South Tipperary 1.15pm Corina and Ciara Ballymun Regional Youth Resource (BRYR) 1.30pm Distant Youth Limerick Youth Service 1.45pm The Silhouettes Youth Work Ireland Tipperary 6 Presidential Suite Stage Performers 3.15pm The IV CDYS Youth Work Ireland (Cork) 3.40pm 32 Thirteen Donegal Youth Service 3.55pm Keith Kirwan Finglas Youth Resource Centre 4.10pm Mikaela Doyle Carlow Regional Youth Service 4.25pm Curtis Walsh Youth Work Ireland Laois 4.50pm Red House Youth Action Northern Ireland (Belfast) 5.15pm Ariel Youth Action Northern Ireland (Newry) 7 IYMAS PARTICIPATING ACTS 32 THIRTEEN CURTIS WALSH ARIEL EMILY BOYNE MIKAELA DOYLE SAM NEWCOMB THE SILHOUETTES DISTANT YOUTH JANAJ REDHOUSE CORINA & CIARA KOJAK THE MELADIES THE IV KEITH KERWAN 10 11 Mentors Today’s mentors will be overseeing todays regional acts on the main stage, and will be involved in selecting the IYMAs 2016 recipient. Keith Johnson (IMRO) As Director of Marketing and Membership of IMRO, Keith Johnson overseas all of the organisation’s membership development and marketing activities. An honours business graduate from Trinity Col- lege and DIT, his role at IMRO also sees him looking after all advertising, promotional, sponsor- ship and online activities. Over the years he has built up a strong reputation for his knowledge of the songwriting and publishing worlds. He runs the annual IMRO Showcase Tour and also handles the regular series of IMRO songwriting workshops, masterclasses, industry seminars and collaborations. In the spring of 2005, Keith was centrally involved in getting the Music From Ireland initiative – supporting Irish artists at international music events like SXSW, CMJ and Eu- rosonic – off the ground. The project has gone from strength to strength. He is past Chairman of First Music Contact (FMC). Johnson was also centrally involved in the production of the Deloitte Report on the Irish music industry with was produced in early 2015. He is also a member of the steering committee for the 'Mapping Popular Music in Dublin' research project and was recently an External Examiner on a review committee for the BIMM Dublin BA (Hons) Commercial Modern Music. Gráinne Biddle - Sony Music Ireland Currently working as Press and Promotions Executive for Sony Music Ireland. Artists I work with include; Little Mix, George Ezra, Ella Henderson, Hermitage Green,