Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland To Include The Lincoln Center In U.S. Tour

The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI), Ireland’s most acclaimed youth orchestra, has announced its presentation of The Crossing, Celebrating Cultures and Connections on October 29, 2009. The event will take place at 8 PM at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.

One of Europe’s leading youth orchestra conductors, Maestro Gearóid Grant, will conduct the concert, and featured performers include renowned tenor Emmanuel Lawler and piper Patrick Martin.

They will perform alongside Drum and Piping Corps and be accompanied onstage by a variety of Children’s Choirs from select schools across New York.

The CBOI was founded in 1995 by former music teacher Sharon Treacy-Dunne as a means of bringing young people from different backgrounds and communities together through the powerful medium of music.

The CBOI celebrates youth, music and peace, and hopes to bring that message with them as they tour the United States. “I believe through music we can empower young people to help in the healing of their differences, and overcome the division of race and religion by teaching children tolerance. They are the future of cultural transformation,” Treacy-Dunne said. The Orchestra is currently comprised of 130 young people from around Ireland, aged 12-24 years.

In addition to its core membership, CBOI provides essential musical education to over 5000 children from Primary and Secondary Schools all over Ireland and often fills a void where no musical outlet exists.

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