The Top 10 Learning Moments from ThinkND Series “An Irish Christmas at Kylemore”

Key Quotes, Event and time stamps

• “The joy we see in the audience is the reason for doing our job. It’s an amazing thing to be able to share such great music, to be able to bring carols old and new, and, for the students, to have that experience of presenting something special for an audience every single year.” (Desmond Earley)
  • Exploring New Choral Music for the Christmas Season, 7:57
• Working with living composers allows a musician to journey to something new and ensures that one is always open to the gift of a new musical perspective.
  • Exploring New Choral Music for the Christmas Season, 22:21
• Creating music is more than writing lyrics and harmonies, it is about infusing meaning for both the listener and the performer.
  • Exploring New Choral Music for the Christmas Season, 22:39
• Christmas music provides a unique opportunity because of the Nativity and redemption imagery that can be employed and the importance that it holds for its listeners.
  • Exploring New Choral Music for the Christmas Season, 28:16
• Fairy tales don’t have to communicate conformity to one happily ever after, the dialogue can be expanded to encourage us to seek the ending that we choose.
  • Spinning Yarns, 10:06

“The joy we see in the audience is the reason for doing our job. It’s an amazing thing to be able to share such great music, to be able to bring carols old and new, and, for the students, to have that experience of presenting something special for an audience every single year.” — Dr. Desmond Earley Founding Artistic Director University College Dublin College of Arts & Humanities

• We all have different viewpoints on a story, displaying how complex and multi-layered they can be, offering different meanings to each reader.
  • Spinning Yarns, 15:52
• “It’s about looking at something and respecting the fact that it has stood the test of time and thinking about how I can engage with this wonderful thing and how can I add to this conversation.” (Betsy Cornwell)
  • Spinning Yarns, 17:08
• Classic stories are important to the rhythm of human life because they reflect the human experience that we all share.
  • Spinning Yarns, 18:55
• Jazz is emerging as a sacred form of song and can be used to foster a deeper relationship with God.
  • Sacred Music for Advent and Christmas, 9:02
• Ancient Gregorian Chant is a treasured, sacred art form, but adding new melodies allows for a new perspective on them and the creation of a new sound.
  • Sacred Music for Advent and Christmas, 19:01

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