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Caoime Glavin from Caherina at the 2015 Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Awards at the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin last Thursday. Photo by Peter Houihan
A TRALEE student was one of seven finalists at a national awards ceremony last week.
Caoiṁe Glavin (18) from Caherina, was one of the finalists at the 2015 Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Awards sponsored by Top Security, Ireland’s largest classical music competition for secondary schools.
Seven finalists from Kerry, Kildare, Dublin, Louth and Meath competed at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin on Thursday, November to win the top prize of €3,000 to further their fledgling musical career.
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Caoiṁe, a sixth year student at Presentation Secondary School in Cloonbeg, plays the horn and she performed two pieces on the night. They were ‘Horn Concerto No. 1’ by composer Rickard Strauss and ‘Horn Concerto No. 2’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Caoiṁe was the only Kerry student competing at the event and she received a €250 bursary. The top €3,000 prize was won by pianist Eoin Fleming from St. MacDara’s Community College in Templeogue, Dublin.
The Awards were created in 2001 by Top Security chairman Emmet O’Rafferty to honour the memory of the late priest, who was a music teacher at his old school, Castleknock College.
Their aim is to showcase outstanding young musical talent in Ireland and are open to sixth year post-primary students of strings, woodwind, brass and piano.
Chairman Emmet O’Rafferty of Top Security said, “The standard this year was particularly high and my congratulations to Caoiṁe on her success in reaching the final seven. She joins a line of incredible young talent to have performed at these awards.”
The €3,000 top prize must be used to attend a recognised place of tuition, a course of study in Ireland or abroad or on a purchase necessary for the development of their talent.
