Longford pupils to perform at National Concert Hall in RTÉ lyric fm final

The St Teresa's National School Killoe music group, under the direction of Carmel Corr and Grainne Fox, were recently announced as one of the six primary school finalists in the 2024 Waltons RTÉ lyric fm Music for Schools Competition.

The talented Killoe pupils will now perform in the 2024 Music for Schools Competition Finalists Concert, in the National Concert Hall on Monday, April 8 at 1pm, where Zoë Conway and Liam Ó Maonlaí will be among the adjudicators.

The finalists (six primary and six post-primary) were revealed on RTÉ lyric fm on Friday, March 1.

There was a huge response from schools around the country when this year's Competition was announced last December, and the closing date saw a deluge of primary, post-primary and special school entries flooding in from 19 different counties.

The Competition’s first-round adjudicators were enormously impressed by the high standard of entries this year and the imagination, musicality and effort evident in each of them, and they had their work cut out for them in selecting just twelve groups (six primary and six post-primary) to perform in the 2024 Music for Schools Competition Finalists Concert, which will take place in the National Concert Hall on Monday, 8 April at 1pm.

At the Finalists Concert, distinguished adjudicators Zoë Conway and Liam Ó Maonlaí, as well as one of the Competition co-directors, will select six of these groups – three primary and three post-primary – to win First, Second and Third prizes, as well as €2,000, €1,000 and €500 vouchers for musical instruments and equipment from Waltons Music Ireland for their schools.

The Finalists were selected based on several criteria, including musicality, originality, inclusiveness and how effectively and creatively they addressed this year’s Competition theme, 'Music Moves’.

Primary Finalists
Carrig National School, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, Co. Limerick
Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan, Aonach Urmhumhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Knockanean National School, Ennis, Co. Clare
LurgyBrack National School, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
St. Teresa's National School, Killoe, Co. Longford

Post-Primary Finalists
East Glendalough School, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Lucan Community College, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Scoil Mhuire, Trim, Co. Meath
St. Mary's Secondary School, Edenderry, Co. Offaly
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Macroom, Co. Cork

The first-round adjudicators also selected a standout entry to perform in the Finalist Concert – a group from Scoil Bernadette Special School, Montenotte, Co. Cork.

In addition to the Finalists, the adjudicators also singled out groups that were not selected but of particular merit as either Commended or Highly Commended. 

Head to newschool.ie/2024finalists for more information