The Association of Irish Choirs (AOIC) believes that whole class and whole school singing could become an integrative part of the primary school music curriculum. The AOIC is currently working with teachers at the teacher training colleges to foster whole class and whole school singing. To encourage more primary school teachers to incorporate singing at all levels into their classroom activities, the AOIC will launch a primary schools choral singing information booklet at the Ireland’s Schools Choirs and Feis Ceoil 1897-2017 commemorative concert in the Mansion House on December 13th. The concert, It’s the Taking Part That Counts, is a nationwide initiative to get Ireland’s schools singing. The booklets will be available free to all primary schools from January 2018 (aoic.ie).

Source: The Irish Times December 12, 2017 00:00 UTC