| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1451 | Anonymous | I am a parent of a child in NYSTO and I am very dissappointed to note the decision of the board of NYOI and I would ask that the decison be reexamined. |
| 1452 | Liz Burke | |
| 1453 | gerard condon | |
| 1454 | Tom Quinn | |
| 1455 | Allie Orr | |
| 1456 | Andrew Orr | |
| 1457 | Patrick Lagus | |
| 1458 | Aisling Agnew | |
| 1459 | Maeve Hoban-Logan | |
| 1460 | Jayne Maguire | |
| 1461 | Anne Harte | |
| 1462 | alan casey | |
| 1463 | Jennifer Murphy | Amalgamating the two orchestras will result in a massive loss of support from players of both orchestras and is an extremely disappointing decision in my opinion. Having a single orchestra with players aged from 14 to 21 would seriously hinder the progress and success these separate orchestras worked so hard to achieve in the past. Jenny Murphy, Cork. |
| 1464 | Hugh Murray | |
| 1465 | Professor Denys Turner, Yale University, USA | |
| 1466 | Marie Turner | |
| 1467 | david flynn | It is a disgrace that Ireland is losing one of its best orchestras. I had the pleasure of seeing the NYOI play The Rite of Spring a few years ago and the energy they put into the performance was astonishing. I know many great musicians who have developed thanks to the NYOI. Now it is being downsized and that is simply ludicrous. Instead of decreasing orchestras we should look to the examples of countries such as Finland where almost every large town has an orchestra. Where is the Galway, Cork, Sligo Symphony Orchestra?
The Arts Council wastes a lot of money every year funding established, financially secure Aosdána artists who seem to have more interest in making political statements than creating great music/art/literature. I think this money would be far better spent helping to keep groups like the NYOI and the National Chamber Choir away from the kind of commercially minded decisions which their current boards have imposed on these organisations.
The board members of the NYOI, National Chamber Choir and The Arts Council have an awful lot to answer for in the way they are destroying the present and future prospects for classical music in Ireland. It is simply unnacceptable in a country with one of the strongest economies in the world that such things can happen. Shame on you, Shame on you all. |
| 1468 | Kathleen Moore Walsh | |
| 1469 | Anonymous | |
| 1470 | Liam Ryan | |
| 1471 | Jane O' Loughlin | |
| 1472 | Elizabeth Griffin | |
| 1473 | rachel walsh | |
| 1474 | Mary Brophy | My daughter had many happy years with the jnyo. I think it would be a great shame to amalgamate the two. |
| 1475 | Mark Fulton | |
| 1476 | Robert Foley | |
| 1477 | John Breen | |
| 1478 | Sarah Byrne | |
| 1479 | Kenneth Lyons | Its a shame. |
| 1480 | Heather Cassidy | |
| 1481 | Samuel Webb | |
| 1482 | Ulla Raiskio | |
| 1483 | Rosanna Timmins | Save the NYO
My children had such fun,learned so much and made life long friends in the NYO. Save the NYO
for my grandchildren please |
| 1484 | MAURA FAHY | |
| 1485 | Noel O'Mahony | |
| 1486 | Marketta Kivimaki | |
| 1487 | Paula O'Connor | |
| 1488 | Hazel Farrell | |
| 1489 | Anonymous | |
| 1490 | kay fahy | don't separate them |
| 1491 | Jane Daly | I am amazed and dismayed by the Board's decision to amalgamate the two
orchestras. As a past member of both the 'junior' and 'senior' orchestras
i can attest not only to difference in interests and maturity of the
players at either end of the scale of ages, but also to their technical
abilities and the impact this has on choice of social activites and
repertoire. The end result of this decision will be an orchestra made up
of a small representation of 14-16 year old players for whom the experience
will doubtless be exciting, but technically daunting (perhaps even overly
stressful)alongside a large group of adults of 18 and over, with whom they
have nothing in common. How the Board expect to police this mix given
recent child protection guidlines is anyone's guess. Furthermore, let us
spare a thought for the brass players who generally do not start studying
their instruments until at least the age of 10/11(development of adult
teeth a factor). To be able to tackle the sort of music the over 18s will
need to be playing will certainly require a minimum standard of grade 7 or
8. How many players will reach that standard before the age of 17 or 18?
Are we planning to send our future professional brass players off to study
music at college without the chance of experiencing any National Youth
Orchestra training? You may well find string players that began suzuki in
the cradle playing away by fifteen in this amalgamated orchestra, while our
young brass players are discriminated against. |
| 1492 | bernard casey | |
| 1493 | Hope Feeney | I was in NYSTO last year. I personally think that whoever came up with this idea should be shot. Its a ridiculous idea. The NYOI is a youth orchestra. Its there to show off Irelands young talent, not a bunch of experienced 18 yr olds that have been in it all their lives.
From the conversations i have had with friends, youll be lucky if this isnt the end of the NYOI.
Please rethink this descision. Think of the consequnces. Why change something that has been this way for over 50 yrs?? :( |
| 1494 | Adrian Curtin | |
| 1495 | Audrey Curtin | |
| 1496 | Alil O'Shaughnessy | This is such a retrograde step for Irish performers and orchestras. These players are our musical ambassadors and our future. Please change your decision to a sensible long view. |
| 1497 | Neasa Ni Dhuill | |
| 1498 | Laurence Fay | |
| 1499 | Michael.Meehan | Having one orchestra means having less youths exposed tot op class experience ,less quality players,less quality teachers in future,less quality students,and less quality muscians for selection to the Youth orchestra in future years resulting in not having enough muscians for even one orchestra |
| 1500 | erkki nyman | |