"Thank you for facilitating an excellent couple of days with the gang. They were all so happy and enjoyed every minute!"
Eamonn has presented over six hundred radio workshops to adults, special needs and secondary school students. Interactive sessions at the microphone are a terrific way of introducing younger music listeners to jazz;
and a means of demystifying/destigmatizing classical music. Full day sessions are currently being offered to schools through a partnership with Music Generation.
Participants use MacBook computers, Cubase music production software and an iPhone to make their own features, jingles, promos and radio programmes that fall within a continuous day's schedule. In between each show, a newsteam provides feeds of headlines, sports, traffic and weather reports.
Single-day workshops shall be provided to TY students across Ireland during the 2021 autumn term.
Tasks covered:
- Backtiming & Hitting Junctions
- Compiling Playlists
- Devising Formats & Producing
- Editing Audio Files For Broadcast
- Filming & Editing A Video For YouTube
- Fitting A Show Into The Station Schedule
- Interacting With The Listener
- Pacing A Show From Start To Finish
- Making Bespoke Jingles
- Pre-recording Features
- Presenting in Real Time
- Producing A Radio Documentary
- Promotion & Publicity
- Recording & Mixing Programme Promos
- Scripting & Research
For this workshop, we concentrate on staffing levels consistent with music radio broadcasts. Group members assume the key roles of:
- Producer
- Presenter
- Sound Engineer
- Contributor, and
- Production Co-ordinator
Each student receives an MP3 copy of their own individual programme. All participants learn about the value of teamwork; the importance of detailed preparation; and come away with a heightened appreciation of music and the process of making radio.
Details about other local music education partnerships are available at the respective Music Generation regional websites.
Transition Year Co-ordinators can get in touch with Eamonn by visiting this site's FEEDBACK page.