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Galway Bay Inspires Unique Music Composition for Cellissimo 2024

16th May 2024
Cellist Naomi Berrill at Galway Bay will play at Galway’s Cellissimo 2024 festival this weekend
Cellist Naomi Berrill at Galway Bay will play at Galway’s Cellissimo 2024

Marine experts have joined with musicians for a collaborative project as part of Galway’s Cellissimo 2024 festival this weekend.

“Galway Bay Is Calling” is the title of a project by cellist and composer Naomi Berrill which she has worked on with Garry Kendellen, Dr Maria Vittoria Marra and Dr Joao Frias of Galway Atlantaquaria and Atlantic Technological University (ATU).

Over a series of workshops combining music and science, the participants learned about “what they can do to mitigate stresses” on the bay and on the world’s oceans.

Berrill, who comes from Headford, Co Galway and is resident in Florence, Italy, gathered impressions and sounds inspired by the workshops for the project.

Marine scientists, students and musicians working on the "Galway Bay is Calling" projectMarine scientists, students and musicians working on the "Galway Bay is Calling" project

Financial support was provided through the Government’s Creative Climate Action Fund, Spark Stream, the Department of Tourism and Culture and the Department of the Environment and Climate.

Berrill, who is one of a number of international cellists appearing at Cellissimo 2024, will perform “Galway Bay is Calling” with Galway Jam Circle, Voice of Galway, Galway Camerata and conductor Matthew Berrill at Leisureland, Salthill, Galway on Saturday, May 18th at 1pm.

Cellissimo 2024 is hosted by Music for Galway and runs from May 18th to 26th. More details are here

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