Mayo musicians receive funding through the Music Capital Scheme

A total of €1,066,940 has been awarded to performing groups and musicians through Music Capital Scheme Awards.

The Mayo organisations receiving funding are: Bofield CCÉ (€9,346); Keel Pipe Band (€20,571); Mayo Academy for Performing Arts (€3,645).

Individual musicians from Mayo received funding to assist with the purchase of musical instruments and equipment and they are Darragh Healy (€4,140); David Munro (€2,127); Joseph McNulty (€4,874); Ethan Henry (€1,454) and Mark O’ Donnell (€7,219).

The scheme comprises five distinct awards and provides vital funding for the purchase and restoration of musical instruments and selected equipment. The announcement relates to Awards 1, 2 and 3, which support non-professional performing groups and individual professional musicians.

Pat Moylan, Chair of Music Network commented: “We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport for its ongoing commitment to providing vital funding for musical instruments to groups, individual musicians and most recently, arts venues and music presenters. This investment continues to make a significant impact on the quality of, and access to, music-making and live performance throughout Ireland.”