East and West in concert on national stage

The best of Irish youth orchestras will perform at the National Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb 8. Of the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras 8,000 members, just 400, or eight orchestras, will perform at the 19th annual festival.

Among these is the East Meets West Orchestra, whose members are from the Kilbride & Lakeside Band, in West Wicklow, and Headford Youth Music, in Co Galway.

This will be their first performance at the festival and it’s the fulfilment of a long-held ambition for their conductors, Colm O’Hara and Matthew Berrill.