Kerry orchestra bring classical twist to the National Concert Hall

HOW many musicians can you get through the stage door of the National Concert Hall in a single day? 

Not even the combined forces of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra and their associated choirs, the anchor tenants at the grand auditorium, can reach the tally of 400 or so players that will file through to the platform throughout the Festival of Youth Orchestras at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Saturday.

This annual event was one of the first activities to be undertaken by the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, a national support organisation set up in 1994, and has become a firm fixture on the musical calendar.