Musica Fusion Community Orchestra inspired by their teacher Susie Butler

When classical guitarist Susie Butler moved from Limerick city to rural north Cork she discovered, apart from the GAA, there were few activities available for children so she founded an orchestra.

“If you weren’t in the GAA, there wasn’t much for children in the area, and none of my children played GAA”, says the singer, musician and mother-of-three who relocated to the townland of Granagh with her family in 2008.

It took her a few years but, in September 2015, Susie founded a music school and orchestra in the nearby town of Charleville.