Creative Music Making for Primary School Teachers Mon-Fri 7th-11th July

Mon-Fri 7th – 11th July 2025, 9.30-2pm each day  

A Department of Education and Skills approved 5 day summer course for primary school and SEN teachers (approved for EPV days). 

Course facilitator: Mary Curran

Aligned with the primary school music curriculum, this 5 day course will encourage and equip teachers with or without a musical background to deliver imaginative, active and educational music sessions in the classroom. The course will deliver practical, hands-on experience in rhythm, percussion, song, composition, “Creative Orchestra”, different instruments, music history, performance and class management; all in an enjoyable and engaging way. 

Mary Curran is director and French hornist with the WhistleBlast Quartet which she founded in 2004. She is a freelance professional musician, workshop curator and facilitator. 

Mary performs with RTÉ and other groups, creating a busy career devising and presenting musical workshops for all ages, both on her own and as part of the WhistleBlast Quartet.  

She also a UL graduate with an MA in Festive Arts.

This teacher training 5 day course is devised and facilitated by Mary, based on the WhistleBlast Quartet’s own publication A Whistle and a Blast for Your Class. The course has been delivered nationwide since 2009 and is presented in an innovative, humorous, educational and structured format while also providing flexible space for creativity.

For more information about Mary and the WhistleBlast Quartet click here www.whistleblastquartet.com

All course materials provided.  

Presented by NCH