studio 468 is an inter-disciplinary studio located in St Andrew's Community Centre Rialto Dublin 8 



Common Ground is an arts organisation located in the Canals area of South West inner city Dublin that is committed to embedding the arts as a dynamic and intrinsic part of every day life.
 


TINY VOICES was an early year’s music pilot led by Common Ground in 2012. 

DISCLAIMER: We acknowledge where possible the original composer, singer or musician.  The purpose and character of TINY VOICES is solely for non-profit educational purposes and use. 

TINY VOICES on soundcloud is made publically available for educational use in early years, primary schools and after schools settings.  The musicians are Thomas Johnston (vocals and whistles) Shane Mc Kenna (guitar) and Robbie Harris (percussion).  Tracks 2, 5 and 7 were created by Thomas Johnston for TINY VOICES alongside musical interpretations of other popular songs and tunes that the children enjoyed and loved.   


TINY VOICES involved two discrete musical approaches both separately designed and put into practice by two musicians, Thomas Johnston and Eamon Sweeney in collaboration with resident childcare practitioners in two pre-school services in Dublin City, Ireland.

Music was introduced to the early years children aged from 3 -5 years in the form of play, familiarising the children with aspects of music such as pitch, tone and beat. While the children became accustomed to different types of music, they were also exposed to live musical instruments, such as the classical guitar, ukulele, uilleann pipes and low whistle. This seminal active early years music pilot researched the impact of early years arts on preschool children and linked it to Irelands’ national early years curriculum Aistear.  


TINY VOICES PUBLICATION 
Common Ground launched its seminal research co – publication TINY VOICES in April 2013 in partnership with Early Childhood Ireland and the Base. 

TINY VOICES http://issuu.com/cgpublish/docs/tiny_voices
Published in April 2013 - written by researcher Mairead Berrill a co-publication with St Patrick’sCollege in association with UCC Department of Music. 


Jesse Terry is a singer/songwriter with an uncanny ability to weave tales of travel and homecoming, of sorrow and of redemption, into songs that are simultaneously timeless and fresh. Home is now the coastal village of Stonington, Connecticut, but Terry’s music reflects an amalgam of influences, from Nashville to Laurel Canyon. His melodic and lyrically-driven Americana fits naturally on a playlist between cuts from Josh Ritter, Jackson Browne, Ryan Adams and Neil Young.
 
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And next up this summer: Bonnaroo, where Jesse will share the stage with the likes of Alabama Shakes, Gregory Alan Isakov and Guster. The festival also featured Terry on their 2015 NoiseTrade Mixtape.  Terry's music was also recently included on Birdstone Records' (out of Germany) "Independent Celebration, Vol. 1" accompanied by songs from Ben Taylor, Rachael Yamagata and Grant-Lee Phillips. 
 
Terry's star is on the rise, and it's no surprise. Through the course of four releases, The Runner (2009), Empty Seat On a Plane (2012), Stay Here With Me (2013), and The Calm & The Storm (2015), Terry draws from a wellspring of emotional depth and combines it with performance skills honed over hundreds of shows and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road. The result is a palette ranging from poetic ballads to uptempo, rootsy pieces, always beautifully crafted and displaying sweet wistfulness and heartache. This is music that explores the contrast of light and dark, with a core that is timeless and authentic. Jesse Terry's superlative new EP, The Calm & The Storm, captures both the intimacy of his live performances and his thoughtful compositional style, with choice layers of harmonies and instrumentation that evoke the landscapes and faces of the road, the trials and the joys of a traveling troubadour. 
 
Jesse Terry's "melodies ring with instant accessibility and a clear connection, conveying a brilliance and clarity that most veteran artists still strive for" (No Depression).  A gentle warmth runs through Terry’s voice, and his lyrics, while grounded in gritty wisdom acquired through years on the road, offer up hope for a kinder tomorrow. Arranged around acoustic guitar and subtly augmented by strings, piano, percussion and achingly beautiful harmonies, Terry's music is elegantly spare, capturing the eternal tug-of-war between head and heart, the pull of the road and the longing for return.

Terry has an undeniable talent for connecting with his audience - to share stories that are personal, yet utterly relatable – to create a sense of home, even among the strangers he meets on the road. And that is the gift of Terry’s music -- in a song, he gives us a promise of a place to call our own.

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