The Lullaby Residency – Wicklow

Would you like to gain paid experience and receive mentoring in delivering early years music workshops & working with families from diverse backgrounds?

The Lullaby Residency is looking for versatile, playful, singers/instrumentalists for an innovative project working with young children and families.

The Lullaby Residency is funded by Wicklow Arts Office & Mermaid Arts Centre, delivered in partnership with SPECS Bray (Supporting Parents and Early Childhood Services) and supported by Music Network.

What is The Lullaby Residency?
The Lullaby Residency – led by Eamon Sweeney – is an inter-cultural music project for young children and their families. It has been running in Dublin City with the support of various bodies since 2022.

See: https://vimeo.com/928340602/895da1a912?share=copy.

It is centred on the learning and sharing of lullabies from different cultures and countries.

Who are we?
Eamon Sweeney is an award-winning musician with a speciality in working with early years audiences. Each Lullaby Session will also feature 2 other experienced musician-facilitators along with Eamon.

Another recent project from Eamon and his co-creators is BabyLovesMusic – see: https://youtu.be/DW5-T0JJAsU.

What are the dates and the deal?

• The Lullaby Residency will run on Monday mornings in September 2024 for 1 hour: 2nd – 30th September. Proposed time is 10.30–11.30am.
• Each session will take place in Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray.
  
• Each session will be facilitated by Eamon and 2 other musicians.
  The 2 x musicians chosen to be mentored will attend each session and join in as suitable.
  
• Orientation, advice, and coaching will be provided to the mentored musicians.
• Each mentored musicians will receive €100 stipend per Lullaby Residency session.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for musicians who are up for working in a playful, responsive way with an unpredictable and wonderful audience. Performers will move about during the performance and interact with the children and anything could happen – so we’re looking for people who are up for this delightful challenge! We need people who can perform from memory, respond in the moment, can work in a wide range of musical styles, and who are available for all of the session dates. Previous experience of working with children and babies is a bonus, but not essential. Some singing ability is a must as is a willingness to work in a different way with such a distinct audience.

What does the application process entail?
After receipt of applications prospective mentees will be contacted and invited for interview. The interviews will take place week beginning 26/8/24.

Please send in a 1-page expression of interest, CV (no more than 3 pages) and links to/ examples of previous work.

Email to lullabyresidency@gmail.com by end of Monday 19th August 2024. Any questions please email as above.