{"id":3825,"date":"2012-01-27T16:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2012-01-28T21:30:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T20:30:45","slug":"rebecca%e2%80%99s-uo-starring-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/01\/rebecca%e2%80%99s-uo-starring-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca\u2019s UO Starring Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Carrickfergus Grammar School\u2019s Rebecca Whiteside played a starring role at the Ulster Orchestra\u2019s <em>Time Travel<\/em> concert for schools this week (26 February) when the Year 9 pupil conducted Northern Ireland\u2019s only professional symphony orchestra in front of her friends and 750 students from 19 schools in Belfast\u2019s Ulster Hall.<\/h3>\n<p>Thirty thousand people of all ages and musical abilities get to know the UO through its education and outreach programmes each year and this week\u2019s free schools\u2019 concert was the first in this year\u2019s education programme.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils (from Year 8 upwards) and teachers from schools in Counties Antrim, Down, Armagh and Tyrone got a chance to hear the story of the orchestra unfold from a small string ensemble to the 60-plus players and their instruments we see today. Telling the story, pupils were treated to a musical journey across time that started in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Century with the music of Purcell and culminated with a taste of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century with music to the hit movie <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme also featured music by Handel, Mozart, Britten and Andrew Lloyd Webber,\u201d Lydia Gamble, the Ulster Orchestra\u2019s Head of Marketing and Development said. \u201cRebecca, with the help of conductor Alasdair Malloy, conducted Stravinsky\u2019s Infernal Dance from his ballet <em>The Firebird<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3826\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rebecca-from-Carrickfergus-Grammar-conducts-the-UO-at-Time-Travel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3826 \" title=\"Rebecca from Carrickfergus Grammar conducts the UO at Time Travel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rebecca-from-Carrickfergus-Grammar-conducts-the-UO-at-Time-Travel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrickfergus Grammar School\u2019s Rebecca Whiteside conducting the Ulster Orchestra \u2013 with the help of conductor Alasdair Malloy \u2013 at the Orchestra\u2019s free Time Travel schools\u2019 concert in Belfast\u2019s Ulster Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTime Travel is the fourth year that we have organised this successful event and once again there was a strong uptake from schools. After the Belfast concert we took the <em>Time Travel<\/em> to Derry\u2019s Millennium Forum were 550 young people from 14 schools across Derry, Tyrone and Donegal enjoyed the concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only has the Ulster Orchestra invested in the cultural life of Northern Ireland for 46 years now, it continues to invest in the next generation through education programmes like <em>Time Travel<\/em>. I hope Rebecca enjoyed her starring role,\u201d Lydia said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrickfergus Grammar School\u2019s Rebecca Whiteside played a starring role at the Ulster Orchestra\u2019s Time Travel concert for schools this week (26 February) when the Year 9 pupil conducted Northern Ireland\u2019s only professional symphony orchestra in front of her friends and 750 students from 19 schools in Belfast\u2019s Ulster Hall. 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