Press Release - 15th April 2013

Meath & Cavan Musicians to represent Ireland at the World Accordion Festival in Austria
Accordion players from all over the world will take part in the World Accordion
Championships to be held in Innsbruck, Austria from 8th 12th May.

Seventy

musicians from Meath & Cavan, ranging in age from 11 years to adult, will fly to
Austria to represent Ireland at this, the world's largest competition for accordion
Orchestras with more than 330 orchestras taking part.

With the majority of

orchestras coming from Germany this event, which is held every three years,
attracts in excess of 30,000 people to Innsbruck.
This is the third time for the Castletown Accordion Orchestra to represent Ireland at
this festival and they are proud to report that they have always come in the top 10
in the World, being awarded a 2nd and 3rd place in 2007.
According to John Chilton, Musical Director with Castletown Accordion Orchestra,
This year for the first time we will have three orchestras travelling to Innsbruck.
The Junior Orchestra, with their musical director Sara Brennan, will compete in the
Under 16 Section: The Intermediate Orchestra, with their musical director Yvonne
Chilton, will compete in the Under 21s section: and the Senior Orchestra, which I
lead, will compete in the Adult Section. We are all very excited to be playing at this
prestigious world music event and hope we perform to the best of our ability and
make Ireland proud.
The members of the Castletown Accordion Orchestra rehearse in the OCarolan
College in Nobber, Co. Meath every Friday from 5pm to 9.30 pm and in preparation
for the World Accordion Festival they also rehearse on Sundays from 11am to 2pm
in Mullagh Primary School, Co. Cavan.
The Castletown Accordion Orchestra musical directors are holding a concert, which
will be their final rehearsal performance before flying to Austria.

The three

orchestras who are representing Ireland will perform; the concert is on Sunday 5 th
May at 3.00pm in Mullagh Hall and they invite you to come along to hear the
orchestras and to wish them well.
For further Information contact:
Margaret McKeon-Boyle: PRO Castletown Accordion Orchestra:

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Margaret McKeon-Boyle
PRO Castletown Accordion Orchestra

Yvonne Chilton
Musical Director: Castletown Accordion Orchestra
Chilton School of Music
087-9949006: chilton_accordion@hotmail.com

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087-2588918: margaret@extensivepr.ie

Margaret McKeon-Boyle: PRO Castletown Accordion Orchestra:

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