During November, all of the 6th year Music students travelled to the O’Reilly Hall in UCD to hear the RTE National Symphony Orchestra perform the beautiful work “Romeo and Juliet”, composed by the renowned Russian composer, Tchaikovsky. This concert was both enj
oyable and beneficial as students have studied this work in detail in preparation for their Leaving Certificate Music exam. During the concert, students were given an in depth presentation on the story of “Romeo and Juliet”, and how Tchaikovsky portrays this through the music. The presentation then ended with a full performance of the piece. This was an enjoyable concert and also gave the students an opportunity to hear a world class orchestra perform.
