GMC Workshops

National Network
Ireland
Address

Ballycaskin, Carrignavar, Co. Cork.
Cork
Ireland

Telephone
0851186065
E-Mail
workshops@gmcbeats.com
Website
http://www.gmcbeats.com/workshops
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Media
  3. Youth and education
General Information
GMC Workshops is run by Garry McCarthy alone. It is self funded. Garry works mainly with schools, youth groups and people with disabilities in helping them to write, record and produce their own hip hop music as a way to increase confidence, knowledge of music, technology and society, and most of all, to engage them in something that is highly creative, expressive and fun.
Mission and Objectives

My mission is to give the youth a means of creative expression through hip hop music and show them how easy it is to begin making music.

Main Projects / Activities

Mayfield Community Training Centre: Produced and recorded 2 tracks tackling the theme of anti-racism. One of the tracks came first in the Development Perspectives song competition in Drogheda in the summer of 2010.
Cork Academy of Music - Knocknaheeny Youth Music Initiative: Giving weekly music technology and recording FETAC classes. The class have performed songs recorded in these classes at Cork's City Hall and for the president Mary McAleese.
The Triskel Arts Centre and Liverpool Capital of Culture: Travelled to Liverpool with a group of over 15 youths to take part in a succesful collaborative project which involved a showcase and recording and various schools and youth groups around Munster.

Contact (1) Full Name
Garry McCarthy
Head of the organisation
Garry McCarthy