Braidside’s Titanic treat - thanks to Patton

Patton and the Ulster Orchestra recently hosted a creative music initiative for P7’s from a Ballymena Primary School.

Celebrating 100 years in business, the Ballymena based firm nominated the integrated primary school, Braidside, to work with Orchestra musicians in a Titanic themed educational music project, which looked at music with maritime and Titanic connections from “The Sailor’s Hornpipe” to “Nearer my God to thee”.

Ulster Orchestra musicians, Danny McCann-Williams and Thomas Jackson, hosted an interactive music workshop in the Ballymena school and just last week the P7 students travelled to Cultra for a day which featured an hour-long music workshop with Danny, Tom and other UO musicians. The Ballymena students then participated in a range of creative worships and a tour of the TITANICa exhibition, the fit-out of which Patton recently completed.

“Patton’s partnership with the Ulster Orchestra is a major element of our Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy which encourages the support of key organisations across a range of activities, such as arts, charity and sports,” said Alan Stewart, Marketing Manager at Patton. “Having a close association with a leading arts provider also has a positive impact on our employees and creates a sense of pride and achievement internally. We were delighted to nominate Braidside PS to participate in this project as part of our ongoing commitment to the education sector.”

Tracy Marshall, the newly appointed Head of Development at the Ulster Orchestra, said: “Our longstanding partnership with Patton has allowed us to facilitate creative initiatives that both allow Patton to achieve their business priorities and offer the Orchestra the opportunity to engage new audiences, to support music learning across the province and to inspire the next generation of musicians.”

This project was made possible by the Arts & Business Northern Ireland Investment Programme.

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