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Celebration of GFA with Cross Border Orchestra

Apr 13, 2023 10:54 By News Northern Sound
Celebration of GFA with Cross Border Orchestra
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The orchestra has significant ties to US President Joe Biden.

The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland along with Blackrock Health will collaborate on a special event to be held at the Convention Centre in Dublin tomorrow.

The focus of the performance is for the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement which will symbolise our country's progress in peaceful times and look to the future with hope.

The Cross Border Orchestra was established in 1995 to unite young people from different backgrounds and communities through the medium of music.

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The orchestra has significant ties to US President Joe Biden. Made up of 130 talented young musicians from Ireland and Northern Ireland and based in President Biden's ancestral home county of Louth. The widely Cross Border Orchestra acclaimed 'Peace Proms' programme promotes peace through music and singing in primary schools across the island.

Children from every social, economic, cultural, religious and political background are involved - from isolated rural communities to inner city areas in Dublin, Belfast, Limerick and beyond.

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