Music Network

✨This year we're celebrating 40 years of Music Network, and to mark the occassion, we've been catching up with some of the wonderful musicians who have been part of our programmes over the years, to talk about their own musical journeys and why they play.

🎼 We recently caught up with singer-songwriter Patrick Stefan, whose genre-blending folk music beautifully weaves together traditional and contemporary influences.

In 2024, Patrick was appointed Musician-in-Residence at St. John’s Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, as part of our first residency specifically designed for a professional musician who is autistic/person with autism. Most recently, he joined us as a tutor on the Wicklow Teaching Residency, supporting Wicklow residents aged 55+ to reconnect with instruments they once played and rediscover the joy of making music.

✨ Playing a musical instrument brings so many benefits, from boosting wellbeing to building confidence and connection. If you’ve been thinking about starting or returning to an instrument, why not take the first step today?

🎵 Music Network’s Instrument Hub is Ireland’s national information resource, helping musicians and organisations at all levels to find out how or where they can hire, borrow, purchase, repair or access funding for instruments.

🔗 Visit Instrument Hub and get playing!
https://www.musicnetwork.ie/instrument-hub

Instrument Hub is funded by Creative Ireland

🎥Video by Dave Knox/No Name Media