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Young Derry musician receives support to help her achieve her dreams
ROE is one of the recipients of this year s Young Musicians’ Platform Awards
ROE is one of the artists to receive Young Musicians’ Platform Award.
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A young Derry musician has received a special award to help develop her career.
Roisin Donald, who performs as ROE, is one of six people to receive the Young Musicians’ Platform Award.
ROE is the recipient of the singer-songwriter award and will be mentored by BBC’s Stephen McCauley.
The biennial awards, which are run by the Arts Council in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland, aim to showcase and support the development of young musicians from the region by providing individual funding awards of up to £5,000.
Six talented young musicians from Northern Ireland will get the chance to further develop their craft after receiving the Young Musicians’ Platform Award.
Opera singer Andrew Irwin, cellist Angus McCall and pianist Justine Gormley were selected in the classical category, Jack Warnock and Rose Connolly in the traditional section and Roisin Donald (ROE) was chosen as the singer-songwriter awardee.
The awards are aimed at showcasing their abilities and support their development.
They will all now get the opportunity to spend time learning from a master musician, mentor, teacher or composer, either at home or abroad, with individual funding awards of up to £5,000.