BIG Announcement:
Song and video for Music Gives Me a Reason set for release on 9th June 2023! Stay tuned!
Come and see the song performed live at ‘Rock the Block’ on Sat 10th June at Elizabeth Fort. FREE family friendly event – all welcome!
‘Music Gives Me a Reason’ – MGCC’s 10th Birthday Anthem
Like every great celebration, MGCC’s 10th year needed an anthem. Our incredible colleagues and young artists embraced this opportunity to create an original, collaborative song with open arms, immense enthusiasm, focus and creativity. The result? The incredibly catchy anthem ‘Music Gives Me a Reason’!
The debut performance of this song was the finale piece at MGCC’s 10th birthday event, and absolutely raised the roof of a packed Everyman Theatre! Check out this clip HERE.
Music Gives Me a Reason – Song Credits
Produced by: Garry McCarthy, Rory McGovern
Songwriters: Garry McCarthy, Rory McGovern, Sophie McCarthy, Rosaleen Brady, Cara Cullen, Darren Stewart, Aaron Hennessy, Coben Cullen, Jamie Forde, Ellen Martin, Luke Martin.
Brass Arrangement: Rory McGovern, Garry McCarthy & Rebel Brass
Performed by: Sophie McCarthy, Rosaleen Brady, Cara Cullen, Róisín Cullinane, Darren Stewart, Aaron Hennessy, Coben Cullen, Jamie Forde, Ellen Martin, Luke Martin, Rebel Brass, Cillian McSweeney and members of Music Mash Up, Foróige Linkpoint Knocknaheeny, Mahon Youth Development Project UBU, The Hut Youth Project CDYS, Mahon Community Pop Academy (Cork Academy of Music), Creative Tradition, Greenmount N.S. and St. Pauls Special School.
Check out THIS interview with two of the incredibly talented young songwriters behind ‘Music Gives Me a Reason’ – Cara Cullen and Sophie McCarthy.
