BBC Northern Ireland tunes-up for Music Day 2018

On Friday (28 September), BBC Northern Ireland will celebrate Music Day 2018 with special programmes, live performances and activities on BBC Radio Ulster.

Now in its fourth year, BBC Music Day is an annual celebration of the power of music to change lives. This year’s themes include Transport, Women in Music, University Freshers’ Week and Choirs and Community.

Getting things underway, Belfast Community Gospel Choir will serenade commuters with songs of love, joy and peace in Belfast’s new Lanyon Place Station from 8.30 – 9am, with coverage on Good Morning Ulster and BBC Newsline.
Later that morning, renowned conductor Dominic Ellis-Peckham will be putting the BBC Northern Ireland Choir through their paces for a live performance of the John Denver classic, Take Me Home Country Roads on the Hugo Duncan Show, from 1.30pm.
The Gerry Kelly Show from 3pm will broadcast live from the main railway gallery at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra, with special guests and performances from The Loughshore Choir, Bernadette Morris and the Over the Hill Collective.
Michael Bradley will present the Arts Show live from Ulster University’s Foyle Arts Building on the Magee campus at 6.30pm.
Guests will include the Ulster University Chamber Choir, ahead of their November performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall.
On Blas Ceoil at 7pm, Lynette Fay will host a Women in Music special with
Gráinne Holland, Claire Kieran and Úna Monaghan in conversation about their roles in the music world. Lynette will also feature session tracks recorded with female artists.
BBC Radio Ulster’s Across the Line (ATL) will combine the themes of Freshers’ Week and Women in Music, with a free, all-female-line-up, gig in the new Speakeasy venue at Queen’s University Students’ Union, on Belfast’s Lisburn Road.
Larks, Wynona Bleach and Susie Blue make up the three-act bill for the evening which kicks off at 7pm, with the first band on stage at 7.30pm.
Sets from the over-18-only concert will be pre-recorded for broadcast on ATL over the following weeks.
The Ralph McLean Show at 8pm will present a selection of great local and established music, with a focus on the Music Day 2018 themes of transport and women in music.
At 10pm, Jazz World with Linley Hamilton will highlight Irish female vocalists who have continued to make an impact through their talent and performance.
Included in Linley’s Music Day playlist will be: Dana Masters, Siobhan Pettit, Katharine Timoney, Emilie Conway and Suzanne Savage.

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BBC Music Day 2017 featured almost 1,000 live music events across the UK, reaching an audience of 8 million on TV and 12 million on radio.

This year a dedicated BBC live page will reflect all the special moments of the day.

BBC Radio Ulster Editor of Music and Magazines, Maggie Doyle said: “BBC Music Day is our annual celebration of the power of music to change lives.

“It’s been scientifically proven that singing in a choir is good for your health and your social life, as you’ll hear from a range of our local performers including Belfast Community Gospel Choir, the Ulster University Choir, the Loughshore Choir and our own BBC Northern Ireland Choir, led by Hugo Duncan with conductor Dominic Ellis-Peckham.”

“I’m really excited about coming back to BBC Northern Ireland for this special performance for BBC Music Day,” said Dominic Ellis-Peckham.

“Having worked in this industry for nearly 20 years, I know from experience that music and singing really brings people together in an incredibly unique way, regardless of your background, interests or even your ability to sing.

“Make sure to tune in to Hugo’s show for a performance not to be missed, celebrating the power of music!”

For further details of the activities and broadcasts happening this year visit bbc.co.uk/musicday.