The students in the all-girls secondary school, St Joseph’s in Stanhope Street, Dublin developed clever new ideas on how to bring more light and space into their dark, crowded stairways and corridors. “I really enjoyed working with other students and learning about people’s different perspectives, as well as being able to see how we can make a practical change in our school,” says Monika Janas, one of the TY students in St Joseph’s.
Featured in the Irish Times 4th March 2014
The Stanhope Street Girls' Choir was in DIT recently to visit the Conservatory of Music and Drama. Twenty girls from the choir were accompanied by their Director P.J. Gargan and the school Principal Maedhbh Daltún. The Stanhope Street students shared the stage with members of the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama as they prepared for thier performance of 'A Night at the Opera' featuring scenes from Lehár's The Merry Widow and Puccini's La Boheme
The visit was a follow up to the festival of Carols that took place in Aughrim St church on Tuesday 10th Dec 2013 when the Stanhope St. Girls Choir opened the evening with a number of carols including their recently recorded 'anti-bullying' song entitled Hold Your Head Up
19th Feb 2014
