Junior Cycle Talks

Film producer and former official film censor John Kelleher discusses his career, shares insights into films that have inspired him and explains why people skills are essential for a film producer.  

In this episode we discuss how Elaine became a composer and music facilitator, she talks about her work in healthcare and education settings, the importance of creating fun and interactive musical experiences for people to support creativity, collaboration and wellbeing. Elaine also spoke about her work as a composer and the collaborative projects that she has been involved with and we listened to and discussed two of Elaine’s compositions.  

This podcast features two of Elaine’s compositions, which are used with permission:  

Strings A-Stray, commissioned by the Irish Chamber Orchestra (1994) 

Remarkable from the Arts Care Remarkable Project in collaboration with Arts Care and the Ulster Orchestra (2021) 

Bestselling author Dave Rudden tells us about how he wants to ‘demystify writing’, his writing process and what inspires him.

Dave Rudden is the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, the first book of which is on the Junior Cycle suggested novels for First Year English. He has visited hundreds of schools talking about books, beards, inspiration, and mental health, and currently serves as DCU's first Writer-in-Residence.