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De La Salle College, Dundalk, Co. Louth

‘Unstoppable’, performed by the 33-strong De La Salle College Music Group. Post-Primary Finalist in the 2020 Waltons Music for Schools Competition. In responding to the 2020 Competition theme – ‘Where words fail, music speaks’ – participating students at De La Salle College initially created a mind map of ideas, after which they spoke with fellow classmates about what the theme meant to them. The responses and feedback they received were eye-opening, and they decided that their approach to the theme would be to look at the world through the eyes of a non-verbal child with autism. As the school is currently preparing to open its own autism unit and has a number of students with autism, they decided to imagine what life would be like without words. They spoke to families and children with autism to gain a better understanding of their daily experiences and obstacles. Donnachadh Hughes, one of the students, then composed an opening piano piece to capture this experience. Phil Coulter’s ‘Scorn Not His Simplicity’ was chosen to represent the challenges faced by parents of children with special needs. With help from school’s trad groups Faoi Gheasa and Spleodar, Donnachadh also composed an upbeat reel to suggest the lively personality that often shines through. And finally, the song ‘Unstoppable’ was chosen to show the inner superhero.