A music company is touring classical and opera-based, outdoor concerts to residential care homes and hospitals across Ireland. 'Covid Care Concerts' is a partnership between the Mobile Music Machine company and Blackwater Valley Opera Festival with funding from Creative Ireland.
They have already performed over 80 outdoor, socially-distanced recitals in six counties. Performances include music from Mozart to ABBA.
The tour is the idea of Mobile Music Machine founder and director Gerald Peregrine who wanted to "bring high quality classical music into the lives of those most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic." "Like most performing artists, my career stopped overnight and all live music ceased.