"This is what students and the Irish education system needs"

Led by some of the rising stars of the Irish urban music, spoken word and production scenes, Word Up Collective workshops use perhaps some the most recognised cultural movements of the moment to give students an inspiring and enlightening experience – using hip-hop, music and poetry to unlock their creativity, increase confidence and teach new skills - as well as guidance and sessions for those interested in a career in the artistic industries. With experience performing at festivals such as Dublin Fringe, Eurosonic, SxSW, Longitude, Electric Picnic, Dublin Theatre Festival, Body & Soul, Other Voices and St Patrick’s Festival as well as critical and commercial success, our facilitators are able to inspire and create a connection with their students.

Clients to date have included Dublin Culture Connects, Tallaght Rua Red, Cabinteely Grainstore, Foróige, Kildare Youth Services, Tallaght Youth Reach, Music Generation and many individual schools.

Unless stated, all workshops are suitable for groups of 10 – 20 aged from 12 to young adult and will generally last two hours. We also offer programmes to run across multiple sessions including video / audio recording. Options include:

Songwriting

Hip-hop writing and performance

Production and beat making

Poetry and spoken word

Sampling

Creative careers workshops

Facilitators include Dafe Orugbo (Dublin Fringe Festival Associate Artist), Sasha Terfous (Wexford Poet Laurete), Olive Hatake, cbakl, Natalya O’Flaherty.

For more details contact annette@wordupcollective.com / +353 87 7500224

"The students really enjoyed working on their rhymes, it was great to see them build their confidence and self esteem. I would thoroughly recommend that schools and youth services use the Word Up Collective as a way to give students a platform to work on their issues or ideas and present them in such positive and entertaining way. This is what students and the Irish education system needs" . Rob Rice, Óige Nua Education

"I would like to compliment the Word Up Collective. In collaboration with our students, they have succeeded in creating an innovative workshop, using different teaching styles, producing fun and colourful raps - all in a welcoming environment. A far cry from the usual workshops. All students were encouraged to join in and at their own level. No one was left out. It was such a great day. Well done guys, look forward to the next workshop".  Luke Coyne Curry, Tallaght Youthreach Teacher