How exciting that we won Best Drama, and Best Female Director at the Rome Music Awards this December 2022! A great Christmas present. The cast and crew worked so hard to get this video across the line. It is wonderful to see that viewers appreciate the story being told, as well as the music, and the fabulous vocalists; an autistic adults journey from childhood to his music career! Based on the true life story of Kevin Walsh.
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Embrace the World went to NUMBER 1
Production Manager Yvonne Coughlan was delighted to announce that the single had gone to Number One on the iTunes charts at the Official Launch with As I Am at Windmill Lane, where the event was facilitated by Core Media, to a live audience physically present, but also via live streaming and an interactive online meeting open to further guests and extended audience. Click the link to see the event for yourself.
The pre-launch event at Dance Cork Firkin Crane, was an invited audience of cast, crew, vocalists, friends and family. A highlight for Kevin was the standing ovation on this first private viewing of the music video. Kevin also gave several live performances between the interviews with the actors, vocalists and crew by host Yvonne. This was a pivotal and moving event on the Embrace the World calendar.
Crowd Funding Video
Behind the scenes of the music video at the Alec Pentek sculpture, Kindred Spirits in Middleton and Cork School of Music with dancers from Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance.
Screen shot from music video. Inset (Mum) Cathy O'Riordan with Kevin.
Many thanks to Eoin English and the folks at the Examiner for this article. Click the link to read more about EMBRACE THE WORLD.
Here's Adam Harris from AsIam.
Here's Kevin with a 1 min intro to the project
EMBRACE THE WORLD!
EMBRACE THE WORLD!
Here's Kevin with a 3 min video about the project goals and inspirations for EMBRACE THE WORLD
We're now marking the date of our music recording at Kitten Lane Studio, Cork. Weds. 28th April, 2021. Amazing day of incredibly talented people, coming together in music, despite social distancing requirements, and additional H & S protocols. Everybody worked so hard, and Aidan O'Mahony will be creating that final mix to guide our vocalists, who will record remotely, and send their tracks in over the summer. A million thanks to the band! All systems are go!!!
AsIAm Ireland’s National Autism Charity works to create a society in which every autistic person is empowered to reach their own personal potential and fully participate in society. AsIAm believe that by developing the capacity of the autism community and addressing the societal barriers to inclusion we can all make Ireland the world’s most autism-friendly country. What began, in 2014, as an online platform for the community to access information and share experiences has quickly grown into a movement for change for the autism community. Today, AsIAm is Ireland’s most influential autism charity with a team of 14 staff, half of whom are themselves autistic.
Kieran’s ward funding sponsorship of the band recording at Kitten Lane studio is an integral part of this project and we are hugely grateful. We look forward to announcing further news of our sponsors as we build the project!
Christopher Hockey, Mark O'Gorman Daly, Jake O'Driscoll. Image. John Allen.
Band
Christopher Hockey-Bass
Jake O'Driscoll-Guitar
Mark O'Gorman Daly-Drums
Maria Ryan-Strings
Lucia MacPartlin-Strings
We tuned in to Red FM on Thursday at 6.50pm to hear Dave Mac and Kevin Walsh having a shindig about his now legendary status with
Embrace the World!
Click on the image of the fabulous Elmarie to hear Kevin's interview on The Arts House Sunday 27th June.
KEVIN chatted with PJ COOGAN on OPINIONLINE 96FM on FRIDAY 18TH JUNE. Click on the image below to listen.
Click on the link to watch Embrace the World Music Video.
Best Female Director for Embrace the World Director/ Producer Yvonne Coughlan, and Best Drama Music Video at Rome Music Video Awards Dec. 2022! An excellent Christmas gift!
Kevin launched his video in August 2022. Dir. Yvonne Coughlan. DOP Maurice Supple. Editor David Leen. The RSVP journey with this fantastic project has reached its end, but we wish Kevin every success in the future, and look forward to seeing where his musical journey takes him next.
(Inset Kevin Walsh at Kitten Lane Studios. Pic. John Allen Images.)
VIDEO CREDIT
CAST
Cathy / Mother - Jean Law
Kevin (Child) - Logan O’Leary
Kevin (Teen) - Paddy Hayes
Kevin (Adult) - Roy O’Connor
Priest - Kieran McCarthy
Care Nurse - Livy Riordan
Father - Paddy Doyle
Sister - Anna Kammerer
Primary School Principal - Fritz Spengeman
Music Teacher - Rachel O’Sullivan
Kevin 20s’ Love Interest - Niamh Cremin
Kevin 20s’ Love Interest’s Boyfriend - Aidan Coveney
College Friends - Chelsea O’Callaghan, Sarah Lane, Shauna Pumphrey, Ciara Quinn, Francesca Collard, Kendall Moody
College Professor - Denis Lane
Himself & Bartender - Kevin Walsh
Herself - Cathy O’Riordan
Herself-Emma Langford
Himself-Ger O’Hanlon
Herself-Lisa Curran
Herself-Rebecca Houlihan
Herself-Caroline Kay
Himself-Mark Daly
Dancers
Maedhbh Hayes
Chelsea O’Callaghan
Lucy O’Callaghan
Saoirse Twomey
Rebecca Twomey
Beth Collins
Maeve Lillis
Juliette Creedon
Alicia Murphy
Sarah Lane
Ella Mai Sheehan
Katie May Cunningham
Gaia Lopato
Special Extras
Primary School Students
Tommy O Cinnaolaidh
Claire Lorole
Alanna Davis
Isabelle Ní Mhanacháin
Eoghan Sweeney
Chloe Kelleher
Ciara O'Shea
Laura Fleming
Jayden Power
Colaiste Choilm Students
Kate Ní Mhathúna
Éabha Ní Dhomnaill
Jessica Rose
Tadgh Kelly
Eva O'Sullivan
Michael Dineen
Lasairfhíona De Brún
Chloe Ní Chorcoráin
Muire Sweeney
Sinéad McCarthy
Anna Ní Shuilleabháin
Maeve O'Callaghan
Ciara Kirby
Theatre Audience
Michelle Twomey
VOCAL ARTISTS
Emma Langford
Ger O’Hanlon
Lisa Curran
Molly Lynch
Rebecca Houlihan
Stephen Gormley
Caroline Kay
Kevin Walsh
Mark Daly
MUSICIANS
Guitars - Jake O’Driscoll, Rik Appleby
Drums - Mark O’Gorman-Daly
Bass - Christopher Hockey
Piano / Keyboards - Kevin Walsh
Strings - Maria Ryan, Lucia MacPartlin
CREW
Writer/Director/Producer: Yvonne Coughlan
Director of Photography: Maurice Supple
Additional Photography: Alan McHale, Daniel Si Fontes
Composer / Project Co-Ordinator: Kevin Walsh
Costume Designer: Claire Hurley
Choreographer: Karena Walsh
Chief Production Assistant: Sharon Manning
Make-up: Amadita Rea, Ciara Patricia Langan
Editor: David Leen
SPECIAL THANKS
Sharon Manning + Joan Denise Moriarity School of Dance
Michelle Sliney + Colaiste Choilm
Ciara Glasheen Artem + MTU Cork School Of Music
Ann Marie Lewis
Sarah Horgan
Tim Landers
Malcolm Eigner + The Oliver Plunkett
Geraldine Bond
Father Tomas + Church of the Assumprion
Jocelynn Coughlan (Family Home)
Shirley Coughlan (Clinic)
Leonard Coughlan (The Mirror Room)
Leona Kearney
Carol Kammerer
Helen Hayes
All of the FundIt Pledgers!
PATRONS
Michael Storan
Catherine Wedgebury
Gemma Sugrue
Ronan Holohan
Bruce Coleman
Lynda Cullen
Jelena Macanovic
Nick Kelly
Mike Derham
Ursula O’Sullivan
Edel Sullivan
Liz Murphy
Santa Ignace
Embrace the World
(Full Version)
(IMRO)
Music + Lyrics by Kevin Walsh
Track produced by Aidan O’Mahony, Emily O’Leary, Yvonne Coughlan + Kevin Walsh
Additional engineering by Gerard O’Sullivan + Joe Mulcahy
Arranged by Kevin Walsh
Additional string arrangements by Maria Ryan + Lucia MacPartlin
Recorded at Kitten Lane Studios, MTU Cork School of Music, Open Door Studios + Lionheart Production Studios
Mixed by
Rik Appleby of Lionheart Productions
Mastered by Fergal Davis
Embrace the World (Piano / Vocal Version)
(IMRO)
Music + Lyrics by Kevin Walsh
Track produced by Emily O’Leary + Kevin Walsh
Vocals / Piano: Kevin Walsh
Recorded at
MTU Cork School of Music
Mixed by Emily O’Leary
Mastered by Fergal Davis
Project Management
Yvonne Coughlan
(Red Sandstone Varied Productions)
Social Media Mngr.
Lisa Curran
Logo designer Celene Moloney
Artwork Sarah-Beth O’Mullane
Thanks to the Echo for a wonderful 15 April 22 write up by Mike McGrath-Bryan. Click on the image by Rachel O'Donovan above to read.
Thanks to Eoin English & the Examiner for the support. Click on the Jim Coughlan image above to read article 2 July 21.
The Official Launch
Taoiseach Micheál Martin
The gorgeous Caroline Kay on screen joining in the official Dublin launch from London.
Kevin was thrilled to perform at AVIVA stadium, with fantastic autism awareness advocates.
Video hoot gallery
Many thanks to the Oliver Plunkett Bar.
We're onto the vocalists; here's the rock talented Mark Daly, with our CSM studio engineer Emily O'Leary, and in the background Maurice Supple capturing some behind the scenes video.
LISA CURRAN is calling YOU!
We're live from Monday 10th May with our crowdfunding campaign. Thank you in advance.
#rsvpireland
In honour of the 1st band rehearsal, today 23rd April 2021, at Cork School of Music here's an introductory image for our bass guitarist, the incredibly talented
Christopher Hockey
Music gives a soul to the universe,
wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination
and life to everything.
