Grade-1-a-thon Ambassador (and much-loved RTÉ wildlife expert) Éanna Ní Lamhna writes for RTÉ Culture about her own musical journey...
"Will you take up learning a musical instrument from scratch, and take part in the Grade-1-athon?" asked Catherine. The Music Network Grade-1-a-thon is a fundraising challenge, she explained, in aid of Music Network's Instruments for Older People Appeal.
By taking part, you can learn to play the musical instrument of your dreams, with the added motivation that comes from asking friends and family for sponsorship. Always up for a challenge, I agreed, but what instrument should I choose? "Not anything with strings anyway", said my daughter, "you’re tone-deaf. And your arthritic fingers would never stretch over piano keys or go fast enough".
Don’t you just love your children?...