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The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) is a
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in
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. Based at the
Dundalk Institute of Technology Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT; ) is an institute of technology, located in Dundalk, Ireland. Established as the Dundalk Regional Technical College, students were first enrolled in the college in 1971 and it was later re-defined as an i ...
in
County Louth County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...
, the CBOI maintains a membership of 160 young musicians between the ages of 12 and 24 years from both sides of the border.


History

The CBOI was established in 1995, shortly after the implementation of the
Northern Ireland peace process The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political develop ...
, and its website describes it as "one of Ireland's flagship peace initiatives".


Events

The CBOI has toured in Europe and America, including in
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in New York and Chicago's Symphony Hall. In April 2008, the orchestra performed at the 400th Anniversary of the
Flight of the Earls On 14 September ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 4 September1607, Irish earls Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, permanently departed Rathmullan in Ireland for mainland Europe, accompanied by their fa ...
in Rome. In October 2009, the orchestra travelled to New York and Washington to play at the
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and at Fairfields Cross Cultural Youth Festival. In October 2012, the orchestra travelled to London and performed in the
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.


See also

*
List of youth orchestras This is a list of active youth orchestras. National youth orchestras are highlighted in bold. Asia * Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra * Asian Youth Orchestra Afghanistan * Afghan Youth Orchestra Cambodia * Angkor National Youth Or ...


References

{{reflist European youth orchestras Irish orchestras