The inclusion of ten specific music projects in Galway’s successful Bid Book for ECOC 2020 was welcomed by GMC. Details of the Galway 2020 budget and the organisational structures soon to be put in place, including the appointment of an Artistic Director were also well received. These music projects included a Wind Farm Orchestra & Gael-Force Symphony, electric music, festival of Cello, Sacred music, young musicians, nomadic music, national orchestras and choirs, traditional music and a new western symphonic youth orchestra.