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A story about the unexpected places life takes you - Grace Harper was born healthy in 2004, but within a year, her life and the lives of her family had changed dramatically, as they learned to accept and manage her...

Documentary maker: Sarah Blake

Sarah Blake is a native of Limerick and holds a B.A. in Music from Trinity College Dublin and an M.A. in Music Technology from the University of Limerick.

In 2003, Sarah founded the Diffusion Electroacoustic Music Composition Competition in association with RTÉ Lyric fm and the University of Limerick. This international competition runs bi-annually and aims to promote and foster new compositional talent.

From 2004 to 2008, Sarah worked with RTÉ Lyric fm where she produced programmes including The Lyric Breakfast, The Lyric Pitch and Nova.

From 2006 - 2008, Sarah was on the committee of UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers (an annual forum for broadcasters to promote and exchange Contemporary Classical Music) and organised the 2008 session that took place in Dublin.

During her time in Lyric Sarah also produced Electrolight - A History of Electronic Music, which won First Prize in the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's 'New Adventures in Broadcasting' Awards in 2008 and Before and After Science - The World of Brian Eno, which won a Bronze Medal in the 'Best Music Special' category at the New York Radio Festivals Awards in 2006.

She joined RTÉ 2fm in September 2008 as a producer on The Gerry Ryan Show, Countdown to 306 - Leaving Cert Exam programme, and live broadcasts from the Oxegen and Electric Picnic music festivals.

In February 2009, Sarah graduated from the European Broadcasting Union Masterschool in Radio Features. She joined the Documentary on One team in November 2009.

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