Center for Irish Programs, Boston College Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series

From Center for Irish Programs, Boston College
Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series
Series director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence 
Gaelic Roots calendar: http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots
Video clips:  http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC

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January 25 through May 23, 2013 – John J. Burns Library (Chestnut Hill Campus)

Exhibit, The Musical Roots of Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist in Residence

On May 11, 2013, Séamus Connolly will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) in recognition of his distinguished career as one of the world’s most respected master Irish musicians. The Boston College “Musical Roots” exhibit, on view at the Burns Library through May 23, highlights influences and milestones in Connolly’s career. A renowned Irish traditional musician, performer, and teacher from Killaloe, Ireland, Connolly won ten All-Ireland solo fiddle championships before immigrating to the United States in 1976. As Sullivan Artist-in-Residence in the Center for Irish Programs, Connolly directs Irish music and dance instruction and programming at Boston College.

Burns Library regular hours through May 23: Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm).

Burns Library extended hours through May 4: Wednesday April 24 and May 1 (5pm-8pm); Saturday April 27 and May 4 (10am-2pm). For information or directions, please contact the Burns Library at imc@bc.edu or call 617-552-3282.

(Photograph by Gary Gilbert)

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Thursday, April 25 – O’Neill Plaza (Chestnut Hill Campus), Main Tent

12:00 to 12:30 p.m.: Irish music and dance at the 15^th annual Boston College Arts Festival

The festival on O’Neill Plaza opens with Irish music and dance performances by Boston College students, faculty, and staff.

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The Gaelic Roots series is co-sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs and the Boston College Libraries. The above events are free and open to the public.  All events are subject to change. For more information, please e-mail irish@bc.edu or call 617-552-6396.

For directions see http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots . Campus parking guidelines are available at http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/transportation/visitor.html

Inclement weather: visit http://www.bc.edu/bcinfo or call 1-888-BOS-COLL for updates on weather-related closings on campus.

Event descriptions are provided by the Office of News and Public Affairs and the Irish Music Center of Boston College.

The Burns Library Irish Music Center offers selected video clips of Gaelic Roots events on its YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC
 

Center for Irish Programs, Boston College Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series

Center for Irish Programs, Boston College Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series

Series Director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence

Spring 2013 Calendar: http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots

Video clips:  http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC  

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Thursday, January 31 – Walsh Hall Function Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Irish Fiddle and Guitar: Concert by Brendan Bulger, with Bill Knox

Brendan Bulger has been a featured performer and instructor of traditional Irish fiddle music at festivals, concerts, and workshops throughout North America, Australia, and Europe. His recording credits include Music at the House, with Marty Fahey and Kathleen Gavin; the Huntington Theatre production of Edwin O’Connor’s The Last Hurrah; the soundtrack of the independent film The Bounty; and his 2001 self-titled CD, with accompaniment by Bill Knox and other special guests.

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Tuesday, February 12 – Gasson Hall Irish Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Irish Music on Whistle, Accordion, Guitar, and Vocals: Concert Featuring Kathleen Conneely, Dan Gurney, and Eamon O’Leary

Conneely is a widely-respected musician and teacher who has often appeared at Boston College. She has recently released her first solo CD, The Coming of Spring. Gurney, who lived in Boston while attending Harvard University, has released a well-received solo album: Dan Gurney -- Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dublin native O’Leary is a multi-instrumentalist who has been part of the thriving New York City Irish music scene for the past two decades.

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Thursday, March 14 – Walsh Hall Function Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Irish Music on Fiddle and Accordion: Concert with Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly

Cranitch and Daly are among the foremost interpreters of the rich tradition of instrumental music from Sliabh Luachra, the unique cultural area on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry that is marked by a special repertoire of tunes as well as a distinctive style of playing. Both musicians were part of the faculty at Gaelic Roots when it was a summer festival, and have appeared on numerous recordings, including their 2010 release, The Living Stream.

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Tuesday, April 2 – Walsh Hall Function Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Music of Newfoundland, Quebec, Ireland, and New England: Concert of Fiddle Tunes and Songs, by Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy

Becky Tracy  began playing fiddle for contra dancing in Maine, bending her early classical training to the demands of dance music. Later, she studied Irish fiddling styles with Brendan Mulvihill and Eugene O’Donnell, and French Canadian fiddling with Lisa Ornstein. A native of Newfoundland, Keith Murphy’s traditional song repertoire is based in Eastern Canada and Quebec as well as his current home, Vermont. He is an accomplished composer and arranger in the realm of traditional music and has also composed for theater and film.  

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Wednesday, April 17 – Gasson Hall Irish Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Traditional Irish Dance and Céilí: Music by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly, with Boston College students and friends.

 

Participatory dances will be taught, and no prior experience is necessary. The evening will include music and dance performances by Boston College students.

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The above events are free and open to the public.  All events are subject to change. For more information, please e-mail irish@bc.edu or call 617-552-6396.

For directions see http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots . Campus parking guidelines are available at http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/transportation/visitor.html

Inclement weather: visit http://www.bc.edu/bcinfo or call or 1-888-BOS-COLL for updates on weather-related closings on campus.

Event descriptions are provided by the Office of News and Public Affairs and the Irish Music Center of Boston College.

The Burns Library Irish Music Center offers selected video clips of Gaelic Roots events on its YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC

Gaelic Roots Events at Boston College, Fall 2012

Received from Elizabeth Sweeny by email and also shared in NEFolk (Yahoo) and and Celtic Music in New England (Facebook).

Center for Irish Programs, Boston College

Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series

Series Director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence

Fall 2012 Calendar: http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots

Video clips:  http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC

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Tuesday, September 25 – 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton (Brighton Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Joey Abarta and Paddy League: Irish music on uilleann pipes and bouzouki.

Joey Abarta, whose debut solo album is due out this fall, tours with Mick Moloney and the group The Green Fields of America, teaches at the local music school of the Irish cultural association Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and organizes various traditional music concerts and events. Accompanying Abarta will be multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator Paddy League.

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Tuesday, October 23 – Gasson Hall Irish Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Traditional Irish Dance and Céilí, directed by Kieran Jordan, with music by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly, Michael Tubridy, and friends, with music and dance performances by Boston College students.

  

Séamus Connolly and Michael Tubridy will be the featured musicians at a participatory Irish dance and céilí evening, co-organized by Kieran Jordan, TCRG. In 1962, Tubridy was a founding member of The Chieftains, one of the most celebrated Irish bands of the past five decades. His prowess on flute, whistle and concertina was a hallmark of the group, which he left in 1979 to resume his career as an engineer. He continues to be active in traditional music circles as a teacher and performer.  Joining Connolly and Tubridy will be Boston’s own Brendan Tonra on fiddle and piano accompanist Helen Kisiel. Tonra and Kisiel are co-producing a children’s book and recording, Three Ducks and a Goose, based on an original composition by Brendan Tonra, with recorded dance steps by Kieran Jordan.

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Thursday, November 1 -- Gasson Hall Irish Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Irish music on whistle, accordion, guitar and vocals:  concert featuring Kathleen Conneely, Dan Gurney & Eamon O'Leary.

Conneely is a widely-respected musician and teacher who has often appeared at Boston College. She has recently released her first solo CD, The Coming of Spring. Gurney, who lived in Boston while attending Harvard University, has released a well-received solo album: Dan Gurney -- Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dublin native O’Leary is a multi-instrumentalist who has been part of the thriving New York City Irish music scene for the past two decades.

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Wednesday, November 14 – Gasson Hall Irish Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Between Worlds: Concert by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, piano; with string quartet and Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly.

Gasson Hall will be the setting for the concert “Between Worlds” featuring compositions by Ó Súilleabháin, who will perform with Connolly and a string quartet. In addition to composing, arranging, and teaching, Ó Súilleabháin is widely acknowledged as having originated a unique Irish piano style out of an Irish traditional base. While a visiting professor at Boston College in 1990, Ó Súilleabháin organized the “My Love Is in America” fiddle festival that laid the groundwork for Irish music activities at the university. His recorded interviews of musicians at the festival, along with other recordings of the event, inaugurated what is now the university’s Irish Music Archives.

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Wednesday, December 5 -- Walsh Hall Function Room (Chestnut Hill Campus)

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

A Christmas Gathering: Irish Music, Songs, and Stories, featuring Gabriel Donohue & Marian Makins, with Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly and Boston College students.

The resume of singer and multi-instrumentalist Gabe Donohue includes performances with Eileen Ivers, Cherish the Ladies and The Chieftains. Marian Makins was trained in classical and popular vocal styles, and in recent years has emerged as a gifted traditional-style singer in Irish and English. Also appearing will be Connolly and students from the Boston College Irish music classes.

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The above events are free and open to the public.  All events are subject to change. For more information, please e-mailirish@bc.edu or call 617-552-6396.

For directions see http://www.bc.edu/gaelicroots . Campus parking guidelines are available at http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/transportation/visitor.html

Inclement weather: visit http://www.bc.edu/bcinfo for updates on weather-related closings on campus.

Event descriptions are provided by the Office of News and Public Affairs and the Irish Music Center of Boston College.

The Burns Library Irish Music Center offers selected video clips of Gaelic Roots events on its YouTube channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/BurnsLibraryIMC