The Coatesville Traditional Irish Music Series presents an evening concert, afternoon workshops, an open session afterwards, and more ...
Micheal O Raghallaigh & Ivan Goff
Sat., June 7, 2008; 8:00 PM / $15; children under 12, free
MICHEAL O RAGHALLAIGH (ME'-haul O Riley) is one of the finest concertina players in Ireland. Steeped in the music by his Connemara-born father, he studied concertina with the great Rena Crotty from Kilrush. IVAN GOFF, originally from Dublin, began playing the tin whistle when he was eight, progressing to the more demanding uilleann pipes at eleven. (Workshops will take place at 4:00 PM. Registration required. Fee is $25.)
Philadelphia fiddler Caitlin Finley will open the concert with the mighty music that won her four prizes at the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil in Pearl River, NY. (Caitlin & band - The Pearl River Ceili Band - have qualified to compete at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Tullamore, Ireland, in August).
Bring your instrument as we expect an open session to take place after the show at nearby Ballydalton. We can caravan over there in no time flat!
Coatesville Cultural Society / 143 E Lincoln Hwy / Coatesville, PA 19320 / 610 486 2220
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