I missed the Irish dancing lessons, looks interesting. (I don't know about the posture about some of the participants, but hey, it's the age of the barbarians.)Gaelic Roots Spring Music Calendar
Wednesday, January 17
Irish Dance and Céilí: Directed by Meghan Allen, TCRG
Live dance music by Séamus Connolly, Larry Reynolds, and friends. Bring your dancing shoes -- and jump-start the year with live Irish music! All ages and levels are welcome, under the direction of BC's own dance instructor, Meghan Allen. Meghan has been Irish dancing since the age of three, and has performed nationally and internationally. Also featuring live fiddle music by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly and céilí band leader Larry Reynolds.
Location & Time: Gasson Hall Irish Room, 6:30-9:00 PM. Beginner instruction
at 6:30; dances for all levels taught at 6:45.Tuesday, February 6
Concert: Jimmy Noonan, Irish flute and whistle, with Dan Gurney (accordion) and Ted Davis (guitar).
Boston College's own whistle and flute instructor, Jimmy Noonan, joins accordionist Dan Gurney and guitar accompanist Ted Davis for a lively evening of traditional music. Jimmy Noonan, winner of two western championships for flute and tin whistle, is featured on The Maple Leaf, The Clare Connection, and Irish Music from Cleveland vol. 3. Fleadh Cheoil bronze medalist Dan Gurney released his first CD In Motion in 2004 with guitarist Ian Worpole. Ted Davis began playing the guitar at an early age and has been accompanying traditional Irish music for ten years. His CD credits include The Maple Leaf and The Magic Square.
Location & Time: Connolly House, 7:00-9:00 PMWednesday, February 28
Concert: Irish music and song with Larry Reynolds and family.
Led by fiddle player and radio personality Larry Reynolds, the Reynolds family has been a major influence in popularizing Irish traditional music throughout New England. Larry Reynolds immigrated to Boston from Ballinasloe, Co. Galway as a young man in 1953. He performed with the Tara Céilí Band and the Connacht Céilí Band, and established the Hanafin-Cooley Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in the mid-1970s. Larry's sons Larry Jr. (accordion), Michael (accordion, vocals, guitar) and Sean (fiddle) are at the center of the thriving community of Irish music, song, and dance in New England.
Location & Time: Connolly House, 7:00-9:00 PMWednesday, March 14
Concert: Kate Chadbourne, Irish stories and songs, with lap harp, piano, and Irish flute.
Harvard scholar Kate Chadbourne loves studying the folksongs and stories of Ireland, and as a singer and storyteller, she loves performing them, often with harp or piano accompaniment. A Boston College alum, she spent a year each in Cork and Derry listening and learning, and brings those traditional arts to audiences throughout New England. Her latest CD, The Irishy Girl, is a gathering of some of her favorite songs. http://katechadbourne.com/
Location & Time: Connolly House, 7:00-9:00 PMWednesday, March 28
Concert: Jerry O'Sullivan, uilleann pipes.
Jerry O'Sullivan is a gifted ambassador of the Irish uilleann pipes, maintaining the historic traditions and melodies of the instrument, while expanding its range into new genres of music and media. Jerry appears on over 90 albums, with performances on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, Highland bagpipes, and Scottish smallpipes. His latest CD, O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell, received critical acclaim. Jerry has toured extensively in the United States and Europe, and as far afield as Japan and Israel. http://jerryosullivan.com/
Location & Time: Connolly House, 7:00-9:00 PMThursday, April 26
Concert: Boston College Arts Festival: Irish Programs performance
This annual celebration of the arts opens with a performance by students and teachers of Irish music and dance at Boston College. http:www.bc.edu/arts
Location & Time: O'Neill Plaza, 12:00-1:00 PMAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. Visitors parking on campus must use the Beacon Street Garage or the Commonwealth Avenue Garage. BC has implemented new parking regulations; please see http://www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/ for details.
On January 17, Meghan Allen ’03 taught aspiring dancers the “Haymaker’s Jig” to live music performed by local musicians led by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Seamus Connolly. More than 60 students and community members came to Gasson Hall for a Céilidh (Irish dance party, pronounced KAY-lee), one of six Irish music and dance programs to be presented this semester by the Center for Irish Programs.
Allen remembers listening to Irish music on the radio when she was growing up in Norwood, New Jersey. “My parents took me to an Irish festival when I was three. I said ‘This is what I want to do.’ I don’t think they knew what they were getting into!”
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