Finnish and American musicians amongst those to take to the stage in Cork for Seán O Riada gold medal competition
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15 traditional flute and whistle players, including a Lutheran priest Markus Asunta from Finland, young Irish American musician Sean Gavin from Detroit, and award-winning Scottish guitarist and flute player Tom Oakes, will be among those taking to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday 13 January to compete for the Seán Ó Riada gold medal and €2500 in prize money. The judges on the night will be renowned musicians Mary Bergin and Michael Tubridy, and they will be joined by Matt Molloy via Skype from 1500 miles away in the Canary Islands.
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Sligo Live will be celebrated at Top European Scottish Festival Celtic Connections on Wednesday, 25th January 2012
Unique festival partnership gives emerging and established Irish artists a new international platform
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Celtic Connections in Scotland (the largest winter festival in Europe hosting over 2,100 musicians, 300 events, 20 venues over 18 days) hosts a Sligo Live night on Wednesday, 25th January 2012 at St. Andrews In The Square. The Sligo Live showcase, which is now an annual and unique event at Celtic Connections, is part of a partnership between the two festivals where the Scottish festival and the Irish event promote each other in their respective markets.
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Ó Riada’s Re-Imagined
Louth Contemporary Music Society presents a new arrangement of Seán Ó Riada’s Mass by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky performed by the EQ Singers with Zoe Conway, fiddle, Laoise Kelly,harp & Mel Mercier, bodhrán conducted by Eamonn Dougan with a special guest performance by Iarla Ó Lionáird in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland (The Green Church)Dundalk Saturday 10 March 2012
The music of composer Seán Ó Riada, who is credited with re-igniting the popularity of Irish traditional music, is celebrated by Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) in a unique performance of a new arrangement of his Mass on 10 March 2012 in Dundalk.
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Oidhreacht an Chláir
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Oidhreacht an Chláir was launched in 2003 with the aim of conserving and promoting the traditional arts in their native environment. Based at its permanent headquarters, Áras OaC in Miltown Malbay Co. Clare, our fully refurbished residence is next door to the one-time home of the renowned uillean piper, Willie Clancy (1918-1973). Miltown is the venue for the annual Summer School dedicated to his memory.
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