Traditional Music and Dance Festival
in association with Irish Arts Center
July 21 | 12 pm – 7 pm
The Traditional Music Festival gave rise to the Catskills Irish Arts Week (July 15 - 21), and was renamed in 2007 in honor of the greatest of the New York born Irish fiddlers in the Sligo Tradition, Andy McGann, who passed away during the Catskills Irish Arts Week on July 13, 2004.
The Annual Festival held on the M.J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre Pavilion Fields overlooks East Durham and remains the largest gathering of traditional iIrish musicians and dancers performing anywhere in North America with over 100 anticipated artists. There will be food and craft vendors and refreshments available all day long
Admission: $20 at the gate ($15 in advance for Catskills Irish Arts Week students) available through the MJQICSC office.
Friday, February 17 | 8 pm Friday, March 23 | 8 pm Friday, May 11 | 8 pm
A new series showcasing Ireland's contemporary songwriters, bringing the richness of the busking tradition of Dublin's Grafton Street to New York City.
In February, March and May, IrishArtsCenter invites you to spend an evening with some of Ireland's best contemporary songwriters as they tell their stories up close and acoustically in the intimate Donaghy Theatre.
Friday, February 17 | 8 pm
Susan McKeown and Declan O’Rourke
Susan McKeown has won a Grammy award and a BBC Folk Award nomination for her strong, expressive voice. She has recorded many albums spanning the realms of world music and rock and has performed with Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Linda Thompson, Billy Bragg, The Klezmatics, Mariachi Real de Mexico, Ensemble Tartit, Flook, Lúnasa, Andy Irvine and Johnny Cunningham.
Susan McKeown performs "No Jericho" from her album Belong:
Declan O'Rourke has been praised for his richly resonant voice and beautifully crafted songs. Fan Josh Groban covered O'Rourke's "Galileo" on his 2010 album Illuminations.
Declan O’Rourke performs “Time Machine” from his album, Mag Pai Zai on the BBC Transatlantic Sessions
Friday, February 17 – Susan McKeown and Declan O’Rourke
Admission: $18 non-member / $15 member SOLD OUT
Friday, March 23 | 8 pm
Michael Brunnock and Brendan O’Shea
Album Release show! Brunnock’s album, The Orchard, will be released the evening of the concert. Listen for him on David Byrne’s soundtrack for the film This Must Be the Place (2012), starring Sean Penn.
Brendan O'Shea and Michael Brunnock sit with Susan McKeown for the second podcast from IAC's SongLives series. Both musicians discuss their influences and early days, plus a live sneak peak at Brunnock's "Down by the Araglin" and O'Shea's "Old Clock."
Brendan O'Shea and Michael Brunnock sit with Susan McKeown for the second podcast from IAC's SongLives series.
“The Orchard” by Michael Brunnock
Brendan O’Shea is a veteran of New York City’s songwriter scene. Brendan and friend Karl Geary (Sin-é) began hosting a successful Sunday night concert series in NYC’s East Village called the Scratcher Sessions, which features musicians from around the world.
“No Mystery” by Brendan O’Shea
Friday, March 23 – Michael Brunnock and Brendan O’Shea
Admission: $18 non-member / $15 member
Friday, May 11 | 8 pm
Mark Geary and Ann Scott
U.S. album release show for songs about love, songs about leaving. Geary’s songs have been featured on various television shows including One Tree Hill and Bones.
“Stardust” by Mark Geary
Twice nominated in the Best Female category for the Irish Meteor Awards, Ann Scott has developed a reputation as an intense performer and a firebrand songwriter.
“Imelda” by Ann Scott
Friday, May 11 | Mark Geary and Ann Scott
Admission: $18 non-member / $15 member
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
This program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish Arts Center at Symphony Space!
Celtic Appalachia
The Wondrous Story of Irish and African Influences on Old Time American, Country andBluegrass Music
in association with American Irish Historical Society and Glucksman Ireland House – New YorkUniversity
Starring MICK MOLONEY and THE GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA
ATHENA TERGIS, MARTIN O’CONNELL, JOEY ABARTA, BRENDAN DOLAN, NIALL O’LEARY and PARKER HALL
MUSICIANS FROM VIRGINIA’S CROOKED ROAD SAMMY SHELOR, EDDIE BOND, LEIGH BEAMER, KIRK SUTPHIN, and LINDA LAY
with special guest CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE, a griot (storyteller) and master of the West African precursor to the banjo
and Eoin and Moley O’Suilleabhain and TheWashington Square Harp andShamrock Orchestra
This St. Patrick’s Day season, join us for a real toe-tapping, knee-slapping, singing and dancing fête celebrating the Irish traditional music influences on old time American, country and bluegrass music.
For one-night-only, the beloved Green Fields of America meet some of the best musicians to come from the Crooked Road region in Virginia, including Sammy Shelor (SPBGMA Banjo Performer of the Year; Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass 2011) and Wayne Henderson, to celebrate the cultural links between Ireland and Celtic Appalachia.
Peter Norton Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Admission:
Tier 1: $45 non-member / $36 member
Tier 2: $35 non-member / $28 member / $18 student with ID SymphonySpace.org or 212-864-5400
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, waves of Northern Irish immigrants, known today as the Scotch-Irish or the Ulster Scots, ended up in theSouthern Appalachian Mountains. They brought with them the music, songs and stories of Ireland and Scotland and settled in Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky and northern Georgia. They met and lived beside Cherokee, German, Scottish and English settlers who moved to the mountains from the Southern East Coast Tidewater, and African Americans who moved there from the Southern plantations before and after the Civil War.
This program is made possible, in part, by Northern Ireland Bureau; Tourism Ireland; Elaine Pang and Michael George; Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Friday, April 13 | 8 pm
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
with Martin Hayes, artistic director, fiddle Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocals
Dennis Cahill, guitar Máirtín O’Connor, accordion Cathal Hayden, fiddle Seamie O’Dowd, guitar David Power, uilleann pipes
"This star-studded concert brings together some of the brightest luminaries in traditional Celtic music." – TIME OUT NEW YORK
"not to be missed" – THE NEW YORKER
“an exploration of old-fashioned style and raw musical virtuosity deftly curated by fiddle icon, and the show’s artistic director, Martin Hayes. Each of these musicians is worth seeing individually, but having them together in one show is something very special, indeed.” – IRISH ECHO
"terrifically enjoyable show…accomplished line-up…thrilling climax of galloping jigs and reels."
– THE AUSTRALIAN
Purity, power and intimacy—traditional Irish music at its finest!
Seven of the most compelling artists in Irish music today come together at Symphony Space to explore the heart of Irish traditional music, based on a famous festival curated by Martin Hayes in the West County Cork town of Bantry. Having mesmerized audiences in Ireland and Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, Masters of Tradition is now touring the U.S. In solos, duets, trios, and full group collaboration, these acclaimed musicians bring an unparalleled level of mastery to the spellbinding music they play.
Tune into Martin Hayes on the radio on WFUV 90.7 FM, Saturday, March 31, 9:00am-noon EDT, on Kathleen Biggins's Celtic show "A Thousand Welcomes." The radio show will be available online at www.wfuv.org.
Admission: Orchestra: $45 non-member / $36 member
Tier 2: $38 general / $28 member / $18 student SymphonySpace.org or 212-864-5400
Sneak Peek of Masters of Tradition
This program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
“Blending the pop ambitions of Gaga with Elvis Costellvian wordplay” – VILLAGE VOICE
“an innovator, an original; incomparable with any of her contemporaries" – THE IRISH TIMES
Stylish and dramatic, chamber-pop singer, composer and orchestrator Julie Feeney is a powerhouse of creative energy. Hailed as “The Emerald Isle’s Original” (THE WASHINGTON POST), Julie has captivated audiences around the world with her mesmerizing voice and unique stage presence. Over a residency of 10 performances, this Irish sensation will amaze with new material and songs from her masterpieces pages and 13 songs in an innovative pop and theatrical live show. Co-directed by Vallejo Gantner of Performance Space 122 with Julie Feeney, the shows will fuse beautiful melodies, unique fashion and avant-garde arrangements with Julie’s ensemble of singers, strings, accordion, recorders, pianos, and trumpets.
“13 songs…a charming…dreamy record” – THE NEW YORK TIMES
Julie Feeney is a critically acclaimed and award winning singer, composer, songwriter, orchestrator and producer Julie Feeney is winner of the Choice Music Prize for ‘Irish Album of the Year’ (Ireland’s equivalent of the Mercury Music Prize)—an album on which she played most of the instruments herself. She combines her “mesmerizing stage presence and eccentric pop genius” (Hot Press) taking an avant-garde approach to her innovative, one-of-a-kind sound, which, while rooted in classical music, straddles both the pop and theatrical worlds.
Her music, videos and performances are widely broadcast on TV and radio and her sold-out performance at the main auditorium at Ireland’s National Concert Hall received a 10-minute standing ovation. She has performed many sold out shows in America, Ireland, England, France, Italy, Germany and Holland solo; with her own ensemble or with numerous orchestras for which she orchestrated and composed for including the Ulster Orchestra for BBC Northern Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for RTÉ. Her compositions have also been performed by contemporary ensembles Icebreaker and Crash Ensemble.
She has just completed her third album having crowd-funded to make it, where fans pledged 24 K Euros in 31 days. She has also just received her first opera commission which will be completed in 2012 and she embarks on a large tour in November where she will perform with a different choir for 10 nights featuring her own composed music. She co-presents a popular radio series in Ireland, High Fidelity on RTÉ Radio One which traces the history of recorded song.
Previously, after graduating from university with three Masters’ degrees, Julie performed as a professional choral singer world-wide; as a model and as an educator in Ireland and abroad. She worked as a movement actor and as an electronic music composer for contemporary dance films and live performances.
Vallejo Gantner (Co-director) has been Artistic Director of Performance Space 122 since 2005 and became effective CEO in mid 2010, responsible primarily for all programming, strategic direction and external affairs. P.S. 122 is one of United States’ leading multi-disciplinary presenters of innovative contemporary performing arts.
Prior to this, he was Director of the Dublin Fringe Festival from 2002 – 2004, (CEO and artistic director of this semi-curated three week annual event), and Artistic Associate of the Melbourne Festival 2000/01 (responsible for programming the free and outdoor programs). Originally from Melbourne, Gantner has worked in a range of capacities throughout the arts in the US, Asia and Australia - as a director, writer, performer, agent, producer and programmer. He was the co-producer of Spiegelworld from 2006-2008, a commercial producer / presenter of contemporary circus, cabaret, music and entertainment across the US.
Recently, Gantner has appeared as a performer in “The Curator’s Piece” by Tea Tupajic and Petra Zanki across Europe, Executive Produced the hit indie feature, “Your Sister’s Sister”, by Lynn Shelton (and her upcoming feature, “Touchy Feely”) and directed a new concert performance by Irish composer / singer Julie Feeney.
He is a partner in a micro-brewery - Mountain Goat Beer and in Melbourne bars Double Happiness, Lily Black’s, and New Gold Mountain. In 2006, he was a Deakin Lecturer in Melbourne’s Deakin series.
Gantner sits on the board of the National Performance Network (USA), Jianguo Pty Ltd (Aus), and Four Winds Foundation (Aus) and the advisory board of Fortnight Journal (USA).
Formerly he was a board director of the Myer Foundation (Aus), Kage (Aus), Mountain Goat Beer (Aus), National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) (Aus), and has sat on more award, funding and other panels than he can remember.
David Baranowski (keyboard, vocals) is a highly versatile keyboardist, performing a variety of styles on piano, keyboards, organ and harpsichord. For the past nine years, he has been touring internationally with rock icon Ritchie Blackmore, as a member of Blackmore’s Night. He is also the accompanist for the Westchester Choral Society, harpsichordist for the American Baroque Orchestra, and Director of Music at Saint Joseph Church in Danbury, CT. In 2010, he made his debut as an opera conductor with the Delaware Valley Opera in Mozart’s Così fan tutte from the harpsichord. That same year, David met and performed with Ms. Feeney for the first time. He has never been the same…
Joseph Brent (Guitar, mandolin) displays a unique musical versatility that has captivated audiences around the world, Joseph Brent has made his mark on several instruments and in several genres. As a classical musician, he has distinguished himself in solo performances with The International Contemporary Ensemble, The Boston Symphony, New World Symphony, and The San Francisco Symphony, among many others, and has given solo recitals and clinics on six continents. In the pop and improvisational musical worlds, he has performed with artists such as Regina Spektor, Jewel, Erin McKeown, Woody Allen, and Stephane Grappelli. He has released several CDs under his own name and appears on countless others. He has also written two books of mandolin pedagogy, and is a faculty member at Mannes, the first mandolin instructor to hold a faculty position with a major American conservatory.
Michael Kuennen (Double bass, electric bass) is an active Broadway musician. Kuennen has been the bassist for The Droswy Chaperone, Promise, Promises, and Elf. Currently playing such shows as Porgy & Bess, Anything Goes and How to Succeed in Business, some of his other credits include The Producers, West Side Story, and The Little Mermaid. Rooted in classical music, he has also performed in such NYC venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher, Birdland, Joe's Pub, Symphony Space, Feinstein's and Don't Tell Mama's. His Off-broadway credits include Jolson & Company, Roadside, The Road to Qatar and I Sing. Michael is also a regular performer with the New York Pops, the Riverside Symphony and many other groups throughout the New York Metro area.
Jennifer Marshall is a multi-faceted classically trained soprano with a varied musical career. She recently made her debuts with the Delaware Valley Opera as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and the Connecticut Lyric Opera as the Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte. At the New York Classical Singer Convention, she was a Professional Division Winner and as a Jenny Lind Competition First Prize winner, she performed in a concert tour of Sweden. Jennifer has been touring with Julie Feeney in the U.S. since the spring of 2011 and is proud to be a member of her ensemble once again for this special IAC engagement.
Laura Metcalf (Cellist), lauded for her “sensitive, melodic touch” (BlogCritics Magazine), is active as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and teacher. Laura has been a soloist with the One World Symphony, Ensemble 212 and the Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa, and has recently given recitals on the Hewlett-Woodmere Gold Series, Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Music Club, Church of Beethoven, and Strad for Lunch series. She is cellist of Sybarite 5, a string quintet who won the prestigious Concert Artists Guild competition in 2011, and with whom she has given over 200 concerts at such venues as the Library of Congress and Lincoln Center. Sybarite5 will make their Carnegie Hall debut in 2012 at Zankel Hall, and their CD reached the Top 10 of the Billboard charts this year. As a member of the Ansonia Trio she won the 2009 Rutenberg Chamber Music Competition, and is a member of the Salome Chamber Orchestra. She has attended the Aspen, Taos and Sarasota Music Festivals, the London Masterclasses, the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau (France) and the IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses and Open Chamber Music. Laura is a member of the cello and percussion ensemble Break of Reality, and has appeared on the Today Show, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, and the View. Laura received her Master of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Timothy Eddy and won the James E. Hughes award. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston University's College of Fine Arts, where, as recipient of the prestigious Trustee Scholarship, she won the 2003 Bach Competition.
Terry Szor (Trumpet), is a freelance musician and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Bronx Arts Ensemble among many others. He has performed for numerous Broadway shows, Radio City Music Hall, several television, radio commercials and soundtracks for video games. As a member of the award winning (Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award) Saturday Brass Quintet, Mr. Szor performed recitals and led educational programs at such venues as The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He performs as the principal trumpet with Opera Saratoga, Hudson Valley Philharmonic and the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players.
Admission: $20 non-member / $18 member
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
Watch Julie Feeney perform 'Impossibly Beautiful' on The Late Late Show
This program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
FALL 2011
Irish Arts Center
presents
A Tribute To Harrigan and Hart The Original Men Who Owned Broadway
A Concert Featuring Mick Moloney
and an All-Star Line Up
Thursday, October 13 | 8 pm
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
with
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
The Green Fields of America: Joey Abarta, Brendan Dolan, Billy McComiskey, Niall
O'Leary, Jerry O'Sullivan, Athena Tergis
Dana Lyn | Susan McKeown | Poor Baby Bree
John Roberts | Murray Callahan | Chris Simmons | Maureen Murphy | Dave Ruch
The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra
& more...
in association with
American Irish Historical Society
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
City Lore
Glucksman Ireland House—New York University
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
In
the 1870s, decades before George M. Cohan burst onto the Broadway stage, the
songs of his hero Edward “Ned” Harrigan, Irish American tunesmith
and playwright, were the toast of New York. Harrigan’s ballads of the working
class immigrants—filled with lovable and good humored characters like Dan
Mulligan and his wife Cordelia, John McSorley, the owner of McSorley’s
Irish Ale House, Tammany Alderman Old Boss Barry, and Mary Ann, the schoolteacher—mirrored
his own mercurial life, and provided the foundation for an entirely novel genre
of musical comedy on the American stage.
On the hundred year anniversary of the death of the beloved Ned Harrigan, Mick
Moloney and an all-star cast return to Symphony Space with amulti-media
tribute to the Broadway legend, his partner Tony Hart, and musical collaborator
David Braham. Through story, song and dance, the performance captures the excitement
and humor of the times and salutes its importance in the formation and growth
of American musical and theatrical culture.
Admission: Orchestra: $45 general / $35 members
Tier 2: $38 general / $30 members / $25 students SymphonySpace.org or 212-864-5400
This program is supported, in part, by the New
York State Council on the Arts, a public agency, and by public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Meet
the Original Men Who Owned Broadway: Edward "Ned" Harrigan & Tony
Hart
The Mulligan Guards' Surprise
"Harrigan & Hart, together with their entire company [...] and a host
of celebrities, will produce the great hit of the season, the "Mulligan
Guard Surprise Party," with all the fun that that implies." - Brooklyn
Daily Eagle, May 21 1880
Cordelia Mulligan has badgered her husband Dan into moving from their old homestead
on "Mulligan Alley" to a deluxe apartment in the upper east side. Forced
to put on airs by Cordelia and her newly moved in family (!), poor beleaguered
Dan is left yearning for the good old days of his old neighborhood. Something
has to change - but what will Dan do to find happiness and to restore wedded
bliss?
Premiering in 1880, The Mulligan Guards' Surprise was the fifth in Harrigan's
popular "Mulligan Guard" series. Featuring familiar characters like "Planxty
McFudd" and memorable songs such as "Never Take the Horseshoe from
the Door," it delighted audiences both uptown and down during its long run
at the Theatre Comique.
"[Harrigan] has again exerted his faculty of quizzical
satire of the absurdities of the lower orders of his Irish race-a theme that
appears vastly to amuse his fancy and one that he is not afraid to treat with
good-humored fidelity and frank merriment." —New York Tribune,
December 22, 1891.
In a world of cathedral realty, runaway barges and shoeshine sabotage, it's
up to Judge Dominick McKeever to determine who is indeed the
last of the Hogans and therefore rightful heir to the dearly
departed Hughey Hogan's considerable estate. This proves
a less than straightforward task, however, because no fewer than ten purportedly "last" Hogans
(including Hughey's wife Anne) come to collect! Imagine
everyone's surprise when it's finally revealed that the news of Hughey's demise
is greatly exaggerated...
With characters and humor ripped from the sidewalks of 19th century New York, The
Last of the Hogans included the kind of "capitally devised
scenes of comic consternation" typical of Harrigan's shows and is best remembered
through Harrigan and Braham's hit song "Danny
By My Side."
“Paddy
Duffy’s Cart”
Squatter Sovereignty
“Another of Mr. Edward Harrigan's wonderful plays was
presented last night at that bright and beautiful little house, the Theatre Comique
[...] Squatter Sovereignty was found to be a particularly
lively and humorous treatment of Irish character, with the usual basis of broad
farce and unpretentious fun. [...] It is not hard to understand why the public
should enjoy the free fun of a play like this which shows undoubtedly a sharp
dramatic eye and–as the French would say–du tempérament.“ – New
York Times, January 10, 1882.
In Squatter Sovereignty, a peculiarly Irish-American
take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the Widow Rosie Nolan,
a resident of a shantytown in Central Park, wants to marry off her daughter Nellie. However, she has
her sights on vagabond astronomer Felix McIntyre's son Terence. As the
Rosie and Felix negotiate the dowery–a prize package featuring the Widow's
favorite goat–we not only learn that Nellie has her sights on the monied
German Fred Kline, but that Fred’s father, “The Captain,” has
imprisoned the Widow’s goat for having eaten his lace curtains. As
the drama builds towards the third act, we’re left to wonder: will Nellie
ever find happiness? Who are the Maguires and why are
they constantly fighting with the McIntyres? And finally, what
on earth will become of the goat?
Widely considered one of Ed Harrigan’s finest comedic
efforts, credit for Squatter Sovereignty’s success is also due
in equal measure to Tony Hart and David Braham. Hart
stunned critics in his role as the Widow Rosie Nolan, while Braham’s songs – including “Paddy
Duffy’s Cart” – were immediate hits and remained popular
for years after the show's close.
“The blending of Whelan and Tergis in this collaboration...presaged
greater things to come, not only for this duo individually and, perhaps,
collectively, but also for the Irish Arts Center.” —Paul
Keating, Irish Voice
“Largely because of the success of Riverdance, Irish music
is impacting the pop music market as never before."
—Don
Heckman, The Los Angeles Times
“In a rare public performance…Bill Whelan played, sang and conducted,
sometimes simultaneously…The audience was brought to its feet by music
that suggested joy, celebration, sorrow and transcendence.”
—Cahir
O’Doherty, Irish Voice
“the sense of exhilaration and enjoyment both from the artists on stage
and the audience bore out…that we were indeed lucky to be in the house
that night.”
—Paul Keating, Irish Voice
An Evening
with
Bill Whelan and Orchestra
Featuring Athena Tergis and Special Guests
Live Concert Performances
October 29 – November 1 | 7:30 pm
Grammy award-winning Riverdance composerBill
Whelan and world-renowned fiddlerAthena Tergis return
to the Irish Arts Center for four unforgettable performances with a live orchestra
and special guests including Riverdance star Mick Donegan and singer
Morgan Crowley.
This exclusive concert engagement reprises Bill Whelan’s thrilling New
York performance debut in last season’s Masters in Collaboration Series – with
the composer at the piano performing selections from his vast body of work across
a range of pop, world, jazz, classical and traditional styles, including the
U.S. premiere of two new compositions – “After The Titanic” (lyrics
by Derek Mahon) and “Jazzical Cyclebike” – along with excerpts
from “Carna,” “Inishlacken,” and the mega-hit Riverdance.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of the world’s top
composers in an intimate setting for an unforgettable evening of live music and
dance.
Admission: $60 premium seating (IAC members $50) / $40 general seating
(IAC members $32)
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
Watch the video below to preview the joyful music and dancing from Riverdance
star Mick Donegan (around minute 3).
From Masters in Collaboration IV: Bill Whelan Meets Athena Tergis
Riverdance
A preview of Bill Whelan and Athena Tergis from their time as artists-in-residence
at Masters in Collaboration IV.
Press from Masters in Collaboration IV: Bill Whelan Meets Athena Tergis
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind master class in Celtic harp taught by
Cormac de Barra and Mia Theodoratus. Students will spend time with each instructor.
With Cormac, students will learn by ear and have the opportunity to tailor the
workshop to suit their interests by exploring dance tunes, harpers’ airs,
slow airs and song airs. With Mia, students will learn how to look inside a tune
and pull out what you feel the song is saying, and more importantly, practice
tips to give a clean performance. Instruction will also go over some “tricks” like
extended modern harp methods and chord spacing. All skill levels welcome.
Even if you do not take the class, you can enjoy the beautiful sounds of the
harp at the evening performance.
Concert only: $18 general / $15 members, students, seniors
An Evening of Irish Piping
December 1 | 8pm
An Evening of Irish Piping brings together 3 of the world’s top uilleann pipers for a unique end of year concert. The night will feature Lunasa piper Cillian Vallely, former Riverdance piper Ivan Goff and New York’s own piping master Jerry O’Sullivan. In addition, there will be a guest appearance from legendary New York fiddler Tony deMarco and Dublin guitarist Eamon O’Leary.
This concert is a benefit for the musicians’ friend, Belfast piper Eamon Dillon, and all proceeds will go towards Eamon’s hospital bills.
Admission: $20
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
“…a memorable night of well-woven musical
traditions, music, stories, and dancing …An Irish
Christmas is now a tradition itself…making the
holidays brighter for all lucky enough to attend.” —Earle Hitchner,
IRISH ECHO
Mick Moloney will be on the Adrian Flannelly Show, through Irish Radio™ Network USA Saturday, December 10th. Click here to tune in to the live online broadcast from 9am to 12pm.
Mick will also be on WFUV Ceol na nGael Sunday, December 11th between 12pm and 1pm on 90.7 FM in New York City and at 94.5 FM in Beacon, NY or online here.
An Irish Christmas A Musical Solstice Celebration
With Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis and Special Guests
December 7 - 18 Wednesday - Sunday | 8 pm Saturday | 2 pm and 8 pm Sunday | 3 pm and 8 pm
Your entire family will enjoy our annual holiday tradition, featuring an eclectic
mix of tunes and stories to warm the heart, hosted by the legendary Mick
Moloney. Famed Filipino singer Grace Nono and jazz singer Tamar
Korn join the Irish Christmas lineup, featuring fiddler Athena Tergis,
button accordionist BillyMcComiskey, pianist Brendan Dolan, fiddler
and singer Liz Hanley, and dancer Niall
O’Leary.
And you never know who will drop by to share their favorite party piece—past
special guests have included Gabriel Byrne, Colum McCann, Ellen McCourt, Isaiah
Sheffer, Peter Quinn, Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra and more.
Whatever your holiday tradition, don’t miss this delightful celebration
of the season!
Admission: $50 general / $40 members Group Rates Available
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
Join the IrishArtsCenter in reaching out to those in need of a helping hand among us in Hell’s Kitchen throughout An Irish Christmas.
Your donations of canned and non-perishable food items will benefit Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, located right down the street on West 51st Street.
Your donations of regular or travel sized toiletries and home goods will benefit hundreds of clients at drop-in shelters and supportive housing throughout New York City – an initiative of Urban Pathways.
Thank you for your generosity during the holiday season.
This program is sponsored, in part, by public funds from the New York City
Department of
Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
“One of the more ambitious and welcome initiatives to come out of
the Irish Arts Center.”
—Paul Keating, IRISH VOICE
“The Irish Arts Center is at the center of cross-fertilization
of Irish and American talent.” – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter
MASTERS IN COLLABORATION VI Iarla Ó Lionáird Meets Ivan
Goff With Special Guest Dan Trueman
Live Concert Performances Saturday, October 1 | 8 pm Sunday, October 2 | 8 pm
Our acclaimed Masters in Collaboration series continues to foster exciting
musical partnerships with its sixth installment, pairing sean-nós singer
Iarla Ó Lionáird with uilleann piper and flutist Ivan Goff,
two extraordinary artists living on different sides of the Atlantic. Ó Lionáird
is widely respected for his solo work in bringing a unique blend of ancient Irish
music and cutting edge world sounds to a global audience. Goff has lived in New
York since arriving on Broadway over ten years ago with Riverdance and
has made his mark as one of the greatest Irish musicians in America. Ó Lionáird
and Goff’s collaboration will be a fascinating exploration and very much
in the spirit of a series which encourages distinguished artists to break new
ground.
A video preview of the Masters in Collaboration VI artists.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and Imagine
Ireland, Culture Ireland’s year of Irish arts in America in 2011.
“One of the more ambitious and welcome initiatives to come out
of the Irish Arts Center.” —Paul Keating, IRISH VOICE
Masters in Collaboration V Joanie Madden
Meets Séamus Begley
Live Concert Performances April 15-17 | 8 pm
Our fifth installment of the acclaimed Masters in Collaboration series pairs
Grammy-winning whistle and flute player and leader of Cherish the Ladies Joanie
Madden with renowned accordionist and singer Séamus Begley. Joined by
special guest Gabriel Donohue on guitar, Madden and Begley will spend a week
as IAC artists-in-residence exploring each other’s styles, culminating
in three unforgettable performances in the Donaghy Theatre.
Launched by Irish Arts Center senior artistic associate Mick Moloney in 2008,
the Masters in Collaboration series creates partnerships among artists
outside the pressures of the marketplace in an effort to stimulate creativity,
reward risk, and awaken a dynamic musical conversation between Ireland and the
United States.
Don’t miss your chance to be a part of musical history with these living
legends of Irish traditional music.
Photo credit: All photos: McNulty Family Collection
(AIA051), Archives of Irish America, NYU.
In association with
American Irish Historical Society, Archives of Irish American/Tamiment Library-New
York University,
Glucksman Ireland House-New York University,
The Irish Repertory Theatre
A Tribute to the Famous McNultys The First Family of Irish Music
A Concert Featuring Mick Moloney and an All Star Cast
Sold out
with Julie Feeney
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
The Green Fields of America: Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, Billy McComiskey, Brendan
Dolan and Jerry O'Sullivan
Courtney Grogan
Dermot Henry
Dana Lyn and her String Quartet
The Niall O’Leary Dance Troupe
Mary O’Dowd
Jerry Timlin
The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra
Friday, March 11 | 8 pm
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
The McNulty family—Ma, her daughter Eileen and her son Peter—were
the most extraordinarily successful and acclaimed Irish entertainers in America
between 1930 and 1960. Now, close to the 50th anniversary of their last performance
in their beloved New York City, folklorist and musician Mick Moloney returns
to Symphony Space to lead a tribute to this peerless trio—the last of the
great vaudevillians in America.
Their combination of exuberant traditional Irish and Irish American song with
tap, clog and Irish step dance set them apart from all entertainers of their
era. The Famous McNultys filled the Brooklyn Academy of Music with their Irish
Showboat Revue twice a year for close to twenty years, and were familiar and
beloved figures in Rockaway, Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, the Catskills and
Boston, recording over 150 records for Decca, Copley and Standard Colonial. The
concert will be a celebration of their magnificent, joyful artistry and will
feature a program of music, song and dance against a stunning backdrop of projected
visual images from the life and times of this remarkable family.
Sold out
This program is supported, in part, by the New York
State Council on the Arts, a public agency, and by public funds from the New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Admission: Orchestra: $40 general / $30 members
Tier 2: $30 general / $27 members
$20 students & seniors SymphonySpace.org or
212-864-5400
The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, featuring Donie
Carroll on vocals performing "Arrah, Come in out of the Rain Barney
McShane".
Written by Andrew B. Sterling and J. Fred Helf in 1909, this song was among
numerous popular recordings of the vaudeville era that made it into The McNulty
Family's extensive repertoire.
"Arrah, Come in out of the Rain Barney McShane" will appear on The
Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra's new CD "Since Maggie Dooley
Learned the Hooley Hooley?"
Mick Moloney performing "Daisy Bell"
Recorded by the McNulty Family in the 1930s this song parodies the wildly
popular Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), written by Harry Dacre in 1892.
The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra performing "Dublin
Bay"
Introducing The McNulty Family
“Ma” McNulty
Hailing from Kilteevan, County Roscommon, Annie “Ma” McNulty,
became a performer at a very early age, singing and playing the accordion at
local dances and social occasions. She immigrated to America and married John
McNulty in 1914 and had two children, Eileen and Peter.
Ma taught the children songs, dances and skits, and the trio began to perform
together as "The McNulty Family". On stage Ma was seen in her self-made
frilly gowns with a single row button accordion. She could only play in one key
at a time so she owned five accordions, each tuned differently so she could switch
instruments depending on the song. However, this one key limitation didn’t
prevent her from leading The McNulty Family along their path of becoming the
most popular Irish entertainment act on the East Coast and perhaps in all
of North America from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Eileen
McNulty
Eileen was the oldest child of the McNulty family and performed as
a singer and dancer. Eileen and her brother Peter attended the Holy Name School
where the nuns became the first to pay the family to perform and suggest they
take the show on the road. Eileen was a terrific dancer and her feet can be heard
on many of the recordings of The McNulty Family. In 1937, she married Johnny
Grogan, who would eventually become the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. Their son,
Jimmy, performed in some of The McNulty Family performances for a short while
after Peter’s death. Once The McNulty Family had finished their run, Eileen
went to Ireland with her children and earned her TCRG in Irish step dancing and
taught for the rest of her life, performing occasionally. Her daughter Patricia
is currently working with New York University to preserve The McNulty Family
Collection.
Meet
Peter McNulty
Peter was born in New York in 1917. He began performing with the McNulty Family
when he was still a teenager. Peter played the violin and piano, and was also
singer and dancer. He wrote a weekly column in The Advocate titled “The
News Nest by Peter McNulty” and signed “The Corncrake,” a nickname
given to him by “Ma” in Danny Boy, the Greenhorn. He was very popular
and had a fan club, “Corncrake’s Association,” which had 160
members. In 1942, Peter was drafted in the army and continued his performances
as a member of a quartet known as “Foxhole Hilharmaniacs.” After
the war, Peter continued to record and perform with the McNulty Family until
his untimely death at 43.
Even after his death, Peter’s fans continued to appreciate his talents,
and “The Peter McNulty Music Club of the Traditional Irish Musicians Association” was
formed.
St.
Pat’s For All Benefit Concert
March 4 | Pre-event reception 6 pm | Concert 7 pm
On March 4, Irish Arts Center hosts the St. Pat's For All Concert - the annual
fundraiser in support of the inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade taking
place Sunday, March 6. St. Pat’s For All celebrates the diversity of the
Irish and Irish American communities of New York. For more information click
here
Performers include Brian Fleming, Niall O'Leary School of Dance, Malachy McCourt,
Caroline Duggan's Keltic Dream Dancers and many more. Food and desserts will
be served. This year's Grand Marshals will be Patricia Lewsley, Commissioner
for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland, and Brigadier General
(Ret.) James P. Cullen, Founding President of the Brehon Law Society.
For tickets and more information, contact Brendan or Kathleen at info@stpatsforall.com
Irish
Arts Center in association with David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
SILVER ROOTS: Ancient Dances
Saturday, January 22 | 8 pm
Juilliard-trained violinist Maria Millar, flutist Shawn
Wyckoff and cellist Michael Haas headline a mind-bending,
sonic adventure spanning multiple European cultures and traditions. Silver
Roots: Ancient Dances features performances inspired by the up-tempo music
and dances of Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany and England. World premieres
of works by Norwegian Otto Martin Christensen and Maria Millar–inspired
by the folk traditions and languages of Scandinavia–will round out the
evening.
“virtuoso playing is full of heart, vivacity
and energy.” —GWEN OREL, CITYSCOOPS
Admission: $20 general / $18 member SmartTix.com or
212-868-4444
A sneak peek ...
Colum McCann reading during
his appearance at An Irish Christmas 2009.
“…a memorable night
of well-woven musical traditions, music, stories,
and dancing...An Irish Christmas is now a tradition itself...
making the holidays brighter for all lucky enough to attend.” —Earle Hitchner, IRISH ECHO
AN
IRISH CHRISTMAS A Musical Solstice Celebration with Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis and Special
Guests
December 9 - 19 | Thursday-Friday 8 pm, Saturday
2 pm and 8 pm, Sunday 3 pm
Bring your entire family to share in Irish Arts Center’s joyous annual
musical holiday tradition, hosted by the legendary musician and folklorist Mick
Moloney. Old-time fiddler Rhys Jones joins another
incredible lineup of musicians this year, featuring Moloney on
banjo, mandolin and vocals, star Irish fiddler Athena Tergis,
button accordionist Billy McComiskey, pianist Brendan
Dolan, and dancer Niall O’Leary.
An Irish Christmas will get you into the spirit of the season with
songs like “The January Man”, “Christmas in the Trenches”, “The
Bushes of Jerusalem”, “The Holly and the Ivy” and the perennial
sing along favorite “Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake”. And you
never know who will drop by to share their favorite party piece – past
special guest appearances have included Ellen McCourt, Gabriel Byrne, Christine
Quinn, Colum McCann, Isaiah Sheffer and Washington Square Harp and Shamrock
Orchestra.
Whatever your holiday tradition, don’t miss this delightful solstice
celebration!
Admission: $45 general sale / $35 members SmartTix.com or
212-868-4444
On December 14, An Irish Christmas travels for one night only to the
Millennium Stage at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,
DC. Performance at 6pm. Free. More information at www.kennedy-center.org
Masters
in Collaboration IV Bill Whelan Meets Athena Tergis
with special guests Robbie Harris and Mick Donegan
and a 9-piece orchestra
Two Performances Only Saturday, November 20 | 8 pm Sunday, November 21 | 8 pm Reception to follow each performance
Donaghy Theatre | Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York City
VIP Preferred Seating - $100* General Sale - $50
*Preferred Seating includes a personally autographed copy of the unreleased
DVD Riverdance – Live from Beijing
Our fourth installment of the acclaimed Masters in Collaboration Series pairs
Grammy-winning Riverdance composer/pianist Bill Whelan with renowned Suzuki-trained
violinist Athena Tergis for two exclusive performances in the 99-seat
Donaghy Theatre, accompanied by percussionist Robbie Harris, a nine-piece
orchestra, and a live dance performance by Riverdance star Mick Donegan.
Join the artists for a free midweek conversation, moderated by Mick Moloney, on Wednesday,
November 17th at 8 pm in the Donaghy Theatre. Limited seating — call
(212) 757-3318 ext 209 to reserve.
Reservations www.smarttix.com or
(212) 868-4444
Irish Arts Center | 212-757-3318 ext 209
Susan McKeown discussing the making of the album Singing in the Dark.
Listen to Susan McKeown performing “A Woman Like That”, the first
single from Singing in the Dark
Susan McKeown
Paul Holdengräber,
Kay Redfield Jamison
Irish Arts Center in association with New York Public Library: Live from the NYPL
Glucksman Ireland House – New York University
and
Fountain House
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mood Disorder Support Group
presents
Singing in the Dark
A Concert and Conversation Featuring Susan McKeown
Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, Live from the NYPL
Saturday, October 30 | 8 pm
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
"McKeown grabbed both song and audience by the
throat, dragged them through heaven and hell and back again, and left the stage
to the loudest applause heard all evening."
—ROLLING STONE
“She walks on the wild side of Gaelic melody.” —BOSTON
GLOBE
“A singer of passion, grace and striking presence...”
—IRISH EXAMINER
“In a dark time, the eye begins to see” –Theodore Roethke
Experience Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter
Susan McKeown’s moving musical explorations of the link between creativity
and mental health, as she performs live with her band for the launch of her seventh
solo album, Singing in the Dark.
The celebrated warmth of McKeown’s vocals shine through Singing
in the Dark, which sets the lyrics of some of the world’s best known
poets writing through the lens of depression, mania and addiction – Theodore
Roethke, Anne Sexton, James Clarence Mangan, Lord Byron, Violetta Parra, Nuala
Ni Dhomhnaill – to her signature mix of original and world music.
The evening will include a live conversation moderated by Live from the NYPL’s
Paul Holdengräber, featuring Susan McKeown and author Kay
Redfield Jamison (Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the
Artistic Temperament).
Concert Admission: All seats $24 / $15 students SymphonySpace.org or 212-864-5400
A portion of the proceeds from Singing in the Dark will be donated
to the following mental health organizations:
Fountain House
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mood Disorder Support Group
Singing in the Dark: Irishness, Immigration, Creativity,
Madness
Saturday, October 30, 2010 | 9 am to 4 pm
Kimmel Center at NYU, 60 Washington Square South
A symposium considering the history of mental health among the Irish at home
and abroad, the relationships between trauma, immigration, addiction and mental
illness and the connections between creativity and depression, inspired by the
new album by Grammy award-winning vocalist Susan McKeown. See www.irelandhouse.as.nyu.edu for
full program and ticket details.
This program is sponsored, in part, by public funds from
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City
Council.
Pipes
and Piping in Ireland with Bill Ochs
Sunday, June 6 | 3 PM
Join us for a fabulous multi-media presentation that traces the
development of piping in Ireland from the Middle Ages to the present.
Master piper Bill Ochs has assembled a fascinating collection of
woodcuts, lithographs, photos, and rare archival recordings that tell
the story of the emergence of the uilleann pipes, the world's most
sophisticated bagpipe. To be followed by a solo piping concert in
which Ochs demonstrates the full range and scope of this uniquely
Irish instrument.
"A most stimulating, informative, and entertaining presentation."
—Professor Mick Moloney, NYU
Admission: $15 general sale/ $12 members and students
To buy click
here or call 212 868-4444
Masters
in Collaboration III Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill Meet Gregory Harrington
April 12 - 17
Performances April 16 - 17 | 8 pm
April 16 & 17 performances sold out.
Additional performance added - April 18
Live interview with the artists, moderated by Mick Moloney
Wednesday, April 14 | 8 pm
“One very
magical week”
—Paul Keating, Irish Voice
Masters in Collaboration made its debut in February of 2008 with the first-time
pairing legendary Irish singer-songwriter Paul Brady and Nashville-based pop-folk
artist Sarah Siskind. The Brady-Siskind IAC collaboration has blossomed
into a multi-city tour of Ireland and England in Spring 2010. Visit www.irishartscenter.org
for more details.
World-music pioneer and icon of traditional Irish music Andy Irvine and shooting
star of contemporary American folk and roots music, John Doyle teamed up in September
2009 for the second installment of Masters in Collaboration.
“One of the more ambitious and welcome initiatives to come
out of the Irish Arts Center.” — Irish Voice
We celebrate the third incarnation of our Masters in Collaboration series
by presenting three extraordinary artists: legendary
Irish traditional fiddle player Martin Hayes, master guitarist Dennis
Cahill and critically acclaimed classical violinist Gregory
Harrington. During a weeklong residency at IAC, they will together explore
their distinct musical styles and genres, culminating in two thrilling performances
that include the American premiere of a magnificent new work for fiddle, violin
and guitar: “Music for the Departed” by Dublin composer David Flynn.
Conceived in 2007 by Mick Moloney, one of the country’s foremost musicians
and folklorists, and Irish Arts Center Director Aidan Connolly, Masters in
Collaboration brings together new genres and generations of musicians toward
a deeper musical conversation between Ireland and the United States. As
in previous series, audiences can join the collaboration during a live mid-week
interview with the artists, moderated by Mick Moloney.
Martin Hayes is one of the most extraordinary talents to
emerge in the history of Irish traditional music. A native of County Clare,
where he learned music from his late father, the legendary musician P. Joe Hayes,
Martin Hayes’s influences go far beyond Ireland to include Estonian composer
Arvo Pärt, the Spanish viola da gamba master, Jordi Savall, and jazz genius
John Coltrane. The recipient of the prestigious Gradam Ceoil, Musician
of the Year 2008 from Irish TV station TG 4; Folk Instrumentalist of the Year
from BBC Radio; a National Entertainment Award (the Irish ‘Grammy’);
and six All-Ireland fiddle championships before the age of nineteen, Hayes was
cited by the Irish Sunday Tribune as one of the most important musicians to come
out of Ireland in the last fifty years. His discography includes two acclaimed
solo albums, Martin Hayes and Under the Moon, and, with
longtime collaborator Dennis Cahill, The Lonesome Touch, Live in Seattle,
and most recently, Welcome Here Again.
Master guitarist Dennis Cahill’s spare, essential accompaniment
to Martin Hayes’ fiddle is acknowledged as a major breakthrough for guitar
in the Irish tradition. In addition to his work with Hayes, Dennis has performed
with such renowned fiddlers as Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers and Kevin Burke, and
countless Irish musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Hayes and Cahill met
in Cahill’s native Chicago in the 1980s. Their decades-long musical
collaboration has taken them to Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai,
Warsaw, and Mexico City, as well as all over Europe, U.K. and Ireland, Canada,
and the United States.
Violinist Gregory Harrington tours and performs as a soloist
in venues throughout the US and Europe. He made his London debut at Royal Festival
Hall in July 2000, was a prizewinner of the Artists International Competition
in New York in February 2003, and became the first Irish born classical violinist
to perform solo at Carnegie Hall in a critically acclaimed debut at Weill Recital
Hall. He is currently a faculty member of the Spence and Nightingale-Bamford
Schools in Manhattan.
Admission:
Concert Tickets $50 general sale/$45 members | Interview Tickets $10 general
sale/free for IAC sponsor members April 16 & 17 performances sold out.
Additional performance added - April 18
Seating extremely limited. To buy click
here or call 212 868-4444
This
is Irish Music:
James Shipp’s Nós Novo
Strange Sweethearts in America
March 11 | 8 pm
Vibraphonist and percussionist James Shipp brings
the unique sounds of Nós Novo to the Irish Arts Center for
one special performance in March.Nós
Novo blends traditional Irish melodies and forms with Brazilian rhythms and
collective jazz improvisation, with influences ranging from Andy Irvine to Milton
Nascimento to Björk .Featuring vibraphonist/percussionist James Shipp, the
astounding singer Jo Lawry (fresh off her tour with Sting) on vocals,
fiddle, and melodica,Gilad Hekselman on guitar, and Rogerio Boccato on
drums and percussion. The evening features a special guest appearance by acclaimed
singer-songwriter (and lead singer of Bjorkestra) Becca Stevens.
“Nós Novo offers a worldly mix
of sea shanties, Celtic reels and airs, Brazilian soul and jazz spirit, played
via a mix of strings and percussion instruments and the soaring voice of singer
Jo Lawry. More amazing than the boldness of the mix is the seamlessness with
which it all comes together…” —Time Out New York
“…a striking new album, ‘Strange Sweethearts in America,’ which
advances a jazz-based take on traditional Celtic music,” —Nate Chinen, the New York Times
Admission: $15 general sale / $12 members
To buy click
here or call 212 868-4444
Saints & Tzadiks With Grammy award-winning artists Susan McKeown & Lorin
Sklamberg
Wednesday, March 3 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Edmond J. Safra Plaza 36 Battery Place
"A thrilling ride, often full of joy and laughter..." --All
Music Guide
Presented by Museum of Jewish Heritage in association with Irish Arts Center
Irish chanteuse Susan McKeown and Klezmatics vocalist and
accordionist Lorin Sklamberg will weave musical tales as they
perform songs from the Yiddish and Gaelic traditions — highlighting both
traditions’ similarities and differences in weaving a musical tale.
The pair have previously worked together on the Klezmatics’s
Grammy-winning Wonder Wheel (2006), which led to their more recent joint
exploration of the connections between the Yiddish and Irish vocal traditions.
Admission: $20 general sale / $15 students & seniors / $10 MJH
members
For tickets please contact box office at 646-437-4202 or www.mjhnyc.org
Irish
Arts Center
and
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance,
University of Limerick
in association with
American Ireland Fund | Glucksman Ireland House NYU American Irish Historical
Society | Irish Business Organization Irish Network New York City | Consulate
General of Ireland
invite you to a free concert to celebrate the American debut of
IRISH WORLD ACADEMY STRINGS ACADEMOS Directed by Irish Chamber Orchestra Leader Katherine Hunka with CANTORAL Irish World Academy Female
Chant Ensemble
February 4 | 8 PM
Program:
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 10
Ó Súilleabháin: Kyrie from Missa Gadelica
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra
New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall
2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West)
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, was founded
in 1994 by its director, and special guest for the evening, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.
Made
possible with support from Culture Ireland in association with the Irish Chamber
Orchestra
Admission: Free
Reservations Required
Tickets:
From U.S.: 212-757-3318
Outside U.S.: +1-212-757-3318
or academos@irishartscenter.org
Irish
Arts Center and Culture Ireland
present
BEST OF IRISH Contemporary Music Showcase
January
9-10 | 8 pm
We kick off 2010 with Best of Irish, Culture Ireland's showcase of
five contemporary musical groups over two electrifying evenings, January 9-10. Presented
during the annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters,
this weekend will feature solo sean-nos performer Iarla O Lionárd,
singer-songwriter John Spillane, duo Caoimhín O Raghallaigh and Brendan
Begley, the newly formed 5-piece band Caladh Nua, and Sligo-based
trio The Unwanted.
Only a few seats remain.
For more information or to reserve, please contact Rachael at 212-757-3318 ext.
209.
AN
IRISH CHRISTMAS A Musical Solstice Celebration with Mick Moloney
With Athena Tergis and Special Guests
December 10- 13 | Thursday 8 pm | Friday 8 pmSaturday
2 pm and 8 pm | Sunday 3 pm
December 17-20 | Thursday 8pm | Friday 8 pmSaturday
2 pm and 8 pm | Sunday 3 pm
IAC members at all levels may book directly through Irish
Arts Center and avoid ticket processing fees. Call 212-757-3318 ext.
204 from 10 - 6 Monday through Friday.
Gather your family and friends for our annual seasonal celebration, an evening
of songs and stories to shorten the long winter ahead…
Hosted by the legendary Mick Moloney, An Irish Christmas features
an eclectic mix of tunes ranging from the solstice gems “The Holly She
Bears a Berry,” “The Wren Song,” and “The Bushes of Jerusalem” to
familiar sing-along favorites like “The Holly and the Ivy” and “Miss
Fogarty’s Christmas Cake.”
Joining Moloney for this year’s An Irish Christmas are star
fiddler Athena Tergis (Riverdance), pianist Brendan Dolan, Irish dance
champion Niall O’Leary, vocalist and fiddler Liz Hanley, accordionist Billy
McComiskey (Dec 10-13 only), the Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra,
and special guests!
Don’t miss special guest Colum McCann on Thursday, December 10th, and
a different guest each night of the run, including Malachy and Alphie McCourt,
Susan McKeown, Isaiah Sheffer, Consul General Niall Burgess, Vince Giordano,
Michael Patrick McDonald, and more! This time of year, you never know who will
drop by to share their favorite holiday party piece!
Whatever your tradition, we hope you will join us for this nourishing and
entertaining winter solstice celebration!
Share in the holiday spirit of giving: bring a canned good or nonperishable
item with you to any performance and help us donate to the food kitchens in our
neighborhood.
Irish
Arts Center · Center for Jewish History, NYU Glucksman Ireland House · American
Irish Historical Society
Consul General of Ireland · Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living
Memorial to the Holocaust
Present
If It Wasn't For the Irish
and the Jews A Tribute to Irish and Jewish Influences on Vaudeville
and Tin Pan Alley
General sale $45/$35 | Irish Arts Center and Symphony Space members
$35/$30.
Tickets now on sale at: www.
symphonyspace.org or call 212.
864.5400
Special discount for a limited time: Use code IJSS30 before September
16 and pay only $30!
Directed and Hosted by Mick Moloney
featuring an all-star cast of musicians including: Mick Moloney, Vince
Giordano and the Nighthawks, Liz Hanley, String Quartet featuring Dana Lyn, Kerith
Spencer-Shapiro, John Roberts, Billy McComiskey, Susan McKeown, Niall O'Leary,
Donna Long, Jerry O'Sullivan, The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra
and Special Guests.
Join renowned musician-folklorist Mick Moloney for If
It Wasn't For the Irish and the Jews, an all-star concert event celebrating
the historic links between the Irish and Jewish people and their contributions
to an important chapter in American musical history at the 760-seat Peter Jay
Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space.
New York City’s Tin Pan Alley is known for the music of Berlin, Joplin,
Waller, Cohan and others. What is not as commonly known is that Irish favorites
such as "Sweet Rosie O'Grady," "My Wild Irish Rose," and “’Twas
Only an Irishman’s Dream” also emerged from this vibrant musical
tradition.
In 1912, the famous songwriting duo William Jerome and Jean
Schwartz composed ”If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews,” a
catchy song that celebrated Irish-Jewish collaboration in many aspects of American
social, political and cultural life. What is virtually unknown, however,
is that the creation of the song itself involved an Irish-Jewish collaboration.
William Jerome was actually the son of Patrick Flannery, a famine
immigrant from County Mayo, who changed his name when he saw trends in the song-writing
business shifting from Irish to Jewish!
In this era, such ethnic fluidity was common—the famous Norah
Bayes, who was known for her performance of “Has Anybody Here
Seen Kelly?,” was born Norah Goldberg while the noted “Jewish” star
of the New York stage, Eddie Foy, was actually Edwin Fitzgerald! Irish-Jewish
collaboration represents a charming and unexplored story of good-natured ethnic
flux, competition and cooperation that left a lasting imprint on American popular
music that remains today.
This all-star concert event coincides with the launch of Moloney’s
new album If It Wasn’t For the Irish and the Jews.
This performance is made possible in part through generous support from the Henry
Rosenberg Foundation, Georganne Aldrich Heller and Culture Ireland, a government
agency dedicated to promoting Irish Arts worldwide.
The
Cathie Ryan Band
October 30 & 31 | Donaghy Theatre at IAC
Performance: 8pm
General Sale $75 | Please call 914-641-4322 to reserve.
Special Benefit Concert
All proceeds from this event to support programming at the Irish
Arts Center.
“Anyone wondering what constitutes excellence
in Irish American singing today,
need only attend a Cathie Ryan concert.”The Wall Street Journal
The former lead singer of Cherish the Ladies brings
her Celtic Soprano to the Irish Arts Center for two evenings, along with her
band guitarist Patsy O’Brien, fiddler Matt Mancuso and
percussionist Brian Melick.
“A thrilling traditional vocalist.” The
Boston Globe
“Enchanting.” Billboard Magazine
Since her acclaimed seven-year tenure as lead singer of Cherish the
Ladies, Cathie has released four critically acclaimed CDs on Shanachie
Records: Cathie Ryan, The Music of What Happens, Somewhere
Along the Road, and her latest, The Farthest Wave. She is
featured on more than forty compilations of Celtic music, including the renowned A
Woman’s Heart – A Decade On. Cathie tours internationally,
headlining at performing arts centers, folk festivals and guest starring with
symphony orchestras. A captivating performer, Cathie’s shows are
renowned for their blend of song, story and the virtuoso playing of her award-winning
band.
Masters in Collaboration II Andy Irvine Meets
John Doyle
Premium: $75 (includes premium seating for concert, photo and free ticket to lecture. Reserved: $50 General sale; $45 members
September 9 | 8 pm: Live Interview with the Artists, Moderated by Mick Moloney
General Sale: $10 | Members: FREE
“One of the more ambitious and welcome initiatives to come out of the Irish Arts Center.”
—Paul Keating, Irish Voice
Andy Irvine Meets John Doyle is the second incarnation of our Masters in Collaboration series conceived by renowned musician-folklorist Mick Moloney to bring together new genres and generations of musicians and build a deeper musical conversation between Ireland and the United States. During a weeklong residency at IAC, legendary traditional singer-songwriter Andy Irvine and Grammy-nominee John Doyle, one of the shooting stars of contemporary American folk and roots music, will invite each other into their repertoire, allowing for exploration of their distinct musical styles and approaches to songwriting. What emerges from this dialogue will be presented in three extraordinary performances.
“One Very Magical Week…” —Irish Voice
A world music pioneer and icon of traditional music, Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish performers of all time. From Sweeney's Men to Planxty to Patrick Street, to Mozaik, to his classic collaboration with Paul Brady, Andy Irvine's career spans more than four decades and has influenced a generation of musicians.
Grammy-nominee John Doyle is one of the most versatile, creative and prolific voices in American folk and traditional Irish music. A founding member of Solas, John currently serves as musical director and guitarist for Joan Baez.
Maria Millar with Kilterclash
April 18 & 19| 7:30 pm
$20 general sale/ $15 Irish Arts Center members, seniors and children under 16 Click here to buy now
With Kilterclash, I want to harness the expressive power of world music, amplify it via contemporary forms (such as rock, pop, funk, R&B) and grant it verbalization through the medium of vocals – Maria Millar
Kilterclash unifies the diverging sounds of world and classical music with the force of rock. A triple threat of multilinguals, pyrotechnic instrumentals and irreverent improvisation, Kilterclash is Maria Millar (Riverdance) on vocals and acoustic/electric violin, Matt Aronoff on acoustic/electric bass, and Shawn Baltazor on drums. Seamlessly combining Irish Traditional music and original works, Kilterclash’s repertoire ranges from unplugged to looped, sampled & processed electric and their shows are characterized by unobstructed energy.
Click below to watch a Maria Millar and Kilterclash in performance:
”
Of mixed Japanese/Irish descent herself, Millar draws on influences from both sides, composing songs that dance smoothly from one style to the other . . . "- Sean Lyddon,The Aquarian (NY-NJ-CT)
Come celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day at the Irish Arts Center!
Please join us for this fun filled, free afternoon of authentic Irish music, dance, song and language. Participants are welcome to join in a workshop or simply sit back and enjoy the variety of performances and activities taking place throughout the day. Fun for the whole family!
Open Day 2009 is one of Time Out New York’s Top 10 St. Patrick’s Day events! Click here to read more!
Open Day 2009 Schedule*
12:00pm-2:00
Irish Music & Dance Performances by IAC Adult Classes
theatre
12:30pm-1:30pm
The Story of St. Patrick for Kids with Arts & Crafts and & Face Painting for Kids
second floor
12:30pm-1:30pm
Tin Whistle Workshop w/ Bill Ochs
Reservations strongly recommended 212.247.3231
Bring your own whistle or purchase in workshop
third floor
2:00pm-3pm
Gaelic Kids: Irish Language for Kids
second floor
2:05pm-2:20pm
Children’s Irish Dance Performance with the Niall O'Leary School of Irish Dance at the IAC
theatre
2:25pm-2:45pm
Celtic Harpist Mia Theodoratus
theatre
2:50pm-3:10pm
The How Not To Get Rich Orchestra
theatre
3:00pm-5:00pm
Open Music Seisiún – All Welcome
third floor
3:00pm-3:45pm
Irish Language Class for All Skill Levels
second floor
3:45pm-4:30pm
Tae agus Comhrá: Irish Conversation Circle for All Skill Levels
second floor
3:15pm-4:15pm
The Legend of St. Patrick Film Screening
theatre
4:15pm-5:25pm
Absolutely Irish! Music Documentary Screening
theatre
*subject to change
BEST OF IRISH
Culture Ireland's Showcase of the New Wave of Traditional Irish Music
Sunday, January 11 and Monday, January 12 7:30 pm
We will kick off the new year with New Year/New Music, an unprecedented showcase of five of Ireland’s most exciting new musical groups for two electrifying evenings, presented with Culture Ireland during the conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
Featured performers include Slide, hailed by RTE as the ”future of Irish music”; Marian McPartlan, whose latest album Petticoat Loose was voted one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 2008 by Mojo Magazine; Fidil, a traditional violin trio who won the 2008 Music Network Young Musicwide Award; Guidewires, a five-piece band whose high-energy, infectious melodies have drawn sellout crowds all over Europe; and The Frost is All Over, a live music theatre performance featuring traditional music intertwined with the poetry of award-winning contemporary Irish poet/playwright Dermot Bolger.
Each group will perform a 20-25 minute set each night. A limited number of seats are available to the general public, please call 212.757.3318 for more information.
Slide
"Slide … the future of Irish Music"RTE, Radio 1
Formed in 2000, Slide is an award-winning five-piece band featuring Aogan Lynch (concertina), Diare Bracken (fiddler-guitarist), MickBroderick (bouzouki and mandolin player), Eamonn de Barra (pianist-flautist) and Andrew Murray (vocalist). The band have recorded three CDs, the latest release (Overneath) attracted the attention of renowned Irish talents from the Grammy-winning composer Bill Whelan to singers and songwriters Liam Clancy, Damien Dempsey, JohnSpillane and Stocktons Wing - all of whom recruited Slide for their own music projects.www.slide.ie
Mary McPartlan
"McPartlan’s voice is gloriously earthy, as she breaks in her material for all their life-giving powers"The Irish Times
Born in Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim and now living in Galway, Mary started singing in the early 70s but it wasn't until 2003 that she decided to make music her full time career. In January 2004, she released the critically acclaimed album The Holland Handkerchief, followed by her second album Petticoat Loose in 2008. Unquestionably rooted in the traditional, McPartlan's distinctively evocative voice, combined with a strong sense of her own musical personality, allows her to move easily between styles, ranging from traditional to new and original works. Petticoat Loose was voted one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 2008 by Mojo Magazine. www.marymcpartlan.com
Fidil
Hailing from Donegal in the North/West of Ireland, Fidil, are that rarest of musical animal: the traditional violin trio. Comprising of three of country’s most promising young musicians, (Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Aidan O’Donnell and Damien McGeehan) these three talented players embody the tradition in which they were raised as they combine virtuosic technique with a deep respect for the distinctive style and rich history associated with Donegal fiddle music. Recipients of the prestigious Music Network Young Musicwide Award in 2008, O’ Maonaigh, O’ Donnell and McGeehan have drawn critical acclaim at home and abroad, both in their capacity as soloists and as an ensemble, each acquiring accolades such as the “TG4 Young Musician of the Year” award, the “Oireachtas na Gaeilge” fiddle title and “Teastas i dTeagasc Ceoil Tire” award. www.musicnetwork.ie
The Frost is All Over
"A tightly structured homage to the music and the musicians."JMI (Journal of Music in Ireland) Sept 08
Featuring the extraordinary talents of renowned accordian player TonyMacMahon, David Power (uilleann pipes, fiddle and whistle) and poetry by award-winning Irish poet and playwright Dermot Bolger (performed by Eamonn Hunt), The Frost is All Over is a live music theatre performance. The specially selected tunes, performed against a backdrop of still and moving archive imagery, are woven with Bolger’s poetry into a rich tapestry of Irish traditional cultural life. Under the direction of John Comiskey, both the poetry and imagery connect effortlessly with the music and traditions, which moulded them, giving us a captivating contemporarily framed performance, steeped in resonances of the past. www.ten42.com
Guidewires
With their high-energy performances, breathtaking arrangements and infectious melodies, its no wonder that this band are being described as “the freshest sound in Irish music”. With four members coming from Ireland and one from Brittany it is inevitable their mix of music is not just Irish but also Breton, Middle Eastern, Galician and newly composed. Guidewires have an all-star line up with a record five times all Ireland champion Pádraig Rynne on concertina, Breton music’s hottest name Sylvain Barou on Flute, one of Ireland’s most recognisable names Tóla Custy on fiddle, top producer and performer Paul McSherry on guitar and one of the fastest growing stars in Irish music, Karol Lynch on Bouzouki. Following on a string of sell-out performances in Europe, the band is scheduled to release a new album in early 2009. www.guidewiresmusic.com
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS A Musical Celebration with Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, and Special Guests
December 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13,14 |
Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 3pm
Bring your entire family for this musical celebration of the season! Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis lead a concert of live traditional music – with many of your holiday favorites! Special guests include John Doyle*, Billy McComiskey**, Dan Milner**, the Washington Square Harp & Shamrock Orchestra**, and Niall O’Leary**
*appearing December 5-7 | **appearing December 12-14
New Voices: An Evening with Ashley Davis
April 10th and 11th 8:00pm
$25 General Sale/$20 Irish Arts Center Members
In the tradition of Celtic mavens such as Loreena McKennitt and Moya Brennan, contemporary singer/songwriter Ashley Davis takes the best of the old traditions and molds them into something uniquely beautiful and refreshingly new – guiding her audience back to a time when luminous songs and colorful stories were the centerpiece of a spring evening.
“A spellbinding voice and enchanting, original songs. Pure magic!" Country Music Today
“A young woman with a beautiful voice and as much musicality as anyone could wish for.” Phillip Glass
IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE, MARCH 2008 | by- Ian Worpole
Ashley Davis' new CD,"Closer to You," is a lush mix of original Celtic-mythic love songs sung with an ethereal, dreamlike quality, indeed Ms Davis credits Loreena McKennitt as a primary influence, and that Celtic-Eastern quality is all-pervasive throughout the album, to great effect. A Kansas native, Ashley was raised on bluegrass before heading to Limerick to earn a Masters degree in Traditional Irish Singing at the Irish World Music Centre and at the same time become totally immersed in all things Celtic. Philip Glass is a fan; indeed, when I caught Ashley at Joe's Pub in NYC this past January the man himself was seated at the next table, enjoying every moment. Her sold-out show that night was a warm, witty masterpiece, with a good friend of mine Dan Lowery playing some sizzling flute solos and the 5 piece band as a whole adding many layers of intricate sound to her songs, some of which are apparently entering the "traditional" canon back in Ireland, according to one of her many hilarious introductions, for Ms Davis has indeed become something of a master story-teller also. You can get her CD at: daisyrings.com
Songs, Storytelling and Shenanigans with Mick Moloney, Daniel Cassidy & Peter Quinn
March 24 at 6:30 PM | Lolita Bar (226 Broome Street)
RSVP events@tenement.org
Join the Tenement Museum, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, and The Irish Arts Center for an evening of songs and storytelling with Irish-American musician Mick Moloney and writer/historian/musician Daniel Cassidy. Moloney and his band will perform the music of vaudevillians Harrigan and Hart, while Cassidy discusses his book How the Irish Invented Slang, which is now in its fourth printing. Leading them in lively conversation will be award-winning author Peter Quinn.
Mick Moloney is the foremost expert in 19th-century Irish-American music and teaches at NYU. He has recorded many Irish songs about the immigrant experience that will be used as an interactive feature in the Tenement Museum’s newest tour, the Moore Family Apartment, opening in June 2008.
Daniel Cassidy is the founder of the Irish Studies Program at New College in San Francisco. He is also a professional musician (at one time, he was the opening act for George Carlin) who has extensively researched Edward Harrigan, one half of the 19th century musical comedy duo Harrigan and Hart. How the Irish Invented Slang proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Cassidy traces the hidden history of how Ireland fashioned America not just linguistically but also through the Irish gambling underworld, urban street gangs, and the powerful political machines that grew out of them.
Peter Quinn, a third-generation New Yorker, is the author of Banished Children of Eve, which won the American Book Award. Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America, now out in paperback , examines Irish New Yorkers from Archbishop "Dagger John" Hughes to James Cagney.
**The Tenement Museum will also welcome Joseph O’Connor and Kevin Baker on Monday, March 31. Stay tuned for more details on the museum's monthlong Irish celebration in March. **
Annual St. Patrick’s Open Day 2008
Sunday, March16 12 noon – 5:00pm
Free Event!
Come celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day at the Irish Arts Center!
Please join us for this fun filled, free afternoon of authentic Irish music, dance, song and language. Participants are welcome to join in a workshop or simply sit back and enjoy the variety of performances and activities taking place throughout the day.
Fun for the whole family! For information call 212.757.3318.
Extremely Limited Availability – 99 seats only! To purchase tickets, please contact Sydney Snyder at (212) 757-3318 x204
Proceeds will further the educational work
of the Irish Arts Center
“Paul Brady is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of rare gifts, an artist who has made an indelible impression in both traditional and pop-rock genres.” - The Wall Street Journal
About the Project Paul Brady is one of Ireland’s most enduringly popular artists, and widely regarded as the pre-eminent Irish singer-songwriter of his generation. He has chosen Sarah Siskind, a gifted, up-and-coming Nashville-based singer, instrumentalist and songwriter whose influences run from Irish and British folk music to Pearl Jam and Led Zeppelin via Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Douglas and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, to be his partner in a unique collaboration. During a weeklong workshop, Brady and Siskind will invite each other into their repertoire, exploring their distinct musical styles and approach to songwriting. Whatever emerges from this musical dialogue will be presented for the one-night-only engagement at the Irish Arts Center on Saturday, February 23rd, and may form the basis for future collaborations.
Sarah Siskind grew up in a family of musicians. She recalls hearing endless genres of music piping through her parents’ record player in her North Carolina home: Bluegrass, Celtic, Appalachian, Gospel, Classical. It had a strong influence on her and at age 4, Sarah was singing and playing piano, and was writing songs at 11. By the time she was 14, she released her first full-length album called Horizon Cries and went on to win numerous state-wide songwriting contests and appear alongside other North Carolina acts such as Doc Watson and Maya Angelou. The next project followed at 17, and after a brief move to Seattle, WA, Sarah settled in Nashville, TN and released her third CD at age 21.
The Irish Arts Center Masters in Collaboration Series was inspired by renowned Irish musician-folklorist Mick Moloney to bring together Ireland great musical artists with new genres of music and new generations of musicians, in an effort to broaden and deepen the musical conversation between Ireland the United States.
Sponsored in part by Culture Ireland
TIN WHISTLE DAYFree Event!
with Bill Ochs Sunday, January 13, 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Our resident tin whistle expert Bill Ochs, a world renowned
instructor and founding member of the Center, will show you
everything you need to begin
playing the tin whistle at a free
workshop for adults. Please bring a key-of-D tin whistle
or purchase one for $10 at the
workshop.
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS A Musical Celebration with Marie and Martin Reilly and Special Guests
December 14 SOLD OUT!
December 15 SOLD OUT!
December 16 SOLD OUT!
Bring your entire family to this highly entertaining, utterly
heartwarming celebration of the season. Marie and
Martin Reilly (pictured here) with special guests Séamus
MacConaonaigh and Gabriel Donohue will lead a concert of live traditional
Irish music – including all your holiday favorites.
Irish fiddler Marie Reilly has performed extensively
throughout the U.S. with Cherish the Ladies,
Riverdance and The Chieftains. Her brother,
button accordionist Martin Reilly, has toured with
Eileen Ivers, Cherish the Ladies, Riverdance,
Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell and The Green
Fields of America.They have appeared everywhere
from Carnegie Hall to Good Morning America.
Join Marie, Martin, Séamus and Gabriel, as well as special
guests, for an entertaining evening of songs and
stories of Christmas.
Admission: $30
IRISH FLUTE CONCERT Sunday, September 30 2:00pm– 3:00pm
Featuring Lúnasa
members Kevin Crawford
and Cillian Vallely (pictured here)
Join these two outstanding
musicians from the
internationally acclaimed
supergroup Lúnasa,
known for their “dazzling
reworkings of traditional
Irish folktunes” (Washington Post). Follows a Master Class
in Irish Flute with both artists.
Concert admission: $15 members/$20 non-members
TIN WHISTLE MASTER CLASS
with Bill Ochs Saturday, September 15
2:00pm–4:30pm Two part workshop:
Absolute beginners
2:00pm– 3:30pm
Advanced beginners and
intermediate players
3:30pm– 4:30pm
Our resident tin whistle expert Bill Ochs, a world renowned
instructor and founding member of the Center, will show you
everything you need to begin
playing the tin whistle at a free
workshop for adults.
Please bring a key-of-D tin whistle
or purchase one for $10 at the
workshop.
For reservations or
information, e-mail Bill
Ochs at bill@pennywhistle.com or call 212.247.3231.
Absolutely Irish!
On Wednesday, April 18th, we hosted
Absolutely Irish!, an unprecedented
gathering of some of the brightest stars of traditional Irish music, led by legendary musician and folklorist Mick Moloney.
The program was filmed by Academy
Award winning filmmaker Paul Wagner
before a packed, live audience in our intimate Donaghy Theatre, and is planned for broadcast on PBS stations next spring.
Among the many performers at this
once-in-a-lifetime event were Joanie Madden, Eileen Ivers, Liz Carroll, Robbie O’Connell,
Séamus Egan, John Doyle, Mike Rafferty, Charlie Coen, Karan Casey, Susan McKeown,
and dancers Niall O’Leary, Darrah Carr, and Jo McNamara. Absolutely Irish! was produced with the support of the New York State Rockefeller Music Fund. (photo by Nuala Purcell)
Box office phone 866-811-4111 Administrative office phone 212-757-3318 fax 212-247-0930
553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 | DIRECTIONS General information info@irishartscenter.org Office hours Monday-Friday 10 AM – 6 PM
Irish Arts Center programs, are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Irish Arts Center programs, are made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
HOME
In
the 1870s, decades before George M. Cohan burst onto the Broadway stage, the
songs of his hero Edward “Ned” Harrigan, Irish American tunesmith
and playwright, were the toast of New York. Harrigan’s ballads of the working
class immigrants—filled with lovable and good humored characters like Dan
Mulligan and his wife Cordelia, John McSorley, the owner of McSorley’s
Irish Ale House, Tammany Alderman Old Boss Barry, and Mary Ann, the schoolteacher—mirrored
his own mercurial life, and provided the foundation for an entirely novel genre
of musical comedy on the American stage. 
Listen
to “Never Take the Horseshoe From The Door” from 
"Danny
By My Side"
“Paddy
Duffy’s Cart”
This program is supported, in part, by Imagine Ireland, Culture Ireland’s
year of Irish arts in America in 2011.
Eileen
McNulty
St.
Pat’s For All Benefit Concert
Irish
Arts Center
Masters
in Collaboration III
Irish
Arts Center 
Made
possible with support from Culture Ireland in association with the Irish Chamber
Orchestra
Irish
Arts Center and Culture Ireland 
Masters in Collaboration II
BEST OF IRISH 
New Voices: An Evening with Ashley Davis
TIN WHISTLE DAY 
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS
IRISH FLUTE CONCERT
