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Sacred Heart Univ. Irish Cultural Studies Lecture Concert Series

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Through our relationship with Sacred Heart University Center for Irish Cultural Studies and John Whelan & the PV O'Donnell CCE branch, a very special concert/lecture series at SHU's Schine Auditorium begins Feb. 6, 2012.

Admission for each music lecture/concert presentation is only $10.00. 

For more information about the Center for Irish Cultural Studies Music Lecture series, contact Dr. Gerald Reid at 203-371-7765 or reidg@sacredheart.edu.
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Tuesday, March 6th, Schine Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

History of the Banjo in Traditional Irish Music – Mick Moloney

Mick Moloney combines the careers of folklorist, arts presenter and advocate, professional musician, and radio and television personality.  Born in Limerick, he was an important figure on the Dublin folk-song revival in the 1960s.  In the early 1970s he gained fame in the United States as a member of Irish group The Johnstons and has since performed and recorded with a variety of groups and individuals, including Eugene O'Donnell, Seamus Egan, Marie and Martin Reilly, and the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. In 1999 he was awarded the National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts — the highest official honor a traditional artist can receive in the United States.  In this lecture Mick will perform and explore the history of the banjo in Irish music since its introduction to Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Wednesday, April 18, Schine Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

The Origins and Music of the Irish Union/Uilleann Pipes – Jerry O’Sullivan

The Union Pipes, more popularly known in modern times as the Uilleann Pipes, are a unique musical instrument with a sweetness, expressiveness and complexity unparalled in the bagpipe world.  Jerry O'Sullivan has been a practitioner of this instrument since 1976, although he began listening to recordings of uillean piping since early childhood.  Jerry is an accomplished performer, recording artist, teacher, and scholar of this instrument.  Some of Jerry's credits include working with Hollywood composer John Williams, The Eagles Don Henley, and Dolly Parton, amongst other artists.  In addition to recording three solo albums, Jerry has also been a guest musician on over 100 other recordings and was a featured soloist on Paul Winter's Grammy-winning album, A Celtic Solstice.  See www.jerryosullivan.com for more biographical information about Jerry.  With live performance, this evening's lecture will explore the fascinating origins of this instrument and its evolution through the 18th through 20th centuries.  The influence and the music of the seminal uillean piping quadumvirate of the 20th century (Patrick J. Touhey, Leo Rowsome, Seamus Ennis, and Willie Clancy) will be part of the presentation, as well.