Grammy winner Stacy Phillips and Master fiddler Joe Gerhard perform American and Irish traditional music,  trading fiddle tunes and insights into the relationship between the music of these two countries as well as the origins and evolution from Celtic roots to versions from America.

Stacy Phillips is a an internationally known fiddler and dobro player.  He has recorded or performed with:  Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Leon Redbone, Peter Rowan, Skip Gorman, Andy Statman, Eileen Ivers, Hazel Dickens, Tony Trischka and more!  Stacy has three solo albums and is a featured artist on the Grammy award-winning album, The Great Dobro Sessions. Stacy's playing is celebrated for its uniqueness, eclecticism and humor.   Stacy is also the author of over twenty books dealing with various aspects of violin and dobro playing.

Joe Gerhard has been playing Irish Traditional Music on fiddle for nearly 30 years. Though largely self-taught, he had the opportunity to play with and learn from many great Irish fiddlers in Boston and New York, including Paddy Cronin, Andy McGann and Seamus Connolly. In 2003, he was featured on the Irish TV program "Geantrai", as part of series on Irish Traditional Music in America. For the past seven years Joe has hosted a twice-weekly Irish music session at Anna Liffey's in New Haven.

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DIRECTIONS to the concert:

from north:
Take I-91 south, to route 9 south, to exit 11. Turn left at the end of the ramp. Go through blinking lights (landmark is a firehouse on the left). Turn left at the first set of traffic lights (Millbrook Rd.). Go exactly one and a half miles. Turn right onto Livingston Rd. (landmark is a sign for Crystal Lake on the right)  Stay on Livingston Rd. as it winds around a little, to the first street on your left (Margarite Rd. Ext.). Landmark is a stop sign facing the other way. Number 145 Margarite Road Ext. is at the forth mailbox PAST the powerlines, on the right. The house has a deck around the front and a semi-circular driveway. Mailbox with the house number 145 is just after the driveway. Do NOT go up the road between the white gateway, youll have gone too far!

from the shoreline and Rhode Island:
Take I-95 to Rt. 9 North (around Old Saybrook/Essex). Take exit 11 off route 9, and turn left at the end of the ramp. From there, follow the directions above.

from south: (you have a choice of two other routes, if you don't want to take I-91 north all the way up to Route 9 south)

Take I-91 North to exit 15 ("Yalesville/Durham"). At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Rt. 68 (you'll be going east). Stay on Rt. 68 for 6 or 7 miles until it ends, at Rt. 17 in Durham. Turn left onto Rt. 17 (you'll be going north). Go straight for 1 mile ...or less ... until you come to some stop lights. At the first set of lights, turn right onto Haddam Quarter Rd.  (landmark is a liquor store on the right-hand corner). Go on Haddam Quarter Rd. for about 1 1/2 miles. Look for a pond on the left, followed by three houses. At the corner of the third house, turn left onto Arbutus St. (you'll be going north). Go on Arbutus for approx. 1 1/2 miles. Just after the power lines, turn right onto Livingston Rd. Go to the stop sign, then turn right onto Margarite Rd. Ext. Number 145 Margarite Road Ext. is at the forth mailbox PAST the powerlines, on the right. The house has a deck around the front and a semi-circular driveway. Mailbox with the house number 145 is just after the driveway. Do NOT go up the road between the white gateway, youll have gone too far!
Take I-91 North to Rt. 66 east (a.k.a. 691). Go all the way into Middletown. When you just pass the War Memorial green on your right (which identifies the north end of the Wesleyan campus), turn right at the light onto High Street. Stay on High St. and go all the way to the end  -- (the street name eventually changes to Highland Ave., then crosses Rt. 17/South Main St. and becomes Highland Ext.). When it ends,  turn left onto Randolph Rd. Go Less than 1/4 mile. Turn right onto Arbutus St. (landmark is the church on the right). Once you turn, you'll be going south. Go exactly 1 1/2 miles on Arbutus, to Livingston Rd. (landmark is a stone house on the left). Turn left onto Livingston. Go to stop sign. Turn right onto Margarite Rd. Ext. See above for the rest.

from west: Take I-84 east, to 691 east, then follow what's directly above.