Director Of Irish Studies Music and Dance Programs
Master Irish Fiddler
Séamus Connolly is the founder and director of the Gaelic Roots Summer School and Festival. He has earned many awards and honors; he won the Irish National Fiddle Competition an unprecedented ten times and was inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in 2002. In the same year, the Irish Echo named him Musician of the Year in recognition of the publication of Forget Me Not, a collection of previously unpublished traditional tunes with an accompanying CD. In 1990 he was chosen from among 2500 applicants for the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Award. He has represented Ireland on three "Masters of the Folk Violin" tours organized by the National Council for the Traditional Arts, and he has performed at most major festivals in the US, as well as on National Public Radio, the "Today Show," and WCVB-TV's "Chronicle." His two solo CDs are Notes from My Mind and Here and There. Most recently, Connolly was nominated for the National Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Connolly House 304
617-552-0490
connolsb@bc.edu