Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop, and Lecture Series

SPRING 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Lecture: "Notai do Mholtóirí/ Notes for adjudicators: Codifying Irish traditional music and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, 1951-1972," with Méabh Ní Fhuartháin
Connolly House, 6:30-7:30pm

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
"Regional Styles in Irish Music: A Conversation," with Dr. Ann Spinney.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:00pm

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Donna Hébert: Concert of Traditional Franco-American Fiddle Music.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30pm

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Nightingale: Concert of Traditional Music from New England, Canada, Ireland, and France.
Featuring Becky Tracy (fiddle), Jeremiah McLane (piano and accordion), and Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, foot percussion, vocals).
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour: Concert of Traditional American Fiddle and Banjo Music.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30pm

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Maeve Donnelly and Tony McManus: Concert of Fiddle and Guitar Music from Ireland, Scotland, and beyond.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30pm

Sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs, Boston College
Free admission. Phone: 617-552-3938
www.bc.edu/gaelicroots

Series Director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. Visitors parking on campus must use the Beacon Street Garage or the Commonwealth Avenue Garage. BC has implemented new parking regulations; please see http://www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/ for details