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Rousing Celtic Music from
Lark, formerly known as Three Fingered Jack, which draws from the broad Celtic repertoire to give an energetic and richly layered performance. The Corvallis band consists of Jennifer Parke (fiddle), Bruce Marbin (guitar and bouzouki), Beth Brown (cello and whistles) and Colleen Kitchen (bodhran, pipes).
Featuring Mick Moloney, Michelle Mulcahy and
Dana Lyn with opening performing group The Nettles.
“A Window Into the Emerald Isle”
We have 17 workshops this year that cover Irish music, Irish dance, Irish crafts, Irish language, Genealogy, History and Rules of Hurling (the national sport of Ireland) and Irish Bogs.
Irish performances at the festival:
- The Eugene Highlanders
- Murray Irish Dancers
- Sheldon Choirs
- Brian O’Hart
- Harp Circle
- Irish Stories
- Three of Hearts
- Ceili Mhor.
Closing concert – The Nettles.
Activities:
- Irish Social Dance with instruction
- Hurling Tournament
- Irish Session
- Family Activities where people of all ages learn about Irish history and culture.
It is not an open jam – it is a traditional Irish session – open to all.
Led by Christos Govetas and Ruth Hunter, long-time players in the Balkan music scene, Dromeno includes both of their kids, as well as Nikos Maroussis and Peter Lippman. They present authentic regional music from all over Greece and the Balkans, from the brass sounds of Macedonia, to the sonorous clarinet and vocal interplay of Ipiros and Albania, to strident zourna and daouli and energetic Thracian dance tunes. Come join us for an amazing evening of music and dance.
For more info, see their website: https://www.kyklosmusic.com/DROMENO/Welcome.html
It is not an open jam – it is a traditional Irish session – open to all.
Salem Folklore Community’s 28th annual Weekend of Music and Dance at Camp Westwind. Beautiful setting on the beach, a few miles north of Lincoln City. Family friendly. Partial scholarships available.
Registration opens February 23.
Quite simply, Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson are two of the foremost harpers of Ireland and Scotland. Combining their extraordinary talents on harp as well as concertina, tinwhistle and bouzouki, The Masters of the Celtic Harp, have been performing all over the country and dazzling audiences with their artistry.
It is not an open jam – it is a traditional Irish session – open to all.
Four Shillings Short play a fantastic collection of world instruments:
Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolins, Renaissance Woodwinds, Bouzouki , Recorders, Sitar, Tinwhistles, Banjo, Percussion & Psaltery.
“Four Shillings Short takes you on a musical journey through time and across the seas as they perform everything from traditional Irish tunes and airs to Indian Ragas.”
– The Foothills Sun-Gazette/ Exeter, CA
“Their musical virtuosity makes old songs sound new and new songs sound like
time-worn Celtic spells.” – CITY PAGES, Wausau WI
“The international duo have carved out a musical identity all their own.”
– River Stages, Dubuque IA
CFS Swing Dance
Music by Swing & a Ms, with Audrey Perkins
Come down for a swing lesson/refresher at 7:00pm and dance away to live music starting at 7:30.
An evening of Moroccan, Yemenite and Hebrew devotional music
featuring the soulful Yemenite singer Maya Haddi.
With David Reihs on percussion.
and special guest dancer, Jane Archer
Yuval Ron is an internationally renowned World Music artist, composer, educator, peace activist and record producer. Among his many honors, he composed the songs and score for the Oscar winning film West Bank Story in 2007, was the featured artist in the Gala Concert for the Dalai Lama’s initiative Seeds of Compassion in the Seattle Opera Hall in 2008, has collaborated with the Sufi leader Pir Zia Inayat Khan since 2006 and was the musical producer of master-musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek’s albums ONE and ONE Truth. He received commissions for original music scores from the Getty Center, Japan-America Theater and LAX International Airport and provided numerous scores for TV and films including the PBS/Nova special, Breaking the Maya Code, Proteus, Oliver Twist, The Spiral Staircase, Golda’s Balcony and Dance of the Maize God. Yuval Ron is a noted lecturer and has been invited to speak at numerous schools including: Yale, John Hopkins University, UCLA, Middlebury College, MIT, Berklee College of Music, University of Chicago. Yuval Ron has been on the faculty of Esalen Institute since 2009, is an affiliated artist with the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, and a “Guiding Voice” for Seven Pillars – House of Wisdom. His awards include the Los Angeles Treasures Award and prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Composers Forum, California Council for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation. He is the author of the book Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom published by Oracle Institute Press.
Kef is based in Eugene and has been playing for dancers since 2007. Their music is a sampling of the regional genres found across the Balkans, from Bulgarian wedding music to Serbian brass band, and from 1960s radio-style orchestrations to simple melody/drone-based village music. Most repertoire comes from the folk tradition, learned from recordings or directly from notable musicians in the Balkan music community. Each member brings a unique aspect to the music stemming from the diversity of their individual musical experiences and aesthetics. The band consists of Nisha Calkins-Godfrey on cello, Dan Gibson on guitar , Alex Lowe on trumpet, Sharon Rogers on accordion and vocals, Cody Simmons on trumpet and truba, and Ken Sokolov on percussion.
Bring finger food to share.
This event is sponsored by the Hoolyeh Folkdancers and the Corvallis Folklore Society.