SOUND FILES
Harp, Fiddle, Uilleann Pipes and Whistle:
Eibhlí Gheal
Ní Chearbhall (2.4Mb)
(Bright and Lively Evly O'Carroll,
Planxty
Irwine
A 17th century Irish harp piece written Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Played
here with low whistle, fiddle and harp. The piece was composed for Colonel
John Irwin (1680-1752) of Tanrego House, which is situated on Ballysodare
Bay, County Sligo.
HARP SOLOS
A reel and a jig recorded at the the 2005 Midwest Fleadh Irish harp competitions.
Síobhan won in the 12-15 age group.
The
Longford Tinker (1.6Mb)
A very lively reel closely related to the more familiar Scottish reel "Jenny
Dang the Weaver"
The
Mooncoin (2.5Mb)
A jig named after a village in Co. Kilkenny. Mooncoin is from the Irish "Con's
bog".
UILLEANN PIPES
Excerpts of Terence on uilleann pipes, from a recording with the group Blackthorn:
She
Moves Through the Fair (1Mb mp3)
Dirty
Old Town (2.6 Mb mp3)
HIGHLAND PIPES
The
Jolly Beggarman.
A lively tune on the pipes and a great choice for a recessional.
(1.4Mb jolly_beggarman.mp3)
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Síobhan
McKinney
Síobhan, age 15 is a very accomplished performer on the
Celtic harp, having won four North American Regional Championships and three
All-Ireland Championships, the most recent being in Tullamore, Ireland in
August 2007.
She has been a guest performer at the Ark in Ann Arbor
with the Finvarra's
Wren Band and recently was recorded for the band's recent CD.
Síobhan
is also teaches harp to young students each week for the
Detroit IMA (Irish
Musicians Association) held at the Gaelic League in Detroit. Síobhan
is working on performing an Irish suite with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra
in October 2007.
Mairéad McKinney
Mairéad (17) has always been surrounded by traditional music
and at nine she started to play fiddle. In addition to Irish traditional,
Mairead enjoys playing a wide variety of music and instruments. She plays
the fiddle, Irish bouzouki, guitar, double bass in symphonic and electric
bass in Jazz band. Mairéad
won 1st place playing the Irish bouzouki at the 2006 & 2007 Midwest Fleadh
Cheoil (Irish Music Competitions) in St. Louis and attended the traditional
Irish Music Summer School in Tullamore, Co. Offaly , Ireland in August 2007.
Máiread won the "Woody Herman Jazz Award" in her school for best jazz musician.
Terence McKinney
The leader of the band and more importantly, "Dad with transportation".
Terence has been playing both the Scottish Higland pipes and uilleann pipes
for over 30 years in the traditional music scene in the Detroit metro area.
He has played in the competitive pipe band circuit with the Grade 1 MacNish
Distillery Pipe Band in Ontario in the 80's and the City of Detroit pipe
band in the 90's.
Terence learned the uilleann pipes from Al Purcell, a Dubliner living in
Detroit who was a student of the famous master pipe maker and teacher, Leo
Rowesome in Dublin.
Terence
is president of the Detroit
Irish Musicians Association. In 2002, Terence was
inducted into the Comhaltas
Irish Music Hall of Fame.
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