Celtic Crossings Irish Music Agency selected to coordinate Loudoun County Acoustic Music Series.
Celtic Crossings has been selected to coordinate artist management of the new Loudoun County Acoustic Music Series (LCAMS) in Sterling, Virgina. The LCAMS is a new quarterly concert series established by the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus as a cultural resource and ongoing fundraiser for local charities.
(PRWEB) October 14, 2004 -- Celtic Crossings has been selected to coordinate artist management of the new Loudoun County Acoustic Music Series in Sterling, Virgina. The Loudoun County Acoustic Music Series (LCAMS) is a new quarterly concert series established by the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus as a cultural resource and ongoing fundraiser for local charities. Drawing audiences to the Knights picturesque 200 seat venue, the series presents internationally acclaimed performers to the 'fastest growing county in America. After the excellent success of the inaugural concerts in September 2004 that drew new audiences from throughout Loudoun and its neighboring counties, the Knights of Columbus in Sterling have retained Celtic Crossings to help build the new family-focused acoustic series.
In September, three of the finest international performers of Irish traditional music appeared together in a fundraising concert for the Loudoun County Firefighters Widows and Orphans Fund. The unhurried approach to this centuries-old tradition presented by singer Robbie OConnell, concertina master Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and fiddler Randal Bays brought a freshness and clarity, assuring a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
The next concerts will be presented Friday and Saturday nights of Thanksgiving weekend and feature Canadas internationally acclaimed sibling duo Pierre and Julie Schryer. The Schryer family name is associated worldwide with brilliant traditional fiddle music. With unlimited energy and talent, they enthrall audiences with Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian and American swing tunes. This will be their debut performance in the Washington DC metro area. Pierre Schryers fiddling is frequently described as a cross between Mark O'Connor, Natalie MacMaster and Itzhak Perlman.
Tickets are available at the Loudoun County Acoustic Music Series website (http://www.lcams.org). All concerts will be presented at the Knights of Columbus Council Hall aka The Barn", 401 W. Holly Ave., Sterling, Virginia
ABOUT CELTIC CROSSINGS:
Celtic Crossings was founded in March 1995 as an independent music agency producing and promoting performances of Irish traditional music in Northern California. Celtic Crossings evolved to include music event planning, educational outreach for schools and community groups, recording projects, media consultations and much more. These consulting services are now provided nationwide.
With the 150th anniversary of the Irish Great Famine (1845-48), the veil of silence was finally being lifted. Americans of Irish heritage were finally ready to understand their cultural inheritance. In commemoration, its first Irish History program began as a series of Great Famine and Diaspora lectures for university and community audiences from coast to coast. Dr. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin PhD, Jefferson Smurfit Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Irish Studies, and leading authority on Irish music and cultural history, has designed and presents an ongoing series of lectures for audiences of all levels. (http://www.gearoid.us)
Celtic Crossings Recordings:
Celtic Crossings critically acclaimed debut recording, entitled Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond" (Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, 1996) was at the forefront of an emerging independent recording industry. Distinctive for the twenty page historical notes enclosed, it has been sold on nearly every continent and has been hailed "as one of the best concertina recordings of all time." (Irish Voice, NY)
The subsequent recording Tracin Traditional Music from the West of Ireland" (featuring concertina master Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and fiddler Patrick Ourceau, 1999) was declared one of the top 10 essential albums of Irish music" by Martin Hayes, Master Irish fiddler (Celtic Sounds Survey, WFUV, NY)
The latest Celtic Crossings release entitled The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton" is an exciting collaboration by 18 musical masters from deep in the musical valley. Most are household names in the Celtic music pantheon, including fiddle legends Tommy Peoples (formerly of The Bothy Band), Scotlands Alasdair Fraser and Cape Bretons own Dougie MacDonald with Alan Dewar (pianist with the Natalie MacMaster band).
For more information, please visit the Celtic Crossings website: http://www.celticcrossings.com
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