Celtic "Keys" Concert--Rare Bay Area Performance By Irish Concertina Master Gearoid OhAllmhurain and Cape Breton Pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone

This Sunday afternoon, June 26, 3 p.m., All-Ireland Concertina champion Gearoid OhAllmhurain of County Clare is giving a house concert/recital in Cupertino with the wonderful Cape Breton pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone. There are as many keys in the 48 button concertina, smallest member of the accordian family, as there are in Barbara's full size piano keyboard. Family-friendly concert will be rich in musical virtuousity and story telling.

(PRWEB) June 26, 2005 -- This Sunday afternoon, June 26, 3 p.m., Irelands own Concertina master Gearoid OhAllmhurain is giving a rare house concert/recital in Cupertino with the wonderful Cape Breton pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone. Amazingly, there are as many keys in the magical 48 button concertina, smallest member of the accordion family, as there are in Barbaras full size piano keyboard. This family-friendly performance is rich in musical virtuosity and story telling.

Details on the Cupertino performance are available at: http://www.angeline-leleux.com/soundingboard/events.html It is part of the Sounding Board Production series and a rare South Bay appearance by this extraordinary duo. Tickets: $15 For reservations, please email Angeline LeLeux : angeline@angeline-leleux.com or call (408) 799-0314

Full tour schedule is available at: http://www.IrishTraditionalMusic.US

Musician Highlights:
"Barbara IS the living tradition," says legendary Irish fiddler James Kelly, 'and the music she makes compliments the great and ancient traditions of Scotland and Ireland - a rare musician indeed." A superb Cape Breton-style pianist, Barbara MacDonald Magone featured in three Masters of the Folk Violin tours (Smithsonian / National Council for the Traditional Arts). She appears often with fiddlers Alasdair Fraser and the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, Liz Carroll, Séamus Connolly, and James Kelly.

A fourth generation musician and a native of County Clare on the west coast of Ireland, Dr. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin holds five World Championship Irish music titles: as a concertina player, uilleann piper, and as a member of the renowned Kilfenora Céilí Band, the oldest traditional dance band in Ireland. Based at University of Missouri-St Louis and often described as 'the Voice of Irish music in America', 'Professor Ó hAllmhuráin is notably the only traditional musician to hold a North American university Chair of Irish Studies.

Contact:
Cecilia Mc Donnell
415-200-8622
cecilia@celticcrossings.com

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