* It would help tremendously if you could RSVP to concerts@vmail.steampacket.net, or call us at 781.560.4402 (so we have some idea of how many chairs we will need.)
* Also, please contact me ASAP if you're interested in attending the fiddle workshop, as we will need to have a minimum number of people, in order to make it happen. I would like to strongly encourage any/all fiddle players to take his workshop. I'm quite certain you won't be disappointed.
* Please feel free to BYOB, if you're so inclined.
We started putting on these house concerts back in October as a means to hear and support some of the musicians that I, personally, consider my musical heroes. With that in mind, I'm extremely happy to announce an evening of music from the fiddle master of Mullahoran himself, another of my own favorite musicians of all time (and I don't say that lightly): Antóin Mac Gabhann (aka Tony Smith).
There are good fiddle-players, there are great fiddle-players, and there are fiddle masters. Antoin Mac Gabhann is a fiddle master by anybody's definition. The great traditional music announcer of the last century, Seamus MacMathuna, described him very well:
The essential thing about Tony's music is that it is pure music for the love of
it; it is presented without compromise or any concession to gimmickry. His
commitment is to Irish traditional music, played with feeling and integrity,
letting the tune be heard complete with grace notes and traditional
artistry. His style is more personal than belonging to any particular region and
his playing with its distinctive warmth of tone and steady tempo is easily and
immediately recognised.
It is scarcely necessary to add that Antoin, in his years in the competitive
arena during the early 70's took every honour going, including the All-Ireland
Senior Fiddle title, the Fiddler of Dooney title and the Oireachtas Fiddle
Trophy...
Aside from being an enormously important fiddle player, Antoin is almost better known these days as a teacher. A very active member in his musical community, he has taught many of the more well known fiddlers who have gone on to play great music, such as Paul O'Shaughnessy (formerly of Altan and Beginish), Tom Morrow (of Dervish), Felim (RIP) and MacDara O'Raghallaigh (Micheal O'Raghallaigh's brothers), and dozens of others.
Details...
Fiddle Workshop: 6:30pm ($25)
House Concert: 8pm ($20 suggested donation)
Directions are here: http://www.georgekeith.net/House.html
* It would help tremendously if you could RSVP to concerts@vmail.steampacket.net, or call us at 781.560.4402 (so we have some idea of how many chairs we will need.)
* Also, please contact me ASAP if you're interested in attending the fiddle workshop, as we will need to have a minimum number of people, in order to make it happen. I would like to strongly encourage any/all fiddle players to take his workshop. I'm quite certain you won't be disappointed.
* Please feel free to BYOB, if you're so inclined.
We started putting on these house concerts back in October as a means to hear and support some of the musicians that I, personally, consider my musical heroes. With that in mind, I'm extremely happy to announce an evening of music from the fiddle master of Mullahoran himself, another of my own favorite musicians of all time (and I don't say that lightly): Antóin Mac Gabhann (aka Tony Smith).
There are good fiddle-players, there are great fiddle-players, and there are fiddle masters. Antoin Mac Gabhann is a fiddle master by anybody's definition. The great traditional music announcer of the last century, Seamus MacMathuna, described him very well:
The essential thing about Tony's music is that it is pure music for the love of
it; it is presented without compromise or any concession to gimmickry. His
commitment is to Irish traditional music, played with feeling and integrity,
letting the tune be heard complete with grace notes and traditional
artistry. His style is more personal than belonging to any particular region and
his playing with its distinctive warmth of tone and steady tempo is easily and
immediately recognised.
It is scarcely necessary to add that Antoin, in his years in the competitive
arena during the early 70's took every honour going, including the All-Ireland
Senior Fiddle title, the Fiddler of Dooney title and the Oireachtas Fiddle
Trophy...
Aside from being an enormously important fiddle player, Antoin is almost better known these days as a teacher. A very active member in his musical community, he has taught many of the more well known fiddlers who have gone on to play great music, such as Paul O'Shaughnessy (formerly of Altan and Beginish), Tom Morrow (of Dervish), Felim (RIP) and MacDara O'Raghallaigh (Micheal O'Raghallaigh's brothers), and dozens of others.
More information on Antoin is available here: http://comhaltas.ie/music/treoir/detail/antoin_mac_gabhann_the_master_musician_of_mullahoran/
# Posted on August 3rd 2009 by Georgi