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Chulrua
Concert
Thursday, 15 September
2005
8:00pm
Auditorium (Rm 2100)
Music Department Building
University of Illinois
1114 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
09/15/05 - PLEASE
NOTE:
Since this concert is tonight, we have suspended online
ticket sales. Assuming that the concert is not sold out, tickets should be
available at the door before the performance.
Chulrua (pronounced cool-ROO-ah), translates from
the Irish as "red back," and was the name and distinguishing feature of the
favorite wolfhound belonging to ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhaill. It is also
the name of an internationally acclaimed trio of some of the most respected and
unique exponents of Irish traditional music.
Chulrua's Website
Button accordion icon Paddy O'Brien has accumulated a veritable hoard of rare
versions of tunes and stories gleaned from more than forty years of patiently
seeking out and spending time with older musicians throughout Ireland. A native
of County Offaly in the Midlands of Ireland, he is the recipient of a National
Endowment for the Arts grant to record and annotate 500 dance tunes (a small
fraction of his repertoire), and is revered by aficionados worldwide.
Also an avid student of the old masters, Patrick Ourceau is a virtuoso on the
fiddle, and a particular specialist in the style and repertoire of Clare and
East Galway. Originally from France, he has toured extensively in Europe and
North America, and taught at many respected Irish traditional music schools.
For twenty years, Tipperary man Pat Egan has developed his own powerfully
emotive style of guitar accompaniment and vocal delivery. He has chosen to
feather his nest with some wonderful but little-known songs, old and new, that
fit into both traditional and contemporary contexts.
Thursday, 15
September 2005
8:00pm
Auditorium (Rm 2100)
Music Department Building
University of Illinois
1114 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Campus
map
For more information on this
show (and other concerts in Champaign, IL), see
www.pipers-hut.com/concerts.
09/15/05 - PLEASE
NOTE:
Since this concert is tonight, we have suspended online
ticket sales. Assuming that the concert is not sold out, tickets should be
available at the door before the performance.
Note
about "Student" tickets:
The "Student" ticket price is also good for Faculty and Staff (and for
Students, Faculty and Staff from schools other than U of I).
Every individual using a "Student" ticket
will be required to present their School ID at the door.
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