sorry for the cross post from the flute side, but in case you didn’t hear:
Isaac Alderson (they keep misspelling it in Ireland as Issac) won first place in All-Ireland last month in Listowel on:
sr. flute
sr. pipes
sr. whistle
CCE Ireland is checking to see if any American has ever won three first place titles at a single Fleadh.
Amazing.
I’ve never heard Isaac play (I played with his teacher, Al Purcell for a time) but I imagine the fellow is good.
Great news for USA-born players!
Yeah, Isaac’s great, and a nice guy, too.
Guess I hadn’t realized just how good his playing was, though… Wow.
I got the priviledge of taking a 6 hour beginner class with Isaac at the St. Louis tionol in April. There were only 5 in the class so we got quite a bit of personal attention.
It’s obvious when you hear Isaac play that he’s spent a lot of time on the instruments and that he’s gifted as well.
Congratulations Issac on a job well done!
Isaac’s girlfriend showed up at our session last week in Ottawa. She plays fiddle. She is going to College here so there is a good possibility that he might show up now and again at our session. I guess we’ll all be in listening mode that night.