Performance and Master Class with Lúnasa Members Cillian Vallely and Kevin Crawford on Irish Flute, Whistle and Uilleann Pipes
at the Irish Arts Center
Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely of the internationally acclaimed traditional Irish music group, Lúnasa, will appear at the Irish Arts Center for a one day engagement on Sunday, January 25th. Kicking off the Irish Arts Center’s winter Master Class/Performance Series, this special program will feature Irish flute and uilleann pipes master classes for beginning and intermediate levels followed by a not to be missed concert by these two world- renowned musicians.
Master classes and concert will take place at the Donaghy Theatre at the Irish Arts Center
(553 West 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues).
Master Class Schedule
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Beginning Level Flutes with Crawford and Whistle with Vallely
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Intermediate/Advanced Level Flutes with Crawford and Uilleann Pipes
with Vallely
Concert
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Full Day Fee (includes concert admission) $50 general sale | $45 IAC members, seniors, children
Concert Admission Only: $20 general sale / $15 members, seniors and children under 16
For more information, or to reserve, please call Rachael Gilkey at (212) 757 – 3318 ext. 209.
Tickets for the concert only may also be purchased through SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com.
A gifted Armagh-born uilleann pipes and low whistle player, Lúnasa musician Cillian Vallely comes from the same talented musical family as his brother Niall Vallely, concertina player with the group Namos. Cillian has spent most of the recent past touring in the US, performing with bands that such as New York – based “whirligig, Paddy O’Brien’s “Chulrua’ and with Clare fiddler Seamus Connolly. He was featured as uilleann pipes soloist in the Broadway production of Riverdance.
An exceptional flute, whistle and bodhrán player, Kevin Crawford was born in Birmingham, England and is now living in Ennis, County Clare. In 1993 and 1998, Kevin joined, respectively, two of Ireland’s most celebrated instrumental bands, Moving Cloud and Lúnasa. With the former, he made two exceptional albums; 1995’s Moving Cloud, named best recording of the year by New York City’s Irish Echo newspaper, and 1998’s Foxglove. With Lúnasa, he made another superb release, 1999’s Otherworld, also singled out by the Irish Echo as that year’s most outstanding album; plus the Lúnasa recording The Merry Sisters of Fate. His involvement with each group has brought him the wider international recognition he richly deserves.
Lúnasa has become one of the most sought-after bands on the international music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory.
“…The most innovative and intriguing instrumental group in Ireland today”
– Irish Echo
“Lúnasa reigns as the new Celtic royalty”
– Boston Herald
“The hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet.”
– Irish Voice
“Lúnasa emphasizes flute, fiddle and pipes in its dazzling reworkings of traditional Irish folktunes.” – Washington Post
Since 1972, the Irish Arts Center has been the primary home for Irish arts and culture in New York. Located in the heart of Manhattan’s historic “Hell’s Kitchen,” The Irish Arts Center is one of the largest and most inclusive Irish cultural organizations in the United States. More than 35,000 people of all ages and ethnicities participated directly in Irish Arts Center programs in 2008, plus millions more through print and broadcast media coverage of our theatrical and musical engagements, education programs, festivals, and special events. The Center provides a home for established Irish artists and performers to reach – and build – a New York audience, providing a welcome opportunity for Irish and non-Irish alike to enjoy authentic, first-class Irish entertainment. . For 35 years, the Center has offered a cultural home away from home for such cultural luminaries as Robert Ballagh, Marie Jones, Jimmy Murphy, Mark O’Rowe, Ronnie Drew, Mike Hanrahan, The Chieftains, The Nualas, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Eamonn O’Doherty, Donal O’Kelly, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Milo O’Shea, Jim Sheridan, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson and many, many more.
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Rachael W. Gilkey
Education Coordinator
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
P: 212.757.3318 ext 209
F: 212.247.0930
rachael@irishartscenter.org
www.irishartscenter.org
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