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SUMMARY:Traditional Irish Singing Workshop & Concert | Kevin Elam & Tim Ball
DESCRIPTION:Craobh Dugan-O’Looney is proud to announce a singing workshop with 2019 All-Ireland\nMen’s Singing Champion Kevin Elam\, from Washington\, DC. Later in the evening he will be accompanied\nby well-known Upstate Traditional Musician Tim Ball for an unforgettable night of traditional Irish and\nAmerican music. \n\n\n\nFriday\, September 19th \n\n\n\nWorkshop @ 4:OO PM \n\n\nConcert @ 7:00 PM \n\n\n\n$10 – Workshop Only\n$20 – Concert Only\n$25 – Workshop & Concert\n\n\n\n\nAdvance Sale Tickets through Venmo @MichaelTHoke or by calling/texting 315-225-6292. \n\n\n\n\nThis concert is sponsored by Craobh Dugan-O’Looney with the grateful support from the Government of \n\n\nIreland Emigrant Support Program and Meitheal North America. \n\nBiography: \nKevin Elam is a multi-instrumentalist and 2019 All-Ireland Champion in Men’s Singing\, only the second\nAmerican ever to win the coveted “Dalaigh Shield” in its 65-year history. In 2020\, Kevin was awarded a\ngrant from George Mason University’s Young Artist Commissioning Project\, and consequently recorded\nhis debut album of traditional ballads\, If I Were A Small Bird\, released in September 2021. Most recently\nKevin was honored to be selected as one of six Artists in Residence at Strathmore Music Hall in\nBethesda\, MD for the 2023 season.\nKevin enjoys a busy performance schedule in the U.S. and abroad\, appearing at many of the top Irish\nand Scottish festivals\, venues and concert series as a soloist\, alongside Scottish National Fiddle\nChampion Sean Heely\, and with many other groups. \nTim Ball is an accomplished American fiddler\, singer\, and guitarist whose playing is deeply rooted in the\nrich traditions of Ireland\, New England\, Canada\, and Appalachia\, tied together by the distinct musical\nheritage of his native upstate New York. With over two decades of experience performing in Celtic and\ncontra dance ensembles\, Tim has built a reputation for his expressive style and deep musical knowledge.\nHis latest album\, Upstate Crossroads\, marked a major milestone in his career\, earning the No. 1 spot on\nthe January 2023 Folk Alliance International music chart.\nTim is well-known to upstate New York audiences as the guitarist for the acclaimed Celtic trio Arise &\nGo\, appears frequently with Pennsylvania-based Irish band Poor Man’s Gambit\, and has performed with\npopular Renaissance festival acts Empty Hats and Cantiga. When he is not on stage\, Tim directs the\nFinger Lakes Fiddle Orchestra\, leads Irish sessions\, serves as a visiting lecturer in violin at Cornell\nUniversity\, and maintains a private violin and fiddle studio in Ithaca\, NY. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://romeart.org/home/event/traditional-irish-singing-workshop-concert-kevin-elam-tim-ball/
LOCATION:Rome Art and Community Center\, 308 West Bloomfield St.\, Rome\, NY\, 13440\, United States
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