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Concertina

Cormac Begley

January 27, 2020 By Ken Fleming

Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley is a solo bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a West Kerry musical family. He also plays in a range of collaborations with Liam O Connor (fiddle), Rushad Eggleston (cello goblin), Liam Ó Maonlaí (singer and multi-instrumentalist) and Lisa O’Neil (singer songwriter). He is the founder of the Airt Residential School and the award winning Tunes in the Church live … [Read more...] about Cormac Begley

Lexie Boatright

September 11, 2021 By Ken Fleming

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Alex Boatright is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, performer, and teacher known for her effortless musicality and sensitive musicianship on Harp and Concertina. Alex is the Artistic Director of the Baltimore-Washington Academy of Irish Culture, a non-profit that she founded together with Fiddler Mitch Fanning, which provides children in the DMV area with a rich education in traditional … [Read more...] about Lexie Boatright

Erica Braverman

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

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Erica Braverman has been playing the concertina since 2014 and teaching beginner lessons in Austin, TX for the past three years. Playing tunes and dancing with friends always makes her smile on the inside, but it took a while for her to learn to play her instrument and smile on the outside at the same time - one of her proudest moments was when she heard that "you don't look like you have lockjaw … [Read more...] about Erica Braverman

Brianna Brown

May 3, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Brianna Brown is a talented, young multi-instrumentalist from St. Louis, MO. She is a two-time All-Ireland World Champion. At age 11, she won the 2015 All-Ireland World Championship in the under-12 concertina, and in 2016, she won the All-Ireland World Championship in the under-12 mouth organ. Brianna is the youngest American to ever win a world title at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, and the … [Read more...] about Brianna Brown

Brenda Castles

January 23, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Brenda Castles comes from a rich tradition of music in Co. Meath, having learned concertina from Rena Traynor (née Crotty) and concertina maestro, Mícheál Ó'Raghallaigh. She has several All Ireland Fleadh titles to her name both in solo and group competitions.  Music has brought her around the world from Hong Kong to Rekjavik, Taipei to Tipperary. Brenda  is currently based between … [Read more...] about Brenda Castles

Florence Fahy

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Florence Fahy is a native of north Co. Clare’s New Quay, just a short trip up the road from Belharbour, home to famed and late concertina player Chris Droney and the center of an unusually rich tradition of concertina playing in Ireland. Florence was inspired to play the concertina by her father, a great concertina player himself, Martin Fahy. From a young age, Florence remembers her father Martin … [Read more...] about Florence Fahy

Ken Fleming

February 23, 2019 By Steve Horn

Ken Fleming

Ken Fleming has been playing Irish music for more than four decades in the Dallas area on tenor banjo, button accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki and mandolin. His love of Irish music led him to become involved in 1983 in the formation of the Southwest Celtic Music Association and North Texas Irish Festival of which he was the founding president and founding director respectively. In the … [Read more...] about Ken Fleming

Kelly Gannon

January 28, 2020 By Ken Fleming

Kelly Gannon

Kelly Gannon is an All-Ireland champion musician who has been playing the concertina since the age of six. Growing up in Ballindine, Co.Mayo, she was taught by her mother Bernie Geraghty and now continues the family tradition of teaching in Connemara. Regularly performing at music festivals throughout Ireland, she has also been featured in concert venues across North America, including the Irish … [Read more...] about Kelly Gannon

Margaret Keefe

January 29, 2023 By Ken Fleming

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Margaret grew up in a musical family in Albuquerque, NM and moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2010, where she studied mathematics, music, and education at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She has been playing Irish tunes on fiddle and concertina for the past 10 years, motivated by the sheer beauty of the music and the opportunity to connect with other players. Margaret lives in Tacoma, WA and … [Read more...] about Margaret Keefe

Grey Larsen

January 21, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Grey Larsen, a musician of wide-ranging experience, is one of the foremost performers and teachers of Irish flute and tin whistle in the US. He is the author of the most comprehensive book on Irish flute and whistle playing, the 480-page "The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle" (Mel Bay Publications, 2004), known especially for its method of notating and better understanding Irish … [Read more...] about Grey Larsen

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