2009

Albert Alfonso has been playing bodhran since the early 1980’s - that’s right, since last century. At some point he was asked to participate in some local and regional workshops. Over the years, one thing and another has lead to workshops at The Royal Academy of Music in London, The Royal Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as workshops at many Irish and Celtic festivals and traditional … [Read more...] about Albert Alfonso

Since coming to North Texas in 1998, Emily Bryant has established herself as an accomplished rhythm guitar accompanist and vocalist in the traditional Celtic music scene. Her playing style centers on dropped-D tuning, which she has focused on for the last 10 years. Growing up in a musical family, Emily was exposed to Irish music at a very young age by her father. She began playing guitar in her … [Read more...] about Emily Bryant

Multi-instrumentalist Rick Cunningham has played traditional Irish music for over 30 years, playing in several bands in the southern US during that time. Concentrating primarily on mandolin and button accordion, he’s also been known to play tenor banjo, bouzouki, guitar, and whistle. Rick won Solo Mandolin in the Midwest Fleadh Cheoil in 2006, and has competed in the All Ireland. In addition to … [Read more...] about Rick Cunningham

Brendan teaches traditional Irish music on piano and flute. He is the son of piano great, Felix Dolan, a mainstay of traditional Irish music in New York since the 1950s. His most recent recordings are with Brian Conway on “Consider the Source”, Billy McComiskey on “Outside the Box”, and Mick Moloney on “The Green Fields of America”. He can also be heard with Patrick Ourceau, Eamon O’Leary and Dana … [Read more...] about Brendan Dolan

Mickey Dunne is a member of the Dunne Family, one of the great musical families of Ireland with a heritage stretching back many generations. They have entertained hundreds of thousands of Irish people at Fleadh Ceoils, Munster Finals, Galway Races, Fairs, etc., spanning a half century. The Dunnes played a major part in keeping alive Ireland's musical legacy, and all of them were master players … [Read more...] about Mickey Dunne

Originally from County Tipperary, Pat Egan now resides in Baltimore, Maryland. While growing up in his native County Tipperary, Patrick loved the music so much that he used to take his guitar on the back of a horse and cart to school every week to get lessons from his school teacher, Phil Kelly. He would also trudge across fields and farmland with his guitar just to get a song from local singer … [Read more...] about Pat Egan

Patty Furlong, originally from Bronx, New York, plays the Irish button accordion in the key of C#/D and B/C. In her teen-age years, as a student of Martin Mulvihill, Patty won numerous New York titles as well as All-Ireland titles. She has played with the world renown group "The Chieftains" as well as being an original member of "Cherish the Ladies". Patty and members of her … [Read more...] about Patty Furlong

Jonquele has been learning Irish (Gaeilge) and Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig) songs and language for over 15 years. She has studied Irish singing with Jim Flanagan, Mary McLaughlin, Ann Mulqueen and Meataí Jo Shéamuis, and Gaelic signing with Catherine-Anne MacPhee, Christine Primrose, Mary Ann Kennedy, and Mary Jane Lamond among others. She has competed in Gaelic song competitions winning the overall … [Read more...] about Jonquele Jones