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Congrats and good luck to Jayne, who is competing in the
All-Ireland Championships (the Fleadh Cheoil) in the
under-12 fiddle category in Cavan, Ireland.
Celtic Music Society
is a unique program
comprised of student musicians from East Rochester
Senior and Junior High Schools in East Rochester, New
York. Founded in the fall of 2001, this group of young
musicians performs the traditional music of Ireland in
authentic traditional and contemporary
styles. In our
first eight years, we have performed more than 160 times, released three albums, hosted seven workshops by
All-Ireland Champion musicians, and shared the stage
with some of the top Irish musicians from our region and
the world, including two concerts each by Irish supergroups Lúnasa, Gráda, and Teada. Director Mark
Gowman and students in Celtic Music
Society freq uently present workshops to students,
teachers, and college music education majors, and have
presented several at the Eastman School of Music and the
New York State School Music Association's annual
conference. Celtic Music Society was one of only four
student ensembles from the United States invited to
perform at the National Music Student Leadership
Conference in Salt Lake City, where we also presented a
workshop for more than 100 teachers at the corresponding
Music Educators National Conference. |