Sliabh Luachra Music TrailSliabh Luachra Young Musician of the year will be announced at 7pm on Saturday 28th March at the Sliabh Luachra Centre, Scartaglin.
This is the first year of the award, which recognises excellence by young musicians in the Sliabh Luachra music style.
Five musicians have been shortlisted and will perform on the evening. They are Bryan O’Leary from Gneeveguilla, Liam O’Shea from Currow, Darragh Curtin from Brosna, Niamh Dalton from Gneeveguilla and Cliona Halley from Castlemartyr.
Attention Young Musicians – The deadline for the Sliabh Luachra Young Musician Award 2014 has now been extended until 26th of September 2014. For more information on the competition and details on how to apply please see here.
And good luck to all who enter!
We are delighted to see a vast array of Sliabh Luachra’s fine musicians will be partaking in a new monthly music series which has just been announced. Paying hommage to some of the region’s most celebrated characters, Handed Down! is a new talk, music and song series which begins next month with a Scartaglin special entitled, ‘Scartaglin – Musicians, Fleadh Cheoil and Stories’
More information on this and other upcoming events in our events calendar.
In the month of August, the Rolling Wave will be celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this most musical area on the Cork-Kerry border – Paddy Cronin and Denis Murphy.
On the first two Sundays in August (2200) – 3rd and 10th – the programme will feature a tribute concert for Paddy Cronin which took place in the Community Hall in Miltown Malbay in July 2006. Many Sliabh Luachra singers and musicians made the journey up the coast to Co Clare and the result was a tremendous afternoon’s music. Some of those present were Jacky Daly, Paudie O’Connor, Máire and Aoife O’Keeffe, Connie O’Connell, Jimmy Doyle, Christy Cronin, Jimmy O’Brien and many more.
Then on 17th and 24th August the Rolling Wave will remember a second Kerry fiddle-player Denis Murphy who died in April 1974. These will be different programmes marking this 40th anniversary – a two part documentary entitled “Memories of Denis Murphy” in which friends, family and fellow musicians remember Denis and tell the story of his life and music.
The Rolling Wave presented and produced by Peter Browne is on RTÉ Radio One Sundays at 2200 (and again on RTÉ Lyric FM on Mondays at 1900)
The weekly Seisiun continues at Bruach Na Carraige Rockchapel each Tuesday night at 9pm, and on Saturday night the 12th of July there will be a special rambling house Session with local performers being joined by performers from Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow, and Wexford. All musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. A mighty night assured
On a behalf of the Arts Offices of Cork and Kerry County Council’s I would like to sincerely thank Bridie, Tom and all members of the Sliabh Luachra Rambling House committee for hosting the event in Scartaglin yesterday evening. It was great to see some familiar faces and lots of new faces too. Thanks to all local representatives who came along especially, Cllr. John Joe Culloty, Mayor of Killarney Municipal District and Cllr. Timmy Collins, Deputy Mayor of the County of Cork.
Of course, it worth reminding you all that we were there to launch two new initiatives on the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail; The Sliabh Luachra Young Musician Award and the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail master class series.
For more information on the Sliabh Luachra Young Musicians Award, please see here
For more information on the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail master class series, please see here
Thanks!
In keeping with the key objectivesd of the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail, an education programme is being developed which will give budding Sliabh Luachra Musicians an opportunity to work experienced music tutors who specialise in the Sliabh Luachra style and repertoire. The first of these one day masterclasses will take place in The Sliabh Luachra Heritage Centre, Scartaglin on September 6th. If you are interested in booking a spaces please contact Bridie Garvey at the heritage centre on 0863390789 or bridiegarvey@gmail.com. The master class is free and places are sure to fill up quickly so book early to avoid dissapointment.
For those on the Cork side of the border, a master class will take place in early 2015 and information will be posted here in due course.
The Sliabh Luachra Music Trail will add to the year round programme of events with an exciting, new initiative that has just been announced.
The Sliabh Luachra Young Musicians’ Award is a new annual award that aims to recognize the achievement and support the further musical development of talented young traditional musicians. Applications will be invited from young musicians between 16 and 23. The competition is now open and the winner will be announced at the Sliabh Luachra Young Musicians Awards ceremony in October. Please click here for guidelines and application form.
The Con Curtin Music Festival takes place from the 27th – 29th of June with a vast array of musicians performing the finest of traditional music from Sliabh Luachra and around the country. The festival kicks off with Friday night’s Gala Concert featuring Naomh Ide Ceili Band (Munster Champions) and De Dannan. The concert takes place at 8pm in the Brosna Hall.
The workshops begin on Saturday morning at 11am in the national school. There will be tutors for a variety of instruments including banjo, concertina, fiddle, accordion, flute, singing and sean nos dance. At 2.30pm there will be a concert in the hall featuring a selection of workshop participants and At 4pm all accordion players are invited to take part in the Aneas O’Connell Memorial Trophy. A traditional mass will take place in the church 8pm and this is proceeded by a house session in the Ciss kitshen which will feature some of her finest Sliabh Luachra musicians including Donal O’Connor, Nicky McAuliffe, Ann McAuliffe, Mary Crowley and John Connolly. This event is sponsiored by the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail.
On Sunday there will be street busking from 2pm followed by a Ceili with Taylors Cross ceili band and a singing session in Flanagans Bar at 5pm. Of course, there’ll be music sessions throughout the village overt he course of the weekend.
www.concurtin.com.
Plenty of events coming up this month on the SLMT. Regular sessions taking place in Scully’s on Monday night, Bruach na Carraige on Tuesdays and The Fairfield Tevern (Doyles Bar), Knocknagree on Wednesdays. And, of course, at the end of this month we have the Con Curtin Music Fest which takes place in various venues throughout Brosna on June 27th – 29th http://concurtin.com/ Keep an eye on the site for the programme of events which will be available shortly and includes sessions, concerts, workshops and a whole lot more.
There are lots of things in store for the coming months including master classes and a young musician award. Details of each will be announced shortly so keep an eye on our news section.