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Kathleen Nesbitt began teaching fiddle in 1967 and is among the most well known music teachers in Ireland. In 1983, she began teaching an intensive master class at Scoil Éigse. She has travelled internationally performing in the US, Canada, Iceland and France. Since 1990, she has taught at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.
Ed Reavy (1897–1988) [1] was an Irish-American musician and composer of numerous traditional Irish dance tunes. Born in the townland of Barnagrove (aka Barnagrow, Barnagrows or Barr na gCnó), Knappagh, County Cavan, [2] he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1912 where he settled in the Irish-American enclave of Corktown (now part of Powelton Village).
James Kelly (Irish: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; born 1957) is an Irish fiddler, composer, collector, researcher and teacher from Dublin. [1] [2] He is the son of County Clare fiddler, John Kelly, and has played with various groups including Patrick Street and Planxty. [1]
Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School. [1] She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. [2] She toured with Mick Moloney's band The Green Fields of America, founded in 1977.
Kevin Burke was born in 1950 in London, England to parents from County Sligo in Ireland. [6] [7] Inheriting a love of Irish music from his parents, he took up the fiddle at the age of eight, studied under Jessie Christopherson, [8] and eventually developed an advanced technique in the Sligo fiddling style.
Andy McGann (1928 – July 13, 2004) was an Irish-American fiddle player and a celebrated exponent of Sligo-style fiddling.He was born in New York to immigrant parents from County Sligo, living first in west Harlem before moving as a child to Mott Haven in the Bronx.
Horan was born in New York City [4] to Irish parents [5] and studied piano (taught by her father, a carpenter and musician) [6] and Irish fiddle playing at a young age. [7] She attended and graduated from the New England Conservatory [8] in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied classical violin, [7] [9] and the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado. [5]
The album was named the year's top traditional album by The Irish Times. [3] Canny died on 28 June 2008. He was predeceased by his wife, Philomena, and was survived by his daughters, Mary and Rita. A nephew, Martin Hayes, has captured the All Ireland fiddle championship six times and continues to record and perform traditional Irish music. [3]