Cumann na bPíobairí - Uilleann Pipers

Wally and Linda Charm have kindly offered to host the monthly meeting.

It will take place on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 2.00 PM at:

6010 Fremont Ave N. Seattle   Phone: 784-7353

Do remember that the club is scheduled to play at the Folklife Festival on Saturday May 24th. Please do come along.

The Jimmy O’ Brien-Moran workshop was excellent as expected and the concert on Saturday evening was packed to the rafters.  Jimmy played his Colgan set and was in wonderful form.  Already thinking of the next big event…any suggestions?

We’re looking forward to Jimmy O’ Brien-Moran’s upcoming visit next Saturday, April 19th.  The workshop will take place at Rod Margason’s house at 1pm on Saturday and the house concert will be at the home of John Manning at 7pm that evening.  Please note that because space is tight, the concert is by invitation only.

Hey members:   Please come along for the monthly club meeting at 2.00 PM on Sunday April 13th, 2008.

The meeting will be held at the home of Lisa & Tom Creegan at:

8726 25th Ave NW, Seattle

206-784-8268

Don’t forget - Jimmy O’Brien-Moran is coming to town for a workshop and house concert on April 19th.

   We’re thrilled to announce that Jimmy O’ Brien-Moran, Fulbright scholar and master piper will visit Seattle on the weekend of April 19th.  Jimmy will conduct a master class on Saturday and perform in a concert that night.  We’re still finalizing the timetable and location but the cost will be in the region of $40 plus $10 for the concert or $15 for the concert alone. 

 About Jimmy O’ Brien-Moran

Jimmy O’ Brien-Moran was born in Waterford, in Ireland’s Sunny South East. He began his interest in Irish music, and piping in particular, through the group Planxty and the playing of Liam O’ Flynn. His piping exploration led to recordings of Seamus Ennis, Willie Clancy and others. Commercial recordings were few in those dark days and everything piping was gratefully embraced. Armed with a lovely chanter from Matt Kiernan, and a home-made bag and bellows, Jimmy was given a beautiful reed by Brian Gallagher on the 28th of May, 1975, and began the long journey that is piping. Local pipers Tommy Kearney and Donncha O’ Maidin were generous with their time and advice. Several stints at the Willie Clancy Summer School improved the technique a bit and in 1977 Jimmy was invited to record with several other young pipers on the PJ Curtis Album The Piper’s Rock. Almost 20 years passed before he recorded his solo CD Sean Reid’s Favourite, dedicated to the memory of piper and fiddler Sean Reid who had presented Jimmy with his Colgan set before Sean died in 1978. A devotee of flat piping he is constantly amazed at the music of Willie Clancy and has explored some of this through his friendship with that really great piper Sean McKiernan.