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October
6-12, 2003 The stars of Irish Arts come out to celebrate WEST
ALONG THE ROAD -- THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NEW YORK CITY'S GLUCKSMAN IRELAND HOUSE.
America's premier center for Irish culture features over 60 performers in
a festival of music, dance and discussion celebrating New York as the crossroads
of Ireland and America. The weeklong series of events is topped by the
Thursday, October 9th Gala Opening of the new Skirball
Performing Arts Center. www.nyu.edu/pages/irelandhouse From
a press release: Ireland House has done more than any other American
institution to illuminate the complexities of the Irish experience, here and in
Ireland. It has given us access to the finest writers, historians and thinkers
in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora. "I don't know how we ever lived without
it." -- Pete Hamill, Author and Journalist New York City's unique place
at the crossroads of Irish and American culture takes center stage October 6-12
when New York University's famed Glucksman Ireland House celebrates its 10th anniversary
with an extraordinary series of concerts and events. Featuring some of the biggest
names in Irish music and dance, the week-long festival will include recitals,
workshops, a 2-day symposium of global musicologists, and a major gala event that
will also be the opening concert for NYU's new concert venue, The Skirball Performing
Arts Center. The gala concert anchoring Glucksman Ireland House 10th Anniversary
will feature the American debut of a new classical work by Irish composer and
pianist Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, and will also
include performances by fiddle dynamo Eileen Ivers, ex-Riverdance star Colin Dunne,
banjo master and singer Mick Moloney, Cherish the Ladies leader Joanie Madden,
Irish instrumental virtuosos including Dana Lyn, Patrick Ourceau and others, as
well as the Appalachian group Up South. The evening will also include the U.S.
premiere of the 1925 silent film classic Oilean with symphonic accompaniment by
O'Suilleabhain. Other events in the remarkable week-long celebration include
recitals and concerts focusing on Irish fiddle (Brian Conway, Patrick Mangan),
piano (Felix Dolan), flute (Brian O'Halloran, Mike Rafferty, Joannie Madden, Niall
Keegan, Fintan Vallely), uillean pipes (Jerry O'Sullivan, Ivan Goff, Cillian Vallely)
and percussion; songs of Irish immigration by America's new generation of Irish
singers (Susan McKeown, Dan Milner); New York's modern pub music (Black 47); and
an afternoon theatrical production of 18th century material from Harrigan and
Hart performed by Chris Simmons and ensemble. In addition to its celebration
of Irish arts, the Glucksman Ireland House 10th Anniversary Festival will also
feature a global perspective on ethnicity and culture, with a 2-day symposium
titled Music and Identity. The symposium will feature some of the world's
foremost musicologists, including Martin Stokes (UCLA), Helen Phelan (University
of Limerick), NYU's Michael Beckerman, former president's of the American Folklore
Society Roger Abrahams (University of Pennsylvania) and John Szwed (Yale University),
Gage Averill and Mick Moloney, Visiting Fellow Lincoln Center's Lenny Sloan and
Fintan Vallely (University of Ulster). • • •
Glucksman
Ireland House at New York University has been committed to the presentation and
understanding of Irish and Irish American culture and scholarship since its inauguration
in 1993. Distinguished visitors to Glucksman Ireland House over the past 10 years
have included the Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, the former Ambassador
to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, actor Liam Neeson, and poet Seamus Heaney. Glucksman
Ireland House is unique among Irish cultural centers in the United States in its
commitment to honoring tradition in a vibrant, contemporary and forward-looking
context. Click
here for the full schedule of events. Tickets for the gala concert are
available through www.ticketweb.com, or
by calling 1-866-468-7619. Prices range from $30 - $75. Tickets for each concert
in the recital series can be reserved by calling 212-998-3950, and can be purchased
at the door for a $10 suggested donation. Official site: www.nyu.edu/pages/irelandhouse/west.html
Feature: Bernadette
Price
Original Web Design: Alexander
Servas
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