Upcoming Events
These upcoming concerts will benefit the 2024 Corvallis Celtic Festival!
March 25 | Hanneke Cassel
Hanneke Cassel
Where: Unitarian Fellowship, Corvallis
When: Doors open at 6:30, concert at 7pm
Tickets: $20 in advance online (purchase here) or at Grassroots Books and Music. $25 at the door. $2 discount for CFS members.
Benefit for the Corvallis Celtic Festival
Effervescent and engaging, Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel’s fiddle music fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton with Americana grooves and musical innovations. She has performed and traveled across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Hanneke’s music is a blend of the contemporary and traditional, described by the Boston Globe as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness.”
April 12 | Dick Hensold and Patsy O’Brien
Dick Hensold and Patsy O’Brien
Where: Unitarian Fellowship, Corvallis
When: Doors open at 6:30, concert at 7pm
Tickets: $20 in advance online (purchase here) or at Grassroots Books and Music. $25 at the door. $2 discount for CFS members.
Benefit for the Corvallis Celtic Festival
Music born from the age-old traditions of Ireland, Scotland, England and Cape Breton is given new life in the hands of two of its master musicians. Piper Dick Hensold and guitarist and singer Patsy O’Brien deliver an astonishing evening of songs, tunes and stories that have stood the test of time, and leave both the serious music lover and casual listener wanting more.
April 13 | 10am Workshops with Dick Hensold and Patsy O’Brien
10am Workshops with Dick Hensold and Patsy O’Brien
Where: Held in private Corvallis homes
When: 90 minute workshops beginning at 10am
Tickets: $25 at the door goes directly to the teacher. Email info@corvalliscelticfestival.org for more information and to register.
Guitar Backup with Patsy O’Brien-20 participant limit
Learn how to accompany Irish Jigs, Reels and other common rhythms on guitar in standard tuning or DADGAD.
Traditional Scottish music for recorder, based on early manuscripts with Dick Hensold-15 participant limit
According to eminent Scottish musicologist David Johnson, the recorder was an important instrument for playing traditional Scottish tunes in the 1st half of the 18th century in the Scottish lowlands, based on what was found in a number of recorder
manuscripts from that period. Explore some of the music from those MSS with Dick Hensold, with sheet music provided, and notes and discussion of history and interpretation. Bring an alto recorder; music will be provided for both C and F fingering.
This workshop is intended for both traditional music aficionados, and recorder players more familiar with standard early music practice. Participants who don’t read music will need to bring recording devices, since the workshop will be mainly taught from written music scores.
manuscripts from that period. Explore some of the music from those MSS with Dick Hensold, with sheet music provided, and notes and discussion of history and interpretation. Bring an alto recorder; music will be provided for both C and F fingering.
This workshop is intended for both traditional music aficionados, and recorder players more familiar with standard early music practice. Participants who don’t read music will need to bring recording devices, since the workshop will be mainly taught from written music scores.
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