Join us in welcoming the newest additions to the Center for Irish Music Board of Directors!
Congratulations to Oliver Sherman for being chosen as the recipient of the 2024-25 James M. Curley Memorial Scholarship! This scholarship, which is funded by the Curley family in honor of their beloved brother and uncle Jim, will fund an entire year of weekly music lessons (on one instrument) for one student for a full year.
The annual Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All Ireland Fleadh) was in Wexford Town in Ireland’s sunny southwest this year. Eleven current Center for Irish Music students (and a couple alums!) made the trip to Wexford (Loch Garman in Irish) the first week of August to take part in classes, competitions, sessions, concerts and general fun at the 2024 event.
Katya and the iconic Willie Clancy statue, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. Center for Irish...
Our summer kicked off with the 16th Annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend when we brought...
Tim 'Fitz' Fitzgerald left us on March 3, 2010. Fitz was an integral part of the Twin Cities Irish community as a musician, artist, craftsman, singer, photographer, and promoter - a modern day Renaissance man who was always willing to lend a helping hand. Fitz was involved with Irish Fair Minnesota, the Emerald Society, and the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band. Over the years, Fitz also brought some great music and theater to Kieran’s Irish Pub.
Congratulations to the 45 competitors, both youth and adults, who traveled to Chicago for the 2024 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil, hosted by the Institute for Traditional Irish Music from April 26-28th. Students were joined by CIM instructors Hannah Flowers, Chad McAnally, Todd Menton, Brian Miller, Carmen Pasquerella, Norah Rendell, Mary Vanorny and Kate Wade, as well as countless family members who were there to show their support. We're so proud of the incredible musicianship that our students displayed. Congratulations to everyone who competed!
Center for Irish Music instructors Danny Diamond (fiddle), Danielle Enblom (sean nós dance), Brian Miller (bouzouki & guitar) and Norah Rendell (flute & vocals) performed two education shows at Sheridan Hills Elementary School, featuring traditional music, dance, Irish language, and song.
Morien (center) with his longtime guitar and banjo instructor Brian Miller (left) and Dennis Curley,...
It’s been six years since the Coleman family was featured in the Clare Echo at the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Ennis, when the Center for Irish Music represented Minnesota for the first time en masse with two ceili bands, and one grúpa cheoil at an international-level level. This year, CIM parent and volunteer Kelly Scanlan, chatted up the owner of Just Books bookstore on Pierce Street, making the headlines once again, this time in the Westmeath Examiner. The story of Americans coming to a small Irish town to experience traditional Irish music at the fleadh is both compelling, and entertaining.