Seminar by trio of Irish folk musicians at the University of Malta
Posted by: Pipe Major in NewsThe seminar speakers will be three Irish folk musicians who shall be travelling with the President of Ireland on her state visit to Malta. They are Peter Browne, who plays Irish pipes (uilleann) and wooden flute, Brenda McCann, who plays the fiddle/violin and Tristan Rosentock, who plays the Irish drum (bodhrán). These three distinguished Irish musicians have extensive experience in music education and presentation as well as performance and will be talking about the characteristics and evolution of Irish music, besides giving a short musical demonstration of Irish music as well as explaining the characteristics of three traditional Irish instruments, that is the fiddle, the uilleann and the bodhrán.
Peter Browne is one of the foremost Irish pipers and music broadcasters in his home country. He has performed across Europe and North America and has featured as soloist with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. He has performed in the Kennedy Centre, Washington DC. He has won the national uilleann-piping competition twice and also the prize for slow-air playing. Peter Browne’s recent projects include researching, presenting and producing documentaries on the lives and music of famous traditional players and producing a series of CDs of rare recordings of traditional music from the RTÉ Sound Archives.
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