Ceol - Music
LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE
Linenhall St, Castlebar, Mayo.
T: 094 9023733
E: linenhall@anu.ie
W: www.thelinenhall.com
Monday 11th April @ 8.00pm
Calmus Ensemble
For over ten years the remarkable Calmus Ensemble has wowed audiences with its unique style of a capella singing, blending five scintillating and soulful voices - four male and one female - in a clear-voiced, perfectly balanced ensemble. Originally formed by five graduates of the St. Thomas Boys‘ Choir, Leipzig, the group added the glittering soprano voice of Anja Lipfert in 2001 in order to expand their repertoire, which now encompasses everything from Gregorian chants, Irish airs, jazz and folk songs to the music of Palestrina, Bach and Debussy. Acclaimed for its flawless intonation and extraordinary harmonic amalgam, this award-winning ensemble has toured extensively in Europe, North and South America and performed alongside the likes of the King’s Singers and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet. Part of a Music Network tour.
The Linenhall Arts Centre acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council in making this performance possible.
Adm: €15 / €12 (concessions)
MUSIC LECTURE
Thursday 14th April @ 8.00pm
Michael Gray - Searching for Blind Willie McTell: A Biographer in the Deep South
Michael Gray is a music historian who has written extensively about popular music. He is regarded as a leading authority on the life and work of Bob Dylan (he is the author of Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan and the Bob Dylan Encyclopedia), and has also written books on Elvis Presley and Frank Zappa. Michael’s talk Searching for Blind Willie McTell is based on his book Hand Me My Travelin’ Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell, which was shortlisted for the 2008 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, and described by the Fox 5 channel as “the definitive bio on the bluesman who has inspiried scores of modern musicians including The Allman Brothers, The White Stripes and Bob Dylan”. The event discusses the special difficulties of researching the life of a creative artist from an oral culture and who lived at a time when officialdom didn’t bother to generate paperwork on black people in the South. (McTell died in 1959.) Witty, effusive and self-deprecating, Michael Gray is a masterful speaker, well known for his lively, funny, stimulating and authoritative talks. The Linenhall Arts Centre acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council in making this lecture possible.
Adm: € 10 / €7 (concessions)
Thursday 21st April @ 8.00pm
Ballinrobe Folk Group
Founded on 2002, Ballinrobe Folk Group began as a small group of enthusiastic music lovers who wished to uplift and inspire through the medium of music and song within their local community. The group has grown from strength to strength and now numbers 35 from Ballinrobe and surrounding areas, performing a diverse range of musical styles encompassing Celtic Traditional, Gospel and contemporary music. The group presents an annual Christmas recital, which was broadcast on Midwest Radio on Christmas Day 2009. The group has performed in many churches in South Mayo and monthly performance at the first Saturday evening of the month in Ballinrobe Church are attracting an ever-increasing audience. This concert will now brings the group’s unique sound to a wider audience. Come and check them out.The Linenhall Arts Centre acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council in making this performance possible.
Adm: €15 / €12 (concessions)