After several enquiries last year as to why we had no concertina workshop, we have gone all out and secured Edel Fox, one of Ireland's best-known and admired concertina players, to give a workshop at Féile Átha Dá Chab, Ballydehob Traditional Music, Song and Dance Festival 2008. Most people will probably be familiar with Edel as the winner of the TG4 Young Musician of the Year Award in 2004. Hailing from Miltown Malbay, County Clare, she is now one of the most accomplished Irish musicians of her generation. A prized pupil of Noel Hill, Edel made her radio debut on Clare FM's 'Mist - Covered Mountain' at the tender age of seven. She plays music evocative of her native West Clare, with a joy and abandon that lifts the spirit. Despite her young age, her musical resume boasts a list of accolades. In addition to her TG4 Young Musician of the Year award, she is a regular performer on Irish radio and the BBC and has performed in festivals and concert halls from North America to as far away as Asia. As well as being an engaging performer, Edel is also an insightful and patient teacher, specializing in the repertoire of her native soil. She teaches concertina at the prestigious Willie Clancy Summer School in her home town of Miltown Malbay and also teaches annually at festivals in the U.S., including the Irish Arts Week Festival in East Durham, NY. In 2006, Edel and fiddle player, Ronan O'Flaherty, released a great album together, simply called Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty. Edel Fox is currently a student of music at the University of Limerick.
It will be brilliant for people learning the concertina in Ballydehob and further afield in West Cork to have the chance to attend a workshop with Edel at Féile Átha Da Chab 2008. Places are limited to ten in this workshop, so to avoid disappointment, put your name down for it as soon as you can. It is only October 2007 now and one place is already booked! Edel will also perform at the concert during the festival. Bígí Linn!
Buaiteoir na duaise, TG4 Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana, i 2004, is seinnteoir óg consairtín í Edel Fox a bhfuil raon duaiseanna agus gradaim buaite aici. Ó Shráid na Cathrach, Contae an Chláir ó dhúchas, is í duine dos na ceoltóirí traidisiúnta níos oilte dena glúin. Chomh maith le bheith ina seinnteoir tarraingteach, is múinteoir í a thaispeáineann léargas agus foighne ina cuid múinteoireachta. Múineann sí ag an Scoil Samhraidh mór le rá ‘Willie Clancy’ agus ag féiltí sna Stáit Aontaithe, Féile Seachtaine Ealaíne Ghaelach in East Durham, Nua Eabhrach ina measc.
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