IRISH GAELIC SEAN-NÓS SINGING : Workshop with Mairin Ui Cheide

IRISH GAELIC SEAN-NÓS SINGING: WORKSHOP WITH MÁIRÍN UÍ CHÉIDE
Saturday, December 19 | 10-11:30pm | Jesup Memorial Library

Discover the haunting beauty of sean-nós (“old style”) singing, the unaccompanied song tradition of the Irish Gaelic-speaking world. In this workshop, Máirín Uí Chéide will share songs in Irish, the stories behind them, and the ornamentation and phrasing that give sean-nós its unique expressive power. Songs will be taught by ear, in keeping with the tradition’s oral roots. No Irish language experience needed.

Máirín Uí Chéide was born in Galway, Ireland, and grew up in Ceantar na nOileán in the Conamara Gaeltacht, where she is a native Irish speaker. Since moving to Boston in 1986, where she lives with her husband Páraic and their five children, she has immersed herself in the Irish cultural and language movement, traveling across the country to teach and perform sean-nós singing. She has recorded many of her songs, and a collection of her work is held in the Burns Library at Boston College.

Máirín has won many awards from Oireachtas na Gaeilge, including the coveted Corn Uí Riada, and was inducted into the North American Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Hall of Fame in recognition of her ardent championing of Irish cultural traditions. She has taught Irish language and singing for many years to students from around the world, preserving the oral transmission of the culture as much as possible, and has taught music in the Archdiocese of Boston for over 25 years.

All singers and listeners welcome!

Workshop: $20 · Included in the Saturday Pass and Weekend Pass | 50% off for BAMU students and Kitchen Junket members with code. Youth 18 and younger are free (please register).