Traditional Irish Music Session

Traditional Irish music (the jigs, reels, slides and songs) are intimately connected to the history and culture of the Irish. It is a part of the soul of a people who have come through incredible hardship and struggles.

An Irish “seisiun” is a gathering of accomplished musicians who not only know many of the traditional Irish tunes and songs, but often know a lot about Ireland – it’s history and culture. There is often one or two people (the especially accomplished musicians) who are informal leaders. One or two folks will start a tune (music without singing) and everyone who knows the tune will join in – tunes are often played in sets of two or three tunes in a row.

There is often discussion between sets and tunes about where the tunes came from and who may have written or performed it originally.

For this Irish session we will have the following very special performers –

• Randy Miller
• Jane Orzechowski
• Natalie Backus

Come see and hear what real Irish sessions are like as played by some of the finest Irish music musicians anywhere.