BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58228\n\nDiarmuid ? Meachair (accordion) and Matt M ulqueen (piano) performing traditional Irish music.\n \nDiarmuid ? Meacha ir is an Accordion player and sean-n?s singer from C?il Aodha\, Co. Cork. He is also an accomplished Melodeon player and sean-n?s singer. He was a warded the prestigious Young Musician of the year award from TG4 for 2022 . He is one of the most exciting accordion players of his generation. Dia rmuid is part of the teaching staff at the Department of Music in UCC\, t eaching accordion and melodeon. A native Irish speaker from C?il Aodha in the M?scra? Gaeltacht\, Diarmuid has won many sean n?s singing competiti ons at the competitive Oireachtas na Samhna\, Corn Darach ? Cath?in and C orn Seosamh ? h?anaigh especially. He has released 3 solo albums since De cember 2022. His second solo album ""Melodeon Medleys"" was released in J uly 2023 and his debut album ""Si?l na Sl?"" was released under the Raela ch Records label with support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Eala?n na Gaeltachta. In 2023 he was commissioned by ""F?ile John Dwyer"" suppo rted by the Arts Council to compose a suite of music in memory of the gre at Dwyer family from the Beara Peninsula. In 2016\, Diarmuid won the Seni or All Ireland melodeon title at the Fleadh in Ennis at 19 years of age. In 2018\, Diarmuid graduated from Mary Immaculate College with a Bachelor 's degree in Primary Education. As a soloist\, Diarmuid has been invited to teach at various festivals such as Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy\, Cat skills Irish Arts week\, ?igse Dhiarmuid U? S?illeabh?in\, Scoil Cheoil a n Earraigh\, Tunefest Dungarvan\, Return to London Town Festival\, Birmin gham Tradfest and the Meitheal summer school. In 2023 he was invited to j oin the latest De Dannan line up by Frankie Gavin. They have played at mu ltiple festivals in Ireland\, UK and Europe. In May they performed on The Late Late Show. \n\nMatt Mulqueen was born in Baltimore\, Maryland\, int o a musical family. His older brothers played button accordion and fiddle \, and his sister became a champion step-dancer. This environment instill ed in Matt an irresistible desire to learn and play Irish traditional mus ic. His first music instruction came in the second grade when he joined t he boys choir at his elementary school. At age nine\, Matt asked his pare nts if he could learn to play the piano. He began with group piano lesson s at a local community college. From there\, he progressed to private les sons in Irish and Classical music with Donna Long\, who has been the grea test influence on Matt's playing. Listening to the host of traditional mu sicians who haunt Irish pubs and to innumerable recordings allowed Matt t o forge his own compelling style of accompanying Irish music. Matt return s to the Lyceum\, having performed with Lexi Boatright and Cara Wildman i n 2022.\n\nLight refreshments will be available with wine\, beer and non- alcholic drinks available for purchase.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $25 fo r adults\; $10 ages 12-17\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Lyce um\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\n Purchase tickets\nhttps://ticketstripe.com/omeachair-mulqueen\n DTEND:20241220T020000Z DTSTAMP:20241125T162335Z DTSTART:20241220T000001Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Traditional Music Series Concert TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:c8e12c60-4772-4ef0-8485-355587864e1d URL:https://ticketstripe.com/omeachair-mulqueen X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexa ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58228
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Diarmuid & #211\; Meachair (accordion) and Matt Mulqueen (piano) performing traditio nal Irish music.\n
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Diarmuid Ó\; Meachair is an Accordio n player and sean-nó\;s singer from Cú\;il Aodha\, Co. Cork. He i s also an accomplished Melodeon player and sean-nó\;s singer. He was awarded the prestigious Young Musician of the year award from TG4 for 202 2. He is one of the most exciting accordion players of his generation. Di armuid is part of the teaching staff at the Department of Music in UCC\, teaching accordion and melodeon. A native Irish speaker from Cú\;il A odha in the Mú\;scraí\; Gaeltacht\, Diarmuid has won many sean n& #243\;s singing competitions at the competitive Oireachtas na Samhna\, Co rn Darach Ó\; Cathá\;in and Corn Seosamh Ó\; hÉ\;anaigh e specially. He has released 3 solo albums since December 2022. His second solo album ??Melodeon Medleys?? was released in July 2023 and his debut a lbum ??Siú\;l na Slí\;?? was released under the Raelach Records l abel with support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Ealaí\;n na Ga eltachta. In 2023 he was commissioned by ??Fé\;ile John Dwyer?? suppo rted by the Arts Council to compose a suite of music in memory of the gre at Dwyer family from the Beara Peninsula. In 2016\, Diarmuid won the Seni or All Ireland melodeon title at the Fleadh in Ennis at 19 years of age. In 2018\, Diarmuid graduated from Mary Immaculate College with a Bachelor ?s degree in Primary Education. As a soloist\, Diarmuid has been invited to teach at various festivals such as Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy\, Cat skills Irish Arts week\, É\;igse Dhiarmuid Uí\; Sú\;illeabh&# 225\;in\, Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh\, Tunefest Dungarvan\, Return to Londo n Town Festival\, Birmingham Tradfest and the Meitheal summer school. In 2023 he was invited to join the latest De Dannan line up by Frankie Gavin . They have played at multiple festivals in Ireland\, UK and Europe. In M ay they performed on The Late Late Show. \n
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Matt Mulqueen wa s born in Baltimore\, Maryland\, into a musical family. His older brother s played button accordion and fiddle\, and his sister became a champion s tep-dancer. This environment instilled in Matt an irresistible desire to learn and play Irish traditional music. His first music instruction came in the second grade when he joined the boys choir at his elementary schoo l. At age nine\, Matt asked his parents if he could learn to play the pia no. He began with group piano lessons at a local community college. From there\, he progressed to private lessons in Irish and Classical music wit h Donna Long\, who has been the greatest influence on Matt'\;s playing . Listening to the host of traditional musicians who haunt Irish pubs and to innumerable recordings allowed Matt to forge his own compelling style of accompanying Irish music. Matt returns to the Lyceum\, having perform ed with Lexi Boatright and Cara Wildman in 2022.\n
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Light ref reshments will be available with wine\, beer and non-alcholic drinks avai lable for purchase.\n
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Location: Lyceum\n
Fees: $25 for adults\; $10 ages 12-17\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: A rts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\n< a href="https://ticketstripe.com/omeachair-mulqueen">Purchase tickets
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