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Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association

Cascadia Irish Music Week group

Upcoming Events

 

  • IRISH TUNE LEARNING CLASS

    Starts Jan. 7, 2020
    Seattle, Tuesdays, 7- 8:30pm

    Olympia, Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm Randal Bays tune class

    • Fiddler Randal Bays teaches this ongoing class in Northeast Seattle every Tuesday evening from 7 to 8:30pm for three 8-week sessions every year. You can build your repertoire, meet other learners and have fun.
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      Irish resources in the Northwest

      There is a lot going in Puget Sound's vibrant Irish community. Check out these links to some of the groups and events at the heart of it all.
      • Cascadia Irish Music Week
      • Seattle Irish Pipers Club
      • Irish Heritage Club of Seattle
      • Irish Network Seattle
      • Mari Hoiland's Event Listing
Irish session

Irish Music in the Pacific Northwest

 

Welcome to the website of Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association. We are based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Our mission is to preserve and nurture the heritage of Irish traditional music and culture in the Pacific Northwest, by organizing classes, concerts and other events; through public outreach; and by presenting the Cascadia Irish Music Week, a yearly gathering of learners and teachers of Irish traditional music and culture.  Ceol Cascadia is a project of the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle, a longstanding nonprofit 501(c)3 organization.  You can make a tax-deductible donation to Ceol Cascadia using PayPal here.

With the many ties between the Pacific Northwest and Ireland - including Seattle's sister city relationship with Galway City, and the wonderful maritime weather we all enjoy - the Northwest is a natural setting for this great music. 

Join our mailing list for Puget Sound area concerts and workshops.

Interested in volunteering? Contact us: info@cascadiairish.org

Many thanks to the following organizations for support of our classes and concerts:

The Irish Heritage Club of Seattle

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4Culture of King County


    Cascadia Irish Music Week 2020

  • We are on! Cascadia Irish Music Week 2020 will be held July 19-25, again on the beautiful campus of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Hop on over to www.cascadiairish.org for information on who's coming, how to register, etc. Also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CascadiaIrish/
  • We are very excited about this, hope you can make it! - The Ceol Cascadia Board of Directors

  • What is an Irish "Session" ?

    • It's not a "jam", but more of a friendly gathering in which players go over the melodies in the traditional repertoire.. a group memory exercise combined with a party!  An Irish traditional music session is a place where people who know how to play Irish traditional music come together, sometimes in public, sometimes in private homes, to share and enjoy the music and good company. There will usually be some fiddles, some flutes or tinwhistles, maybe button accordions, concertinas, uilleann pipes.. and if you're lucky a good singer will chip in the occasional song, the word in Irish for a session is "seisiún", and you can check out our listing of sessions to see who's playing where.
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