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Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association

Cascadia Irish Music Week group

Upcoming Events

 

  • IRISH TUNE LEARNING CLASS

    Next series begins in April, 2022
    All classes online, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7pm PACIFIC and Thursdays 7pm EASTERN.

    Randal Bays tune class

    • Fiddler Randal Bays teaches this ongoing class ONLINE every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening for three 8-week sessions every year. You can build your repertoire, meet other learners (virtually) 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

Watch our new video about Ceol Cascadia and Cascadia Irish Music Week.

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. We also sponsor regular tune learning classes and other events throughout the year.  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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    Cascadia Irish Music Week

  • Aug. 7-13, 2022 - Live and in person
    Join us for a week of great Irish music and fun on the beautiful campus of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Details and registration info on the Cascadia website www.cascadiairish.org. We're also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CascadiaIrish/
  • - 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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      Our Board/Volunteers/Staff

      Here are the people who make it all happen.
      Joe McDonough - Program Director
      Randal Bays - Artistic Director
      Brendan Boyle - Onsite Manager
      Emma Miller - Transportation Coordinator
      John Blandin - Webmaster
      And many volunteers

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