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Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin;
Photo by Christy McNamara
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The concertina, a little squeezebox with hexagonal ends, is closely associated with the musical tradition of County Clare, where Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, a professor of music and Irish studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was born and raised. Tim Collins grew up on the opposite shore of the Shannon in west County Limerick but long ago crossed the river to join Clare’s famed Kilfenora Ceili Band. Tim is currently at New York University as a Fulbright/Culture Ireland visiting scholar, so Gearóid’s visit from Missouri gives us the rare opportunity to hear two masters of the concertina in a duet performance. |
