Join two of Ireland’s finest musicians, Bríd Harper & Ryan Molloy, in an exciting concert featuring traditional Irish fiddle and piano. Bríd Harper is a leading fiddle player with numerous prestigious titles including the Senior All-Ireland and Fiddler of Dooney. She has released two critically acclaimed solo albums and collaborated with Dermot Byrne, Steve Cooney, Arty McGlynn, and Sylvain Barou. Ryan Molloy, an award-winning pianist, composer and Associate Professor at Maynooth University, received this year’s TG4 Gradam Ceoil Composer of the Year award and has worked with ensembles such as the Danish String Quartet and the Ulster Orchestra.
Coirm is a group which was was set up by Letterkenny-based Ceol na Coille School of Irish Traditional Music as a platform for young musicians to perform nationally and internationally. To-date some of its members have performed throughout Ireland, UK, Europe and also the USA with sister school, North Dallas and Austin school of Traditional Music. The group has commissioned renowned musicians to write new music, raising the funding for the projects themselves, with additional support by Donegal County Council’s Arts Office and Regional Cultural Centre.
Letterkenny Trad Week is presented by the Regional Cultural Centre & An Grianán Theatre with the kind support of Donegal County Council & Arts Council Ireland.
