Notes & Narratives – Richie Piggott: "The Transmission of Irish Music: A Personal View of Chicago"

Notes & Narratives – Richie Piggott: "The Transmission of Irish Music: A Personal View of Chicago"

Thursday, 15 June 2023, 8.30pm

Richie Piggott - "The Transmission of Irish Music: A Personal View of Chicago"

The presentation will address the transmission/sharing of Irish music in its broadest sense, covering:

Inter-community sharing of music in the latter 19th century
Learning from the master
Sharing and learning tunes from written manuscripts
Sharing of non-commercial recorded music on early acetates, Reel to reel and cassette

Musicians featured will include Johnny McGreevy, Aggie Whyte, Sean Reid, Paddy Cronin and Padraig O’Keeffe

Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 15th June 2023. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.

Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.

Supported by The Arts Council. 

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Published by Na Piobairi Uilleann on 30 May 2023

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