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Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm
Presented By: Upright Steeple Society
with guests Iain MacHarg + Friends
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm
Location:
York Street Meeting House
153 York Street
Lyndon, VT
Admission: $30 all seats
Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes – the bellows-blown, mellower and more emotive cousin to the famous Highland bagpipes – and she’s taken them to the global stage. A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, Brìghde roots her music in her language and culture. She rose to prominence as a prodigy of traditional music, but has since begun a journey to take the small pipes into uncharted territory. She has devised a completely unique way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the instrument; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like atmosphere, played with enticing virtuosic liquidity. She draws inspiration from the world of interconnected piping traditions, and her most recent album brings in influences from ambient, avant garde and electronic music. One can talk about Brìghde’s awards (BBC Young Folk Award; BBC Horizons Award; SAY Award nominee) and her wide array of collaborators (Caroline Polachek; Colin Stetson; Gruff Rhys; Aidan O’Rourke…) but after it all, her music speaks for itself.
Haunting, entrancing, breathtaking, beautiful – this open-eared, understatedly virtuosic performer is transforming and creating new definitions for Scottish folk in the 21st century.
Iain MacHarg, a professional-grade piper and Vermont’s only full-time piping instructor, has been a fixture at highland games since childhood. Son of a renowned bagpipe maker, Iain trained under top instructors, including Donald Lindsay and Bruce Gandy. He founded four Vermont pipe bands, released three solo albums, published Feadan Mor (a collection of original tunes), and played a key role in the Scottish smallpipe revival. Iain also established the Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts, inspired by the College of Piping in PEI. He teaches over 90 solo students, band workshops, and is a music professor at Norwich University.
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm
Location:
York Street Meeting House
153 York Street
Lyndon, VT
Admission: $30 all seats
Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes – the bellows-blown, mellower and more emotive cousin to the famous Highland bagpipes – and she’s taken them to the global stage. A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, Brìghde roots her music in her language and culture. She rose to prominence as a prodigy of traditional music, but has since begun a journey to take the small pipes into uncharted territory. She has devised a completely unique way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the instrument; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like atmosphere, played with enticing virtuosic liquidity. She draws inspiration from the world of interconnected piping traditions, and her most recent album brings in influences from ambient, avant garde and electronic music. One can talk about Brìghde’s awards (BBC Young Folk Award; BBC Horizons Award; SAY Award nominee) and her wide array of collaborators (Caroline Polachek; Colin Stetson; Gruff Rhys; Aidan O’Rourke…) but after it all, her music speaks for itself.
Haunting, entrancing, breathtaking, beautiful – this open-eared, understatedly virtuosic performer is transforming and creating new definitions for Scottish folk in the 21st century.
Iain MacHarg, a professional-grade piper and Vermont’s only full-time piping instructor, has been a fixture at highland games since childhood. Son of a renowned bagpipe maker, Iain trained under top instructors, including Donald Lindsay and Bruce Gandy. He founded four Vermont pipe bands, released three solo albums, published Feadan Mor (a collection of original tunes), and played a key role in the Scottish smallpipe revival. Iain also established the Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts, inspired by the College of Piping in PEI. He teaches over 90 solo students, band workshops, and is a music professor at Norwich University.