Tag: Fidil

Sorcha Costello 

Profiling our workshop artists / 
Súil ar aíonna na ceardlainne 2022

Bronnadh Gradam Ceoil TG4, Ceoltoir Óg na Bliana 2021 ar Shorcha Costello. Is ceoltoir traidisiúnta í a sheineann an fidil. Is ón Tulach I gContae an Chláir í agus tagann sí ó clann atá préamhaithe sa cheol traidisiúnta.

Is mar cheoltoir aonair is mó a sheineann sí ach tá baint aici le teacht le chéile ceolmhair eile,ceann acu san mar duet lena máthair Mary MacNamara. Cé go bhfuil stíl fidléireachta Shorcha bainteach go mór le Oirthear an Chláir,bhí tionchar mór ag leithéidí, Frankie Gavin, Brian Rooney agus Tommy Potts uirthi.

Tá sí ag obair mar Teiiapeóir Ceoil cáilithe ach leanann sí lei ag deanamh ceoil agus ag múineadh ceoil.

Awarded with the prestigious Gradam Ceoil TG4 Young Musician of the Year 2021, Sorcha Costello is a traditional Irish fiddle player from Tulla Co. Clare and hails from a family emerged in traditional Irish music.

She performs mainly as a solo artist but is also part of other musical collaborations which includes a duet with her mother, Mary MacNamara. While Sorcha’s style of fiddle playing is rooted in East Clare, she has been strongly influenced by musicians such as Frankie Gavin, Brian Rooney, and Tommy Potts.

She is now practising as a qualified Music Therapist but also continues to perform and teach traditional music.

Beidh na ceardlanna ar siúl san Ionad Cultúrtha agus i gColáiste Ghobnatan, óna 10.00 go dtína 12.30 maidin Dé Sathairn 03 Nollaig 2022.

Workshops take place in the Ionad Cultúrtha and in Coláiste Ghobnatan from 10.00 to 12.30 on Saturday morning 3rd of December.

Megan Nic Fhionnghaile – Éigse 2021

Profiling our workshop artists /
Súil ar aíonna na ceardlainne 2021

Is fiddléir ó Ghaoth Dobhair í Mégan, áit ina bhfuil  ceol traidisiúnta agus an ghaoluinn go laidir ann. Bhí sí timpeallaithe ag an gceol agus amhránaíocht is í ag fás aníos. Fiddléir aitheanta ab ea a sin-sheanathair, Joe Jack agus bhí amhráin go tiúbh ag a seanmháthair agus a deirfiúracha.

Tá Megan ag freastal ar Ollscoil Luimní agus tá an triú bhliain ag staidéar Ceol na hÉireann criochnaithe aici. I 2019 bhuaigh sí craobh Uladh sa chomórtas fidil agus ghlac sí páirt I gcraobh Fleadh na hÉireann. Bíonn sí gníomhach ag seinmt ag féilte agus seisiúin ceoil ar fud na tíre agus tá taithí aici bheith ag múineadh ina pobal áitiúil.

Megan Nic Fhionnghaile is a fiddle player from Gaoth Dobhair, a region celebrated for its traditional Irish music and the Irish Language. Growing up, she was surrounded with songs and music from her- her great-grandad, Joe Jack being a well known fiddle player of the area and her Grandmother and her siblings being singers.

Megan attends the University of Limerick and has just finished her third year studying Irish Music there. In 2019 she was the Ulster champion in senior fiddle and was a finalist in the All Ireland Fleadh. She is active performing at festivals and sessions around Ireland and has teaching experience in her local community.