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Dedicated to handing down the tradition to the next generation of musicians in our community.


In This Issue:
MIM 2013 Artist lineup
REGISTER NOW FOR CLASSES
Éigse CIM, A Gaela Event, Feb 23
Paddy O'Brien Residency
CIM Night at The Coffee Grounds
Vote for our local musicians!
Upcoming

Events

 

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January 14-20

Our last week of classes for fall term is next week.  Be sure to register now for spring term lessons and classes.  Details in column, at right. Spring term begins January 28th.

 

January 18

Support our CIM students as they perform at The Coffee Grounds

in Falcon Heights from 7-9:30pm. Come enjoy a night of quality music with treats and coffee from this great local business! 

 

 

 

 January 19

Don't miss an evening with two local treasures, Daithi� Sproule and Laura MacKenzie.  8pm at the Riverview Cafe and Wine Bar.

 

Kick up your heels at the monthly ceili at The Celtic Junction.  7-10pm with live music from the Twin Cities Ceili Band! 

 

January 20

All CIM students are invited to join in our Family Session from 2-4:30pm at CIM. All instruments and levels are welcome!  Come share the tunes you're working on in a casual, supportive environment.  

 

February 1

All CIM students are encouraged to take part in the music competition portion of the O'Shea Irish Dance Feis at Mall of America.  Students must register via Feisworx by January 17th.  For more information, e-mail Emily.  View the music competition details within the feis syllabus here.

 

February 23

Dress up in your finest and join us for a wonderful evening to celebrate traditional Irish music!  Reserve your tickets now for Eigse CIM, A Gaela Event.  More details and links in the column, at right.

 

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This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all of the possible events within the Irish community in the Twin Cities.  For more listings, please visit the IMDA's Event Calendar, which is a great schedule of local events. 

MIM 2013 
June 13-16
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CIM presents:

Geraldine Cotter
piano, tin whistle

Eamonn Cotter
flute

Meait� J� Sh�amuis 
� F�thartha
song, uilleann pipes

Ois�n McAuley
fiddle

Eileen O'Brien
fiddle

more information is on our website
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Volunteering at CIM

One of the best things about the Center for Irish Music is our community of involved students, parents, staff, instructors, and community members.  We could not present the events that we do each year here at CIM without you!  There are many opportunities to volunteer each year.  If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know by filling out our Volunteer Form or contacting our volunteer coordinator, Becky Bollinger at [email protected].

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Volunteers at Eigse CIM, a Gaela      
  Event, February 2011.

The  Center For Irish Music is on Facebook!
 

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As of Jan. 1, we have 1,804 Fans!  WOW!  Become a fan of the Center for Irish Music on Facebook to share ideas, keep up-to-date on current CIM events, and share your love of Irish music with the larger Irish community! Please tell your friends.
 
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CIM has a LinkedIn group and we encourage CIM members to contact each other via this social networking site.

 

As always, we welcome your feedback and comments.  Please feel free to contact us at any time at:
 
The Center for Irish Music
@The Celtic Junction
836 Prior Avenue North
St. Paul, MN  55104
651-815-0083
 
January 2013
Happy New Year!
2013 is off to a great start here at the CIM!
Looking back, 2012 was a particularly wonderful year for the CIM including the creation of two new ensembles, three new children's classes, and class offerings in Irish language and mythology from D�ith� Sproule.  

In 2012, we honored young fiddler and uilleann piper Emiliano Morales with the Timothy Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship and celebrated with the Advanced Youth Ensemble as they travelled to the midwest fleadh in Chicago qualifying to compete in the international
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in the gruppa cheoil and the ceili band categories.

This year, we are looking forward to many new frontiers for the school including Paddy' O'Brien's Tune Collection Project and the 6th annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend June 13-16.  

 

In the meantime, however, now is the time to reserve your tickets for Eigse CIM: A Gaela Event on February 23rd, and to register for a new class during spring term.  

Thank you for taking the time to peruse through this month's dense newsletter!

 

We look forward to seeing you soon,
 
-Norah Rendell 
Executive Director
IT'S TIME TO REGISTER 
FOR SPRING TERM!

Spring term begins on January 28th.  Register by January 25th to get your 5% multi-family discount.  Some of this term's classes are...

Children's classes

� Tin Whistle Troupe - perfect first instrument! (6-9yrs)

� The Song Squad Harmony Singing (9-13yrs)

� Budding Bodhr�ns (7-10yrs)

� Youth Ensembles

 

Adult classes

� What Key is it in?

� Reading Irish Myths and Legends

� Multi-instrumental ensembles

 


To set up private lessons this term, contact Erika
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    Saturday, February 23rd
5:30-10:30pm 
at The Celtic Junction


The Center for Irish Music and Honorary Chairs Maeve O'Mara and Liam O'Neill of Irish on Grand invite you to dress up in your finest, bring your friends and join us at The Celtic Junction for �igse CIM, A Gaela Event.

  

�igse [eg-shuh] is an Irish word used for festivals celebrating traditional Irish arts and culture. It is in this spirit that we gather for an evening to raise funds for The Center for Irish Music and the mission of handing down traditional Irish music.

 

This semi-formal event includes two ticket options for attendees: come early to share a meal provided by Cara Irish Pubs, or join us later in the evening for the silent auction and concert featuring the stellar traditional Irish music of the CIM Instructors who boast recording, award winning, and world touring artists among their number.

  

Schedule: 
5:00 p.m. Doors open

5:30 p.m. Dinner provided by Cara Irish Pubs

6:30 p.m. Silent auction reception

7:00 p.m. Concert featuring our acclaimed CIM Instructors

  

Ticket prices:

$50.00 - guests arriving at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, silent auction reception and concert

$20.00 - guests arriving at 6:30 p.m. for silent auction reception and concert


**WE ARE CURRENTLY REQUESTING DONATIONS FOR OUR LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS.  INFORMATION AND DONATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND HERE. If you have questions, please contact Emily.**
 

 For complete information regarding tickets, donations, volunteering, and sponsorship, please visit the Eigse CIM site.  Thank you!   

 

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THIS SPRING AT CIM:  Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection/Apprenticeship Project

Paddy O'Brien

Accordionist and tune collector Paddy O'Brien (originally from Co. Offaly) recently received a Folk and Traditional Arts grant from the MN State Arts Board to record another 500 melodies for The Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection. As part of the project, Paddy will be acting Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Irish Music offering free workshops on Sunday afternoons to interested CIM students and teachers of all melody instruments.  

 

A full description of the project and details are on the Student Info tab.

 

Please note that participants must be current CIM students and able to attend at least seven out of the nine sessions to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!  Recording devices are mandatory.

 

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday from 2:30-4:00pm, Feb 10-June 9.

 

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Paddy O'Brien is a fiscal year 2012 recipient of a Folk and Traditional  grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.  

CIM Night at 
The Coffee Grounds
 
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Please join us for a wonderful evening of music from many of our ensembles, groups, and solo musicians at this CIM student showcase evening!  This is a great opportunity to see what our students have been working on while also supporting a neighborhood business.  The Coffee Grounds is located on Hamline Avenue in Falcon Heights.  Hope to see you there!
 
There's still time to vote for our local musicians for an Irish Music Award!
 
The Irish Music Awards is an annual awards presentation hosted by the Irish Music Association to honor the best of the best in Irish Music. The Irish Music Awards promote and support Irish Music and musicians worldwide.

We are excited that several of our local Twin Cities musicians have been nominated! Please consider joining the Irish Music Association so that you can cast your vote for one of these amazing local musicians:

TOP GROUP:  Altan (featuring CIM instructor and local legend Daithi Sproule)

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST:  Katie McMahon

TOMMY MAKEM AWARD:   Mairtin de Cogain

TOP HARPIST:  Chad McAnally

TOP BUTTON ACCORDION:  Paddy O'Brien

For more information and to vote, please visit the Irish Music Awards website.