A Celtic Evening in Mattapoisett
Sat, Mar 16
|Mattapoisett
This program will feature lots of traditional instrumental music, mostly of an Irish nature but with some other widely flung musical traditions thrown in for good measure. Bring your instruments for a Irish jam session to close the evening!
Time & Location
Mar 16, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Mattapoisett, 5 Church St, Mattapoisett, MA 02739, USA
Guests
About the Event
An evening of Celtic music at the Mattapoisett Museum with Mark Roberts and Benedict Gagliardi!
Mattapoisett native, Mark Roberts discovered traditional music by being an annoying teenager hanging around at the Tryworks Coffeehouse and SMU's Eistedfod Festival. In his current role as an annoying adult (especially to his Teenaged son, Fenton) Mark is primarily known as a flute and banjo player but is also comfortable playing guitar, bouzouki and percussion. He has been in a number of groundbreaking bands in Traditional Music including: The Red Clay Ramblers, Touchstone, The Sevens, The Clayfoot Strutters and Childsplay.His flute and pennywhistle feature prominently in the film, Secret of Roan Innish.
Benedict Gagliardi is a Rhode Island-based musician and folksinger and one-half of the duo "The Vox Hunters" with his partner Armand Aromin. A self-taught instrumentalist, he plays traditional tunes and accompanies old songs on Anglo concertina, harmonica, and tenor guitar and is particularly fond of…
Tickets
Early Bird
$20.00
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