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<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><FONT color=#808000>IRISH WORLD ACADEMY SPRING 2010 LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES, </FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><FONT color=#808000>Tuesday April 6th New Irish World Academy Building, 1.15 pm</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=4><EM>The Irish World Academy is delighted to invite you all to the first lunchtime concert to take place in the Academy's wonderful new building on the north campus.</EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><FONT color=#808000 size=4><STRONG>Eileen O'Brien (fiddle), Mary McNamara (concertina)</STRONG></FONT> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Eileen O’Brien</STRONG> is daughter of the legendary Tipperary accordion player and composer,Paddy O’Brien,who spent much of his life in America. ‘Eileen O’Brien’s Reel’ has been part of the core repertoire of Irish music for over twenty-five years having been absorbed into the tradition very soon after she composed it and first played it at the All-Ireland Fleadh. Eileen is a regular tutor on the traditional music programmes at the Irish World Academy.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Mary McNamara,</STRONG> from Tulla, East Clare, is from a musical family with her Mother playing piano and her grandparents playing fiddle and concertina. Mary is a solo concertina player as well as a teacher on the instrument in East Clare. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>All are welcome</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>