DATES | Gerry O'Connor

Gerry Photo Solo 86 McGurks

LNJ Album cover

Gerry O'Connor Gilles Le Bigot 345

1964 Gerry with the fiddle case

Margaret Kettle (Conlon) and me leaving the Dominican Hall at Fleadh Dhun Dealgan. Margaret, one of my mother's first pupils, tells a great story. Arriving at our house for her weekly fiddle lesson she meets my father at the door. He enquires how much practice she had done. Margaret states that she did a bit all right .. " a fair bit "? my father enquires... ah yes , replies Margaret ... Thats amazing , my father teases, taking her bow from behind his back. You left this behind last week!

CMI 1 Ensemble at Birr Castle2.jpeg

Companach Photo.jpg

An experimental, high-information, music performance event developed around the book, ebook and website Companion to Irish Traditional Music. A work in progress, this had an inaugural performance to enthusiastic response at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, and at The Leuven Institute for Ireland, Leuven, Belgium in December, 2013. Following this, and much debate and discussion, several directions for enhancement have been indicated, work which will begin in the early summer

Gerry & Tommy Emmanuel in action.jpg

On tour with the Irish Rovers we met Tommy in San Luis Obispo where we had a night off and planned to go to Tommy;s gi. After talking for a while he asked me to join him on stage for two numbers . Tommy;s gisg was an amazing experience and joining him for part of the second set left me on Cloud Nine .. which appened to be the namme of the room in which I was staying in in the Madonna Inn that night!

WHR White Raven Group Photo .jpg

A fresh approach to the singing of Traditional songs in harmony.
See Projects Page White Raven.

Photo IRR Band .jpg

Guest with The Irish Rovers 'Farewell" tours; Canada'13 and USA'14

With Cathal McConnell in UL 2012

Buíon Cheoil Dhun Dealgan faoí 18

CCE Dun Dealgan U 18 Céili Band , All Ireland Champions 1967,1968 &1969.
In 1969 I had been put in charge of the u14 band.. we won that year with the u14 band also..

06 John Jo Gardiner and Gerry Seisiún 1974.jpg

Seisiun was a traditional music, song and dance carbaret first produced in Dundalk by Rory Kennedy in 1972. As part of the show John Joe Gardiner and me would play a duet piece; often the "Star of Munster and the Boys of the Lough." Crowds of up to 500 people came to the show in the summer months of 1972 -75 when I was in the show.

Gerry in 1976 aged 17

Photo taken by Bobby Hanvey in his studio in Downpatrick, Co. Down. I played with Bobby and Hilda (?) in their band Hauld yer Whist" in the summer of 1976... an eclectic selection of music that had us feted in an Orange parade through Castlewellan in August of that year ...

Gerry in phone box

During the Willie Clancy in the 1990's I would be asked how my sister Eilish was getting on in Australia, whee she was then living. One night , after a good session in Conways of Mullagh , on being evicted rom the ber I decided to ring Eilish up and play her a few tunes and have some friends find out for themselves how she was getting on in Australia to her in Australia .. all in 50 pence coins

Spirit Store, Dundalk 2004

My mother Rose at the launch of my solo album Journeyman,in 2004 with her grandson Dónal who played fiddle and piano and also co produced the album. She was a very proud Mammy, Granny and Teacher that night

Gerry

Taken whilst on tour in Germany with White Raven June 2013

Gerry

Tunes by the Christmas tree

Recording the Christmas concert /video with The Irish Rovers in Chatham,Ontario, Nov. 2011.

Bilingua CluudachTN.jpg

Gerry Photo Solo 86 McGurks

LNJ Album cover

Gerry O'Connor Gilles Le Bigot 345

1964 Gerry with the fiddle case

Margaret Kettle (Conlon) and me leaving the Dominican Hall at Fleadh Dhun Dealgan. Margaret, one of my mother's first pupils, tells a great story. Arriving at our house for her weekly fiddle lesson she meets my father at the door. He enquires how much practice she had done. Margaret states that she did a bit all right .. " a fair bit "? my father enquires... ah yes , replies Margaret ... Thats amazing , my father teases, taking her bow from behind his back. You left this behind last week!

CMI 1 Ensemble at Birr Castle2.jpeg

Companach Photo.jpg

An experimental, high-information, music performance event developed around the book, ebook and website Companion to Irish Traditional Music. A work in progress, this had an inaugural performance to enthusiastic response at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, and at The Leuven Institute for Ireland, Leuven, Belgium in December, 2013. Following this, and much debate and discussion, several directions for enhancement have been indicated, work which will begin in the early summer

Gerry & Tommy Emmanuel in action.jpg

On tour with the Irish Rovers we met Tommy in San Luis Obispo where we had a night off and planned to go to Tommy;s gi. After talking for a while he asked me to join him on stage for two numbers . Tommy;s gisg was an amazing experience and joining him for part of the second set left me on Cloud Nine .. which appened to be the namme of the room in which I was staying in in the Madonna Inn that night!

WHR White Raven Group Photo .jpg

A fresh approach to the singing of Traditional songs in harmony.
See Projects Page White Raven.

Photo IRR Band .jpg

Guest with The Irish Rovers 'Farewell" tours; Canada'13 and USA'14

With Cathal McConnell in UL 2012

Buíon Cheoil Dhun Dealgan faoí 18

CCE Dun Dealgan U 18 Céili Band , All Ireland Champions 1967,1968 &1969.
In 1969 I had been put in charge of the u14 band.. we won that year with the u14 band also..

06 John Jo Gardiner and Gerry Seisiún 1974.jpg

Seisiun was a traditional music, song and dance carbaret first produced in Dundalk by Rory Kennedy in 1972. As part of the show John Joe Gardiner and me would play a duet piece; often the "Star of Munster and the Boys of the Lough." Crowds of up to 500 people came to the show in the summer months of 1972 -75 when I was in the show.

Gerry in 1976 aged 17

Photo taken by Bobby Hanvey in his studio in Downpatrick, Co. Down. I played with Bobby and Hilda (?) in their band Hauld yer Whist" in the summer of 1976... an eclectic selection of music that had us feted in an Orange parade through Castlewellan in August of that year ...

Gerry in phone box

During the Willie Clancy in the 1990's I would be asked how my sister Eilish was getting on in Australia, whee she was then living. One night , after a good session in Conways of Mullagh , on being evicted rom the ber I decided to ring Eilish up and play her a few tunes and have some friends find out for themselves how she was getting on in Australia to her in Australia .. all in 50 pence coins

Spirit Store, Dundalk 2004

My mother Rose at the launch of my solo album Journeyman,in 2004 with her grandson Dónal who played fiddle and piano and also co produced the album. She was a very proud Mammy, Granny and Teacher that night

Gerry

Taken whilst on tour in Germany with White Raven June 2013

Gerry

Tunes by the Christmas tree

Recording the Christmas concert /video with The Irish Rovers in Chatham,Ontario, Nov. 2011.

Bilingua CluudachTN.jpg

Nov 22-23 Elmstein , Germany ,

Sat. Dec .28 Homecoming concert An Táin Arts Centre Dundalk, @ 20.00 with Len Graham, Nuala Kennedy , Oisin McCann and Frank Boyle

FEB 2020

Feb 18-Mar 19 Irish Rovers in Eastern Canada

Thu. Feb 20 – Grand Theatre, Kingston ON 7:30pm

Fri. Feb 21 – Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe, Ottawa ON 7:30pm

Sat. Feb 22 – The Empire Theatre, Belleville ON 7:00pm

Sun. Feb 23 – Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough ON 2:00pm

Tue. Feb 25 – Collins Center for the Arts, Orono ME, USA 7:00pm

Thu. Feb 27 – Imperial Theatre, St. John NB 7:30

Fri. Feb 28 – Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton NB 7:30

Sat. Feb 29 – Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside PEI 7:30pm

Sun. Mar 1 – deCoste Performing Arts Centre, Pictou NS 2:00pm Matinee

Fri. Mar 6 – Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay NS 7:30pm

Sat. Mar 7 – Strathspey Performing Arts Centre, Mabou NS 7:30pm

Sun. Mar 8 – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax NS 7:30

Mon. Mar 9 – Capitol Theatre, Moncton NB 7:30pm

Thu. Mar 12 – Centennial Hall, London ON 7:30pm

Sat . Mar 14 – Casino Rama, Rama ON 8:00pm

Tue . Mar 17 – Capitol Theatre, Chatham ON 7:30pm ST PAT

Irish dates with Gilles le Bigot

Sat. Mar 21 Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray , Co. Wicklow Concert and Masterclasses with Pat O'Connor Tel; 01-2724030

Sat. Mar. 28 House Concert South Co. Wicklow

Thur. Apr 02 Féile Patrick Byrne, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan St. Finbarr’s Church @ 8pm Concert with with Gilles le Bigot; Live recording of Duo Album

Thurs Apr. 16 Audio-Visual Concert Lecture & Live streaming from NPU Dublin of "The Rose in the Gap" .

USA West Coast Tour Apr /May with Richard Mandel

Fri. May 01 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Littlefield Arts Centre 1124 Cleveland Ave.,

Sat. May 02 Seattle, WA 98103 Seattle Folklore Society Phinney Center 6532 Phinney Ave N. (lower bldg.)

Wed May 06 Portland OR

Thur. May 07 Mountain View, CA

Fri. May 08 Santa Rosa, CA

Sun. May 10 Auburn, CA

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Tue. Jun. 30 St Peter's Church, Drogheda Radharc Siar: Re-imagining The Drogheda Harp Story. Cáirde na Cruite

July 4-10 Willie Clancy Summer School , Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare

July 12 20 Swannanoa Gathering , Warren Wilson College, Ashville NC

WHR White Raven Group Photo .jpg

A fresh approach to the singing of Traditional songs in harmony. See Projects Page White Raven.