Irish Fiddle Workshop with Liz Doherty

Thursday , September 12, 2002
05:30 pm - to 6:00 pm
Location: Elderly Instruments
workshop ($30)

Liz Doherty imparts what is best about Irish music, sheer fun and joy. She brings to her playing an exuberant energy that is rhythmical and powerful and as Pat Ahern of The Examiner observes, "....within that style lie many diverse elements - crazy cross-cut bowing and delicate, almost dainty, contrasts all underpinned by a masterly technique."

Her debut CD, "Last Orders" (Foot Stompin' Records 1999) was greeted universally with critical acclaim and May 2002 saw the release of her second album "Quare Imagination" on her own label Busy Lizzy Records. On the album Liz takes the listener on a musical journey of tunes from Donegal across to Scotland and further afield to Cape Breton and Quebec. The album marks her as a major player of maturity who continues to enthrall and impart her great sense of fun and music.

Recognized nationally and internationally as a performer and teacher, she has recently toured Australia accompanied by guitarist and fiddle player Dave O'Neill (from the Eric Bogle Band). Performing material from her new album, she had a terrific reaction to her Australian concerts earlier this year. As a duet the sparkling interplay between the fiddle and guitar create an effect that is truly electrifying.

During her years in Cork, (Lecturer in Traditional Music in the UCC Music Department from 1994 - 2001) Liz was a founding member of the Cork based traditional band Nomos, and is featured on their first album, "I Won't be afraid Anymore". She was also a member of the all-female band, Bumblebees, and is featured on their second album "Buzzin'". She was also the founder and Director of Fiddlesticks, a group of more than a dozen fiddle players from the Music Department of University College Cork. Liz Doherty and Fiddlesticks released their debut album, Racket in the Rectory, in 2000. In the last eighteen months she has completed a very successful UK tour, 2 tours of Australia, appeared at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Shetland and Arrain Folk Festivals, Ennis Trad Festival, Celtic Colours festival in Canada and Edinburgh's Fiddle 2001.

Don?t miss this chance to study Irish fiddle with one of the true masters!

See Liz Doherty & Dave O'Neill Thursday, September 12, 7:30 pm at the Creole Gallery in Lansing, just two blocks from Elderly Instruments. More info at http://www.creolegallery.com

Check out recordings we carry featuring Liz Doherty