FW: VOICING IRISH MUSIC documentary on Bravo! - Monday March 17 at 8:30pm

I guess some of you will be out at the pub on March 17 so you will have to set your recording devices for this one…….

From: Neil Bailey
Sent: 14 March 2008 16:03
Subject: VOICING IRISH MUSIC documentary on Bravo!

 
 
DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES CHARM OF EMERALD ISLE IN ONTARIO
 
”VOICING IRISH MUSIC”

March 17, 2008 at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT on Bravo!
 
From an Irish pub sing-a-long in the heart of Kingston to an informal jam session to an interview on the rugged shores of Lake Ontario, Voicing Irish Music illuminates “Celtic” identity in Ontario while commemorating the many Irish victims of typhus and An Gorta Mor who died on the shores of Kingston.  Local performer Roger James discusses his link to Kingston's Irish community, contemplates what constitutes a “professional” musician and demonstrates several instruments common to the Irish musical tradition.
 
Gaelic-speaker and fiddle enthusiast Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh emphasizes the importance of dance and music-making to his community and offers his opinion on the “professional” vs. “amateur” debate.  Vibrant local fiddle virtuosa Kelli Trottier and her band conclude the documentary with their heartfelt rendition of Allister MacGillivray’s Song For The Mira.
 
Neil Travis Bailey, who appears briefly in Voicing Irish Music as narrator/interlocutor, says that by bringing his film to a wider audience, “I hope to give back what I have gleaned from this community.”
 
“Has a lot of heart and captures the warmth and character of its subject.”
– Seaton McLean, Co-founder of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
 
”What to do on a Friday” films in association with Queen’s University School of Music present Voicing Irish Music, a 30-minute documentary celebrating the flourishing Irish music scene in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  Directed by Neil Travis Bailey.
  
Media Contact:
Neil Travis Bailey, Director/Producer, What to do on a Friday films
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