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Dear CIM friends,
This extended fall weather is making it hard to believe that it’s already November! Our five youth ensembles are working up their new tunes and arrangements for the annual Youth Ensemble Concert on Saturday, November 22nd at 2pm at the Celtic Junction Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now (youth 18 and under & performers are free).
We are also gearing up for the Adult Open Mic and Fall Youth Recitals on the weekend of December 5-7th when our students have an opportunity to inspire one another with their newly-learned tunes and songs. Hopefully you can join us for one of these performances.
In the meantime, keep an eye on your inboxes, Facebook and Instagram accounts for entertaining photos and reels about how the CIM is carrying out our mission of handing down the tradition during our fall drive. We always love hearing from you and your extended families and friends, so be sure to give our posts a like, share, or comment!
Finally, mark your calendars for lunchtime tunes in the Scanlan Music Hall for Give to the Max Day on November 20th from noon-1pm. Thanks for keeping the momentum up for our fall fund drive, and for supporting local traditional Irish music education.
Norah Rendell
Executive Artistic Director
Center for Irish Music
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GIVE TO THE MAX DAY & LUNCHTIME SESSION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
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Save the date for Give to the Max Day, the "Great Minnesota Give Together"! The first $15,000 donated between now and Give to the Max Day will be MATCHED, thanks to our generous challenge fund donor, Mike Lynch.
We are hosting a special lunchtime session at the Scanlan Music Hall from 12-1pm on November 20. All are welcome, so bring your instruments, a lunch if you'd like, and join us for tunes over the lunch hour!
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YOUTH ENSEMBLE HOLIDAY CONCERT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 | 2:00 PM
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Join us for the annual Center for Irish Music's Youth Ensemble Concert, featuring award-winning musicians from our Advanced Youth Ensemble, with sets by the Swallowtail and Starling Ensembles. Celebrate the beauty and variety that Irish traditional music offers including solos, duets and trios and large ensemble arrangements of reels, jigs, polkas and airs on fiddles, flutes, banjo, guitar, piano, harp and more. Corncrake Ensemble will open the event at 1:40pm with a lobby performance and the Redwing Ensemble will play in the intermission while refreshments are served.
Support the next generation of musicians in our community and invite all of your family and friends!
Tickets are $10. Children and youth 18 and under are free, registration preferred.
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SAVE THE DATE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | 6:00 PM
NEW VENUE: ST. PAUL EVENT CENTER
400 Wabasha Street N, #320
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Check out our online merch store if you haven't already! There is a variety of options, including warm and cozy items for the season ahead!
The store is open through November 12th at 12:00 PM.
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PIECES FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR
*Online Class*
with Dáithí Sproule
Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30pm | 11/12-1/14 $132
In this class, you'll learn fingerstyle arrangements of instrumental pieces with Dáithí - some traditional, some new, with partial assistance from tabs. Standard and DADGAD guitarists are welcome to attend this class.
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SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 1:00-4:30 PM
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Join us for our second Ceol agus Craic ("music and fun") — an afternoon of music workshops, tunes and community.
-75-minute workshops
-Free open session at 2:15pm. Bring your instrument!
-Hot tea, great music, and lively conversation.
Workshops will be open for registration soon!
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UPCOMING CIM & COMMUNITY EVENTS
Parentheses indicate CIM instructors, students or staff members performing with a group
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SATURDAY, NOV. 8 | 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lowland & Border Pipe Workshop
CIM Room 8
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 7:30 PM
Norah Rendell in Concert
Celtic Junction Arts Center
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 8:00 PM
James Kelly and Dáithí Sproule
The Focal Point, St. Louis, MO
THURSDAY, NOV. 20 | 12:00-1:00 PM
Give to the Max Day Lunchtime Session
CIM Scanlan Music Hall
FRIDAY, NOV. 21 | 7:00 PM
IAM Honors Green Fire Irish Dancers
Celtic Junction Arts Center
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SATURDAY, NOV. 22 | 2:00 PM
Youth Ensemble Concert
Celtic Junction Arts Center
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
CIM Open Monday of Thanksgiving Week
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 | 5:30 PM
Irish Christmas in America
Dakota
TUESDAY, NOV. 25 - SUNDAY, NOV. 30
CIM Closed for Thanksgiving
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5-7
CIM Adult Open Mic & Fall Youth Recitals
Celtic Junction Arts Center
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 | 7:00 PM
Pick, Buttons, and Bow (Teddy Brandt, Beth Bryson, Collin Fenton)
Arts on Lafond
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CIM! | |
The Center for Irish Music is a 501c3 nonprofit, and we depend on your support to continue passing down the tradition of Irish music and song. Please consider joining us as a volunteer or making a gift to the CIM today!
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This activity is made
possible by the voters of
Minnesota through
a Minnesota State Arts
Board Operating Support
grant, thanks to a
legislative appropriation
from the arts and
cultural heritage fund.
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