BRICE AND KENNEDY’S
LÁ FHÉILE PÁDRAIG
WHO’S WHOO-LEY
THE BEST NIGHT TWO NIGHTS OF YOUR HOT YOUNG LIFE!
Peter Brice and Seamus Kennedy announce the most exciting thing to happen since Presidents’ Day, Brice and Kennedy’s Lá Fhéile Pádraig Who’s Whoo-ley: two spectacular evenings of Irish songs, traditional music, step dancing, romancing, entrancing glancing, chance advances, mystery, murder, and intrigue. Wait no, not intrigue. I mean, not murder. Oh dear. Let me start over…
Beannachtaí na Pádraig oraibh! That is to say, the blessings of Patrick on you all! Of course, we’re referring to Patrick the Saint, who it is said drove the snakes from Ireland and convinced the native Irish to go to Mass. And didn’t he banish that whole conclave of demon birds and snake women from the top of Croagh Patrick, Mayo’s holy mountain, with nothing but his tolling bell and a fist full of shamrocks? He did! He’s the one we celebrate on Lá Fhéile Pádraig, The Day of the Festival of Patrick, March 17th.
Join us for an evening of music and dancing, singing, a few jars, or just for the craic. Or if you have to catch up on your shows, give it a miss, but then you’ll have to hear about it second hand.
TICKETS: $25 / $15 children 12 years and under
After purchasing a ticket, please share your name at will call to gain entry. Physical tickets will not be mailed to purchasers
23 MARCH | SEVERNA PARK
23 March 2024 | 7 p.m.
Boone Station Hall
@ The Severna Park Community Center
623 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd
Severna Park, MD 21146
30 MARCH | HAMPDEN
30 March 2024 | 7 p.m.
The Bluebird Green Room
3600 Hickory Ave
Baltimore, MD 21211
MEET THE PERFORMERS
Photo credit: Anne Outterbridge Saul
PETER BRICE
Peter Brice sings old songs in a traditional style, and plays Irish Traditional music on the button accordion. A native Annapolitan and an exponent of Baltimore, Maryland's Irish traditional music community, Peter's work blends singing and musicianship with musicology and history, humor, colorful design, and a vision for traditional culture as a foundation for an intellectual life. Read further…
Photo credit: Randy Flaum
SEAMUS KENNEDY
Originally from Belfast, but now based in Annapolis, MD, Seamus Kennedy has been entertaining audiences all over the United States from Alaska to Florida, from Maryland to California for more than four decades. At home in venues ranging from intimate house-concerts and folk-clubs to large concert halls and festivals, Seamus has been bringing tour groups to Ireland for 30 years to experience the music and culture of his homeland “up close and personal”. Read further…
Photo credit: Joanna Tillman
MATT MULQUEEN
Matt Mulqueen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, into a musical family. His older brothers played button accordion and fiddle, and his sister became a champion step-dancer. This environment instilled in Matt an irresistible desire to learn and play Irish traditional music. Listening to the host of traditional musicians who haunt Irish pubs and to innumerable recordings allowed Matt to forge his own compelling style of accompanying Irish music. Read further…
SAMANTHA SUPLEE
Samantha Suplee is a fiddle player from Washington, D.C. She studied classical and traditional music with Mitch Fanning, Brendan Mulvihill, and Brian Conway, and has performed at the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C., the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center, NYU’s Glucksman Irish House, the Penn Mar Irish Festival, and the Maryland Irish Festival, among others. In 2011, she competed in the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Cavan, Ireland. She is a regular guest with the New Century American Irish-Arts Company, and enjoys playing at various sessions in Annapolis and Washington, D.C.
Photo credit: Joanna Tillman
TESS HARTIS
Tess Hartis is an Irish fiddler and classical violinist originally from South Carolina. She began her musical training at the age of eight and discovered her love of Irish traditional music in college. She received her degrees in Violin Performance and Music Education from the University of South Carolina, where she also taught violin and viola at the USC String Project. A passionate teacher, Tess taught public school orchestra from 2019-2022 and has taught workshops in various styles of playing. Tess now teaches multiple classes at the Baltimore Irish Music School each week and maintains a private studio of violin and fiddle students in Towson, MD. Read Further…
Photo credit: Anne Outterbridge Saul
CATHERINE BRICE
Catherine Marafino Brice is a percussive dancer from the Shenandoah Valley. She specializes in old-style Irish step dancing and American tap.
Catherine began step dancing and tap dancing as a child, and as a teenager learned from Emily Oleson and Matthew Olwell of Good Foot Dance Company. During college, she built a small repertoire of American flat-footing and clogging steps, and learned a handful of Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island patterns from Helen Bergeron. She also learned several of Dan Furey's set dances from Michael Tubridy. Read further…
RICHARD OSBAN
Richard Osban is a driving and dynamic guitarist based in Baltimore, Maryland. He cut his teeth on Irish music while living in Europe, and toured internationally with several Irish and Scottish music projects before returning to the US. Most recently, he performs in the trio the East Coasters and tours with acclaimed Scottish duo Jocelyn Petit and Ellen Gira.
Richard has instructed at several international workshops, including Folksounds Elmstein, Celtic Folk Weekend Regensburg, and the annual Irish weekend in Ismaning. He is also assistant director of Baltimore Irish Trad Fest, Baltimore's annual festival of Irish traditional music.