Drawing from the Well is the Irish Traditional Music Archive's principal artistic programme, connecting traditional musicians, singers and dancers with the great collections housed in ITMA to inspire new work.
Now the ITMA return to the National Concert Hall on Sunday, March 12 with a line-up featuring many of the leading traditional artists who have engaged with the Drawing from the Well Programme.
The line-up includes virtuoso instrumentalists Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Pádraic Keane (uilleann pipes), Catherine McEvoy (flute), Derek Hickey (accordion), Liz and Yvonne Kane (fiddles), Conal Ó Grada (flute) singers and instrumentalists Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (flute) and Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich (accordion, composer), legendary composer Charlie Lennon (fiddle, piano) along with set-dancers.
The programme will be presented through poetry and music by RTÉ Rolling Wave presenter Aoife Nic Cormaic (fiddle) and poet Cian Ferriter.
Speaking about the event, ITMA Director Liam O'Connor said: "The great collections of Irish music song and dance housed in ITMA serve as a continuing inspiration to our contemporary artists, fuelling new creative endeavours.
"It is a source of great satisfaction for the Archive that were are now, in association with NCH, staging the third Drawing from the Well concert in the series, platforming a group of artists who have individually connected with ITMA through our programmes and developed their solo performances through that productive engagement.
"Once again we will use the spoken word as part of the concert presentation and we are delighted to have with presenter and fiddle player Aoife Nic Cormaic whose new compositions were featured recently on ITMA’s Saothar Programme along with one of our leading Irish poets, Cian Ferriter."
Drawing From The Well is at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on March 12th, 2023 - find out more here.
