Nurturing Irish music in New Zealand

Ceol Aneas Irish music Festival

Queens Birthday, 1-4 June 2012

Nelson, New Zealand

Festival Events:

  • Tutor Concert
  • Ceili Dance
  • Sessions

All Events are open to the public, details will be posted nearer to the event.

Instrument Classes:

Instrument classes for Irish musicians on flute, fiddle, free reeds, guitar, banjo and tin whistle. Featuring renowned tutors from Ireland and New Zealand.

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Classes

Earlybird special

$130 before May 1st

Register

Conal O'Grada

Flute

Conal O'Grada - Ireland

We are delighted to have a super star of the Irish music scene, Conal O'Grada for the 2012 Ceol Aneas Festival.

A multiple All Ireland winner in his youth, Conal’s debut recording ‘The Top of Coom’ in 1990 is still regarded as a seminal recording of flute-playing.

Conal takes the basic elements of traditional music and forges them into a personal style which, once heard is unforgettable. His fast, rhythmically precise flute-playing has an earthy raucous tone reminiscent of the saxophone and is driven by a spirit from the true heart of traditional music. Conal has played, toured and recorded with many of the music’s leading exponents and it is with great excitement that the world of Irish Traditional Music greets the news that his long overdue second recording, Cnoc Buí­ is now on release.