Just got home from the World Music Wednesday concert at the Old Town School. This week's performer was the The Irish Music School of Chicago, directed by Sean Cleland. I only stayed for the first set, but I loved it.
The beginning was all teen-agers. There were (as I remember) four fiddles, flute, bodhran, and octave mandolin. They played with great energy. They said that they were nervous, but you wouldn't know it. They played into the mics, called out the names and stories about some stories about the tunes, and counted the tunes off with a lot of power. Then they sounded great when they played. Very impressive.
About half way through the first set, Sean invited "The Irish Music School of Chicago community" onto stage. That was awesome. There where about five rows of ten people per row on the Old Town stage. I knew a bunch of the adults, which was very cool. They played a bunch of tunes, together. Sean said some of the people had only been studying for a short period of time. But obviously a bunch of the musicians had more training. Great to see a moment of "everyone together" to get such a prime spot in the set instead of the end of the second set.
As for my life, it was a good day of teaching. RPMS and Strummers and Kids Guitar at the Old Town School. My Wednesday kids guitar class is particularly hungary, and they did a great job today when we split into smaller groups to work on the chorus of This Land is Your Land.
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