Michael Rooney - harp, concertina
June McCormack - flute
Louise Mulcahy - uilleann pipes, flute
Macdara Ó Faoláin - fiddle, bouzouki, song
Diarmuid Ó Meachair - accordion
Shane Mulchrone - tenor banjo
Laura Feddersen - fiddle
Mary Vanorny - Trad Immersion Camp 1
Mary Vanorny is an esteemed Minnesota-based Irish fiddle player and instructor. She performs with Brass Lassie, the Kickin’ It Irish band, and Two Tap Trio. Mary grew up playing both classical and fiddle music, joining and touring with many orchestras as a violinist/concertmaster and also teaching the Suzuki method before turning her attention to Irish fiddling full-time. She studied fiddle with Brian Conway, and is a musical leader at local sessions.
Mary has released two albums “First Light of Day” (2018) and “In the Tap Room” (2021) and has been a guest artist/presenter at Minnesota Celtic Fiddlers, Pint of Irish Celtic Music Retreat (CA), and Spanish Peaks International Celtic Festival (CO). She founded and hosts the all-female MnáFiddlers group, is co-director of the Headwaters Fiddle Camp in Bemidji. Mary recently completed her Suzuki Teacher Training. An integral instructor at the Center for Irish Music (CIM), Mary teaches fiddle, youth ensembles, coordinates summer camps, has directed céilí bands, and has taught at the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend. Mary holds a degree in Environmental Education and Early Childhood Education.
Adrienne O'Shea - Trad Immersion Camp 1
Adrienne O’Shea is a singer, flute, whistle and piano player and Irish dancer. Born in Dublin, but having immigrated to Minnesota as a baby, Adrienne is connected to the Irish traditions of music and dance through her family and upbringing at the Celtic Junction Arts Center. An alumni of the Center for Irish Music and O'Shea Irish Dance, Adrienne is a passionate educator with experience teaching summer camps, group classes and private lessons at both schools. She is the lead vocalist and flute player for Kickin' It Irish, and released a solo album with Brian Miller called "Threads of Gold" in 2023. Adrienne has an MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance from the University of Limerick and a BA from UMN in Music and Childhood Development. She also holds many Midwest Fleadh titles in whistle, flute, piano, Irish and English singing.
Brian Miller - Trad Immersion Camp 2
A native of Bemidji, Minnesota, Brian Miller fell in love with Irish traditional music as a teenager in the crowd at the Winnipeg Folk Festival and never looked back. Based in St. Paul since
1998, Brian is active as a musician, researcher, teacher and librarian. He has toured nationally with the band Bua and performs these days in a duo with Dublin fiddler, Danny Diamond, the Lost Forty and the Two Tap Trio.
Brian plays and teaches guitar, bouzouki, flute and tenor banjo. He has taught Irish music at the Center for Irish Music since 2006 and at camps and workshops from Washington state to Washington DC. He is also the director of the Eoin McKiernan Library at Celtic Junction Arts Center. Brian is a leading figure in the research and revival of song traditions from the white pine regions of the northern US and Canada. As a singer, and through his blog Northwoods Songs, he explores ties between Ireland and these rich, underexplored songs and stories. He is a past recipient of the Parsons Award from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Hannah Flowers - Trad Immersion Camp 2
Hannah Flowers is an award-winning harpist and singer based in St. Paul, Minnesota with two solo albums to her name, “Amhrán na Cruite/Song of the Harp” and "Hall-Gate House.” She holds a B.A. in music, a Master's Degree in Irish Traditional Music Performance from Maynooth University in Ireland, and received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue postgraduate research in Irish harp accompaniment in 2020. Hannah has studied in Ireland with master harpists such as Grainne Hambley, Michael Rooney, and Michelle Mulcahy.
A skilled and well-loved instructor at the Center for Irish music, Hannah has also taught and performed at the Milwaukee Irish Fest, La Crosse Irish Fest, Minnesota Irish Fair, and performed many solo shows, programs, and workshops across the US and Ireland.
