Venue: Theatre 2
Performer: Caitlín Nic Gabhann
Support: Ida Anderson and Andrew Murray, BA in Irish Music
Caitlín Nic Gabhann is a concertina player, performer, teacher, composer and percussive dancer. Having toured for years as a dancer with Riverdance, 3 time All-Ireland concertina champion Caitlín is a regular performer at festivals and concert halls from North America to Asia over the last 15 years. Caitlín’s life’s work to date was recently recognised with her being chosen as UCC Traditional Artist in Residence for 2022.
Raised in a house full of music in Ashbourne, Co.Meath, Caitlín learned most of her music, style and rhythm from her father Antóin Mac Gabhann. Her mother Bernie is immersed in the Clare set-dancing culture and she passed a love of this on to her children with Caitlín being her dance partner at ceilís from a young age, again heavily influencing her approach to style and rhythm.
Caitlín’s compositions have been performed in the Cork Opera House and The National Concert Hall, Dublin. Her debut album ‘Caitlín’ received 'CD of the Year' fromT Trad Connect.com and was labelled the 'top Irish traditional album of 2012' by The Wall Street Journal.
A first class honours graduate of both University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, Caitlín is currently concentrating on musical collaborations with the award-winning fiddle player and documentary maker, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh. She is also involved as musician and dancer with bands The High Seas, Nic Gaviskey, Birkin Tree and The Irish Concertina Ensemble.
Admission is free and all are welcome.