An Evening with Andrew Finn Magill

Name: An Evening with Andrew Finn Magill
Start: 2024-10-03T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 701 Goode St, Bristol, VA, United States, Virginia 24201

Schedule

Thu Oct 03 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

701 Goode St, Bristol, VA, United States, Virginia 24201 | Bristol, VA

Andrew Finn Magill returns to Bristol Public Library with his presentation: Connections between Irish, Scottish, and Appalachian Fiddling. He will discuss the similarities and differences in fiddling styles while adding a spooky twist.
Andrew Finn Magill is an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist and composer who has been featured on PBS, NPR, and TEDx. Magill is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council fellow, and 2024 finalist for the prestigious Seifert Competition for jazz violin in Krakow, Poland. He is signed to Ropeadope Records on which he has released three albums and tours the world as a bandleader and sideman in several genres. Some of the artists with whom he has performed include Rising Appalachia, Peter Mawanga, and Grammy-nominees John Doyle and Trio Brasileiro. Magill grew up studying various traditional genres at The Swannanoa Gathering which his father founded in 1990. In 2005 Magill released his debut Drive & Lift, a collection of traditional and original Irish music, and has released twelve studio albums since.
In 2018, leveraging a background in both traditional Irish and American music, Magill created the lecture series “The relationships between Irish, Scottish, and American fiddle styles: an Immigration Story,” which is a musical presentation for adults that explores the connections between these styles through their fiddle tunes. Magill has given this lecture at dozens of universities and museums across the country including Shepherd, Mars Hill, the University of Kentucky, Northeast State Community College, and others.