Thursday Trad Irish session w/ Mike Austin and James Conway, featuring Kathy Cowan!
Schedule
Thu Nov 21 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Irish American Heritage Center | Lincolnwood, IL
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Mike Austin and James Conway, host the Irish trad session every Thursday at the Fifth Province in the IAHC. All welcome! ? ?? This Thursday we’ll feature the brilliant vocalist, Kathy Cowan!
Kathy’s performance career includes singing Irish folk songs with Doc Severinsen, touring with The Paul Winter Consort, Chicago’s Armstrong family, and many national symphony orchestras. Kathy Cowan has toured the USA and Europe singing Irish music and as the lead in a critically acclaimed show featuring the work of William Butler Yeats, called “In the Deep Heart’s Core,” by Joseph Sobol. She has toured with Venetia Stifler’s Chicago Dance, Inc., performing at the Ravinia Festival; The Ruth Page Foundation; Mauch Chunk Opera House, PA; and in Prague performing the solo a cappella score she designed for “Day of the Rope”, and other works. She has appeared on the Smithsonian Institution and Kennedy Center stages. She often collaborates as either performer or director with the Phantom Collective and Theresa Choske of the Irish American Heritage Center. She has appeared as a narrator and singer with the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble. A mass she composed with Chicago Irish musician Kathleen Keane had its world premiere at the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann international convention. She appears with local musical organizations, in schools, and on radio programs, including the Midnight Special on WFMT.
Bring your tunes and songs…all welcome! ?
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Where is it happening?
Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave,Chicago,IL,United States, LincolnwoodEvent Location & Nearby Stays: