Center for Irish Programs, Boston College

Center for Irish Programs, Boston College
Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture Series

Series Director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence
Thursday, March 18 – Connolly House, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cape Breton Music and Dance: Concert by Kimberley Fraser and Troy
MacGillivray.
Each a highly sought-after performer and teacher of both fiddle and piano,
Kimberley Fraser and Troy MacGillivray have brought the traditional music
and step dance of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to audiences as far as
Afghanistan, where they performed for the Canadian Forces base in 2008.
Kimberley’s album, Falling on New Ground, won the 2008 East Coast Music
Award for best Roots/Traditional Album of the Year. Troy MacGillivray’s
album Live at the Music Room won the East Coast Music Award in 2008 for
Instrumental Recording of the Year. Performer info:
http://www.kimberleyfraser.com and http://www.troymacgillivray.com