Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association

Many thanks to the following organizations for support of our classes and concerts:

The Irish Heritage Club of Seattle

4Culture of King County

No Cascadia Irish Music Week in 2025


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  We have decided to take the year off and will not be presenting Cascadia Irish Music Week this summer. We've always depended on our incredible volunteers to make it happen, but now some of our key people are stepping back from their usual roles and it seems like a good time to take a break and consider our direction for the future. At this point we are laying plans to present a series of concerts around the Pacific Northwest during the year, as well as one or two smaller workshop events featuring Irish traditional music. Many, many thanks to all of you who've helped make Cascadia Irish Music Week a success.
• - The Ceol Cascadia Board of Directors
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• What is an Irish "Session" ?

  • It's not a "jam", but more of a friendly gathering in which players go over the melodies in the traditional repertoire.. a group memory exercise combined with a party!  An Irish traditional music session is a place where people who know how to play Irish traditional music come together, sometimes in public, sometimes in private homes, to share and enjoy the music and good company. There will usually be some fiddles, some flutes or tinwhistles, maybe button accordions, concertinas, uilleann pipes.. and if you're lucky a good singer will chip in the occasional song, the word in Irish for a session is "seisiún", and you can check out our listing of sessions to see who's playing where.
   

  Our Board/Volunteers/Staff

  Some of the people who make it all happen:
  Joe McDonough - Program Director
  Randal Bays - Artistic Director
  Brendan Boyle - Treasure
  Abbey Ryle - Registrar
  John Blandin - Webmaster
  And many more incredible volunteers

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