Liz Carroll

Liz Carroll (born September 19, 1956) is an Irish American fiddler and composer. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award. Carroll and collaborator Irish guitarist John Doyle were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010. Carroll is considered one of the greatest contemporary Irish fiddlers.

Early life and education

Carroll's parents were born in Ireland; her father from Brocca, County Offaly, and her mother from Ballyhahill, West Limerick. Carroll's maternal grandfather played the violin and her father played button accordion. Carroll was born September 19, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois and raised on Chicago's south side. On Sunday nights, Carroll and her family visited a south side Irish pub that hosted a live radio show featuring Irish traditional music. Carroll earned a degree in social psychology at DePaul University. Carroll's influences include Chicago-born Irish fiddler John McGreevy, Irish button accordionist Joe Cooley, Irish fiddler Sean McGuire, 1983 National Heritage Award-winning uilleann piper Joe Shannon, and pianist Eleanor Neary.

John Doyle

John Doyle may refer to:

Politicians

Sportsmen

Celtic Colours

Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October in communities all over Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. First held in 1997, the festival has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island. For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an extensive line-up of workshops, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly Festival Club. Over the years, artists have traveled from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Brittany, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Cuba and Sweden as well as from across the United States and Canada to join the finest of Cape Breton's musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers and tradition-bearers for the annual Autumn celebration.

Locations

One of the things that set Celtic Colours apart from the vast majority of festivals taking place around the globe is that it isn't limited to just one location. Communities around Cape Breton Island host concerts and workshops at a time when the fall leaves are at their most brilliant, and traveling around the island provides many scenic views. These communities are the places where the culture has been nurtured for over 200 years providing context for the roots of the music and celebrating each community's contribution to Celtic culture.

Anne Lacey

Anne Lacey is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, made-for-television movies, and film shorts since 1986. Her longest appearance run to date has been in 20 episodes of the TV series Hamish Macbeth from 1995-1997 as schoolteacher Esme Murray.

She trained in Scotland, France and Italy.

Her theatre work includes The Pearl Fishers, Men Should Weep, The House with the Green Shutters, and The Cone Gatherers. She has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Dundee Repertory Theatre, the National Theatre of Scotland and the Oxford Stage Company.

Her work in film includes Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, My Life So Far, and Strictly Sinatra.

Her television work in addition to Hamish Macbeth includes Monarch of the Glen, Holby City, Doctor Finlay, and Rab C. Nesbitt.

References

External links