Lecture on Irish Fiddling

Andrew Finn Magill returns to the Bristol Public Library for a lecture on Irish fiddling. Discover the intricacies of Irish fiddle music while enjoying some exceptional fiddle playing. His lectures are both informative and highly entertaining.

Thursday, March 20, at 6:30 PM in the J. Henry Kegley Meeting Room. Seating begins at 6:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. You won’t want to miss it!

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.
For more information, please contact Rita Eggers at (276) 821-6147.