Music Of The British Isles

The 2017 concert, "Music of the British Isles," took place on Saturday, March 18 in Stewart Theatre on campus. The performers this year included the NC State Pipes and Drums, the Irish Session at NC State, Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance, and special guest Bill Caudill on Highland Pipes.

For photos from the concert, go to Music@NCState's "Music of the British Isles" album on Flickr, and scroll down the page to see all 78 photos!

The 2016 "Music of the British Isles" concert was held on Saturday, February 27th at 4pm in the newly renovated Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Union. Once again the Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance joined the NCSU Irish Session in its performance. Tickets: $10 General Public, $8 Seniors, NCSU Faculty/Staff, & Non-NCSU Students; $5 NCSU Students, available at Ticket Central online, via phone: 919-515-1100, or in person at Thompson Hall main floor lobby.

Click on "Pictures" in the sidebar menu for photos from this concert.

The 2015 "Music of the British Isles" concert took place on Saturday, February 21st in the Talley Student Union Ballroom. The three performing groups were the NC State Pipes and Drums, the Irish Session at NCSU, and the NC State British Brass Band. Joining the Irish Session musicians were dancers from the Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance in Raleigh.

The NCSU Irish Session was scheduled to perform in the next "Music of the British Isles" concert on Monday, March 3rd, 2014, 7pm, in Witherspoon Cinema Auditorium, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27606. Unfortunately the concert was cancelled due to bad weather and was not rescheduled.

Since 2008, the Irish Session at NCSU has been invited to play in the NC State Pipes and Drums spring concert, "Music from the British Isles." The session musicians play a variety of tune medleys including jigs, reels, hornpipes, slip jigs, and polkas. Irish step dancers from Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance and Trionoide Academy of Irish Dance have joined us for some of the concerts.

Here's a picture from the Spring 2012 concert in Stewart Theater, Talley Student Center.