Pictures

Session players on Tu. February 27th, 2024, with some little ones to liven up the gathering!
Top left: Sam Mize (mandolin), May Wong Mize (fiddle), Margaret Rush (guitar), Sergio Sudarsky (fiddle). Top right: Jeff Engel (bouzouki), Quentin Read (Irish flute). Bottom left: Lauri Brandenburg (Irish flute), Tommy Kagan (fiddle), Rosie Maloney (fiddle), Meara Kane (whistle). Bottom right: John Nguyen (fiddle), Ryan Miller (concertina), Gordon Arnold (cello).

Below are pictures from our performance at the NC State College of Engineering's 1st Annual "Global Showcase" on Tu. Nov. 21, 2023. In the group photo, top left, are (L to R): Gordon Arnold (cello), Julie Gorka (Celtic harp), Rosie Maloney (fiddle), Lauri Brandenburg (Irish flute and whistle), Kelsea Watson (fiddle), Alison Arnold (Irish flute), Sam Mize (mandolin), John Nguyen (fiddle), Meara Kane (whistle), May Wong Mize (fiddle), Quentin Read (Irish flute), John Biggs (fiddle), and guest visitor from Scotland, Colin MacLean (fiddle).

Halloween Session, Tu. Oct. 31, 2023. After some spooky tunes we livened up the atmosphere with some polkas! Fiddlers Tommy Kagan, Rosie Maloney, and John Nguyen; Ryan Miller on concertina; Meara Kane on whistle; Lauri Brandenburg (and Alison Arnold) on flutes; and Gordon Arnold on cello.

Fun session on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, with fiddlers Rosie Thomas, John Biggs, and Kelsea Watson, mandolin player Matthew Burkhart, and on cello, Gordon Arnold.

SESSION PICTURES

January 7, 2020. First Irish Session of the new year, with Paul Fackler (fiddle), Gordon Arnold (cello), Tyler Brown (guitar), Dawn Fraser (fiddle), Akshay Sridhar (guitar), Kate Annette-Hitchcock (mandolin), Grainne O'Grady (bodhran), Tommy Kagan (fiddle), Art Wohlfeiler (guitar), and Alison Arnold (Irish flute - not in the pictures). 

February 19, 2019 session, with Paul Fackler, Tommy Kagan, and Dawn Fraser (fiddles), Julie Gorka (Celtic harp), Gordon Arnold (cello), 

and Alison Arnold (Irish flute)

"Music of the British Isles" concert, 27 February, 2016; photos taken by Rob Davezac, NC State Music Dept.

March 2016 - fun session with visitors from Michigan joining us.

November 2015- days getting shorter, music getting hotter!

SUMMER 2015

JULY 9

JULY 2 session, with Mairead Brady, Stan Arnold, and Tommy Kagan (fiddles), Wes Henderson (mandolin), Carolyn Currie (recorder), Jeff Engel (guitar), Gordon Arnold (cello), and Tim Hogan (bodhran).

JUNE 25, 2015 - Pictures from the session in Talley Student Center, with James McCann, Tommy Kagan, and Stan Arnold (fiddles), Carolyn Currie (recorder), and Gordon Arnold (cello/cittern).

FALL 2014 - NCSU session musicians in the Craft Center, Sept. 18, 2014. Madi Hargreaves' (2014 NCSU graduate) final session before moving to Saskatchewan for her new job.

Thursday, March 20th, 2014 - NCSU session musicians play in the "One Earth Lounge" of the Talley Student Center, to help celebrate the opening of the newly constructed northeast corner of the building.

 February 20th, 2014 - Session musicians playing for the NCSU Craft Center's "Share The Love" Valentine's Day event.

Photos taken by Gary Knight's Photography Class after our regular session on February 21st, 2013. (Click on the pictures to enlarge)

The following pictures were taken at the session on November 15, 2012. (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

"MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES" CONCERT

Each Spring, the NCSU Irish Session musicians are invited to perform in the NCSU Pipes and Drums concert, "Music from the British Isles." The following pictures document some of these events.

Music from the British Isles concert, March 28, 2012

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Music from the British Isles concert, March 23, 2011

Below are a couple of REALLY old pictures of the session, sent to me by Erica Wilson who graduated from NC State in May 2006. The pictures were probably taken that summer of 2006, just one year after we started the session. Recognize any faces?