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St. Patrick's Day in Ireland! continued Festival in Canada, Common Ground in Maryland, the Corofin Trad Fest in Co. Clare, Catskills Irish Arts Week in upstate New York, and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska. He has also led small workshops for students in Rio Negro and Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Isaac teaches private lessons online and in person, mainly to advanced students. He is known for his patience and compassion in teaching students of all levels. JESSE LANGEN (Guitar). Jesse is a guitarist from St. Cloud, Minnesota who currently lives in Chicago. He is equally comfortable on classical, electric and steel string, and plays professionally in a wide range of styles. Jesse and his brother Tim grew up learning traditional fiddle tunes from their grandfather Clarence; his childhood guitar influences were the classical playing of his father, Bill, the playing of Daithi Sproule and Paul Brady, and the playing of delta blues legend Robert Johnson. He can be heard regularly in Chicago, throughout the US, and abroad as a soloist, as the guitarist for Ensemble Dal Niente, in the trio Pesejet, in Hasco Duo with Amanda Deboer Bartlett, and in duo with harpist Ben Melsky. He is also a passionate and committed teacher of young musicians; his students have won multiple prestigious awards and been placed in international festivals, both as composers and as performers. RYAN MCKASSON (Fiddle). Ryan McKasson has gained a reputation as a performer, composer, collaborator, and teacher. In 1996, he was the youngest musician to win the National Scottish Fiddle Championship. In 1997, he was awarded a Merit Scholarship for Viola Performance from the University of Southern California where he studied with Donald McInnes. Ryan started learning the violin at the age of four. One of his early fiddle teachers was Carol-Ann Wheeler, who encouraged Ryan to joined the Seattle Scottish Fiddlers, headed by Calum MacKinnon, where he first began to play Scottish fiddle. In 1994, he started attending Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School (VOM), where he met fiddler and teacher Alasdair Fraser, and joined a rather remarkable generation of musicians, many of whom have gone on to be notable performers and teachers. In 2004 Ryan and his sister, Cali, formed a band, The McKassons, that eventually included Ryan’s wife, Brooke, and her brother, Matt Jerrell. Ryan has also been a member of a baroque/celtic/fusion combo Ensemble Galilei. He helped cowrite and co-produce First Person: Seeing America, a collaboration between Ensemble Galilei and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also recorded with Ensemble Galilei on A Change of Worlds (2012), and Surrounded by Angels: A Christmas Celebration With Ensemble Galilei (2013). Ryan has recorded with Hanneke Cassel on her albums Silver, For Reasons Unseen, and Dot The Dragon’s Eye, and also with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas on their album Highlander’s Farewell. Ryan has taught at fiddle camps around the US and New Zealand, most notably: Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddling School, Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle, Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, and Swannanoa Gathering. JACKIE MORAN (Bodhrán, banjo, vocals). The foundation of Irish traditional music is the pulse of its drum, the Bodhrán. No other percussionist fills that ground better than Jackie Moran. Born in Tipperary, ten-yearold Jackie and his family immigrated to Chicago where he quickly began drumming with the best players on the Irish music scene. The young boy became the man who is preeminent in Chicago Irish music today. He is a founding member and driving force of such influential bands as The Drovers, Comas, and Bua. Jackie is a fixture in the studio and in concert settings, accompanying such great artists as Alphonso Ponticelli, Kevin Burke, Dennis Cahill, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Alain Genty, Martin Hayes, Paddy Keenan, Michael Londra, Philip Masure, Aidan Burke, Howard Levy and Jimmy Keane. Jackie’s talents have also led him to appear on stage with Riverdance, and to help form and perform with the Trinity Irish Dance Company. When Hollywood needs a musician to play the part, and look it as well, you’ll see Jackie. Backdraft (1991), Blink (1993), Traveler (1997) and The Road to Perdition (2002) all saw fit to feature Jackie and his Bodhrán. Most recently, Jackie has been a member of the Kilgubbin Bros. and is teaching at the Irish Music School of Chicago. He also makes custom Bodhráns with Mike Quinlan. KEARA OSBORNE (Dance). Keara has been an Irish dancer for 25 years. She has competed numerous times at the local, regional, and national levels. Now retired from competitive dance she enjoys performing regularly with world touring bands such as The Young Dubliners and The Fenians. In 2012, she was delighted to be a part of the Irish dance ensemble in Battle of the Dance in Anaheim, California. Keara has made several television appearances as an Irish dancer, including the Disney XD show Crash and Bernstein in 2013 and the DJ Tommy Trash Lord of the Trance music video in 2014. In May, 2013 Keara completed her Masters of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Keara is delighted to make a return visit as lead dancer in St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland Tour 2018. CONNOR T. REIDER (Lead Dancer Kerry Dance Troupe). For 14 years Connor danced under the direction of the late Ann Richens and John Timm, competing at local, regional, national and world levels. In his final year of competitive dancing he placed in the top 5 in Mid-America, top 10 in North America and top 20 in the World Championships. Connor graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2014. He has performed with the Chieftains and in 2015 with Celtic Fyre at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Connor joined An Irish Christmas national tour in 2015 and returned for An Irish Christmas 2016 and 2017 Tour. In March 2017, Connor was principal dancer for the new Kerry Irish Productions Inc. Concert Tour: St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland and is honored to return as principal dancer for the 2018 Tour. Connor is currently based out of Manhattan! “Performing brings me such joy 38 SPRING 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE www.harriscenter.net
St. Patrick's Day in Ireland! continued because I get to share my passion with others both on stage and with those in the audience. I am very honored and excited to return as principal dancer to St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland Tour 2018.” ASHLEY STANBURY (Kerry Voice Squad). Soprano Ashley is a Southern California native and graduate of the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. Ashley has performed with Long Beach Opera, the Pacific Lyric Association and the Los Cancioneros Master Chorale. She has performed as the featured soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem, the Faure Requiem, John Rutter's The Mass of the Children and the Vivaldi Gloria. In 2005, Ashley was selected to represent Southern California at the Rose of Tralee International Festival in Ireland. She was interviewed and performed live on RTÉ, as a part of the festival featuring women of Irish descent from around the globe. Ashley is thrilled to return to St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland Tour 2018 and to continue with the Kerry Irish Productions Inc. 2018-2019 season. KATHERINE TRIMBLE (Kerry Voice Squad). Katherine Trimble is thrilled to be entering her sixth season working with Kerry Irish Productions Inc. Holding a Bachelor in Music from Chapman University and a Master of Arts in Vocal Performance from San Jose State University, Katherine finds her Irish Christmas home the perfect meeting place of her classical music education and love of her heritage’s music and dance. Recent operatic performances include Lilas Pastia (Carmen) with Opera San Jose where she was noted by the San Jose Mercury News for her “agile” performance and Mother/Witch for OSJ’s educational outreach production of Hansel and Gretel. Other roles include Ormindo (L’Ormindo), Public Opinion (Orpheus in the Underworld), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Zita (Gianni Schicchi) and Petra (A Little Night Music). She has been the alto soloist in Bach’s Magnificat and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s and Durufle’s Requiem, Saint-Saen’s Christmas Oratorio, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. She has taken first place in competitions held by the SAI Music Fraternity, San Jose Woman’s Club, and San Jose Study Club. She was also honored to be the first recipient of the Irene Dalis Memorial Award from San Jose State University. Upcoming engagements include the alto solos in Bach’s Mass in b minor with the San Jose Symphonic Choir and Mendelssohn’s St. Paul as winner of the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra’s Vocal Solo Competition. Katherine will also be giving a solo recital and performing a variety of chamber music projects this spring as a member of the Emerging Artist Fellowship with Chamber Music Silicon Valley. www.harriscenter.net SPRING 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE 39
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