Northern Virginia Scottish Games, Alexandria, VA Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, Linnville, NC Stone Mountain Highland Games, Atlanta, GA Ligonier Highland Games, Ligonier, PA Ohio Scottish Games, Oberlin, OH New Hampshire Highland Games, Loon Mountain, NH Texas Scottish Festival, Arlington, TX Richmond Highland Games, Richmond, VA McPherson Scottish Festival, McPherson, KS Loch Norman Highland Games, Charlotte, NC
Performing
Embassy of Ireland, Washington, DC (many) Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC (many) Somerset Folk Harp Festival, Somerset, NJ, and Alexandria, VA (many, with HEN and Harp & Fool) International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen Conference (many, solo, HEN, Harp & Fool) Private concerts for actor Bill Pullman and family, Hollywood, CA, and Butte, MT Concert Tours in Germany (with Petra Salzburger and Meg Fitzgerald, 1989, 1990) St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the White House, Washington, DC, for President and Mrs. Clinton (1996) Washington Irish Festivals, Washington, DC (1997, 1998, 2000) Celebration of President Clinton’s Peace Efforts in Northern Ireland, the White House, Washington, DC (Ceoltoiri, 1998) Philadelphia Irish Festival, Philadelphia, PA (with Brendan Mulvihill and Carolyn Surrick, 1998, 2000) Edinburgh International Harp Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo and HEN, 2002) Ardkinglas House, Argyll, Scotland (HEN, 2003) Sat in with The Chieftains in concerts at the Kennedy Center and Wolf Trap, Washington, DC (2003) Big Sky Harp Festival, Big Sky, MT (solo, 2005, and HEN, 2007) Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, Scotland (HEN, 2005) Wammie Awards Concert, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD (Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra, 2005) Harpa tour of Norway and Sweden (2006, 2008) Reception for President and Mrs. Bush, given by Queen Elizabeth of England at the British Embassy, Washington, DC (2007) Dusty Strings Harp Festival, Seattle, WA (2008)
Performances with Ensemble Galilei are too numerous to list. We have played in almost every state in the U.S.; in Mexico City, Mexico; and in Ottawa, Canada; and we have frequently been featured on NPR radio’s Performance Today. Our shows include: Universe of Dreams with Neal Conan, using slides from the Hubble Telescope with poetry and music First Person: Stories From the Edge of the World with Neal Conan and Lily Knight, using slides from the National Geographic (sponsors) with poetry and music of exploration and discovery Instrumental performances of Celtic, Early, and Original music A joint show with Scottish singer Jean Redpath Christmas shows both with and without Neal Conan The Mystic and the Muse, a poetry project for high school and college students Anna’s Garden, an original story with music for elementary students Celtic Myth and Music, for elementary students