Kolacny Music & The Colorado Celtic Harp Society present

Chris Newman & Máire Ní Chathasaigh

Celtic Harp and Guitar in Concert

Brilliant, innovative harping and guitar-playing

of astonishing virtuosity and versatility!

Friday, October 7th – 7:30pm

Unity Spiritual Center Denver

3021 South University Blvd./ Denver, CO 80210

Tickets at the Door – Adult $15 / 12 and under $10 – Doors open at 7pm

“This celebrated duo took the place by

storm. Stately Carolan tunes, jazzy

Django-ish numbers, dazzling Doc Watson

style flat picking fliers, driving Irish dance

tunes – this pair can nonchalantly do the

lot. Guitar players applauded and went

sadly home to burn their instruments!”

The Belfast Telegraph

The virtuoso partnership of  England’s premier flatpicking guitarist and “the greatest

Celtic harper of  our age” (LIVE IRELAND) has by now brought its unique musical vision

to twenty-two countries on five continents.Chris and Máire have performed at over 175 folk,

Celtic, arts, harp and guitar festivals in Europe, the USA and Australasia and have given

almost two thousand concerts in venues large and small – from the tiniest of  historic churches

in England, Germany and Italy to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican,

Sydney’s Town Hall and the Philharmonie in Cologne.

Together they have created one of  the most distinctive voices in modern acoustic music.

Their six duo and five solo CDs, instructional books and collaborations with many other

luminaries of  the Celtic, folk, swing jazz and bluegrass worlds express both the depth of

their commitment to tradition and an eternally playful, curious and adventurous spirit.

Over the years Chris and Máire have toured with Altan, Sharon Shannon, Cherish the

Ladies, Patrick Street, the Rankins, Mary Black, Maura O’Connell, Dónal Lunny, Aly Bain,

Boys of  the Lough and many other leading bands and artists.Recording collaborations

include a guest appearance on Irish rock legend Rory Gallagher’s posthumous Wheels

within Wheels (BMG), work with (among others) Dan ar Braz, Sharon Shannon, Dónal

Lunny, Liam O’Flynn, Aly Bain, Danny Thompson, Cathy Fink, Boys of  the Lough, and a

quartet CD,

Heartstring Sessions

, with Arty McGlynn and Nollaig Casey.

Máire is harp and voice soloist with the New English Chamber Orchestra and the Choir

of  New College Oxford on John Cameron’s

Missa Celtica

(Erato Disques); her singing features

on the Goldcrest film

Driftwood

and her harping on Dan ar Braz’s Gold Disc-awarded CD

Finisterres

(Sony). They’re featured on the Polygram USA CD and associated PBS TV special

Celtic Harpestry

.

Broadcasts include televised concerts on Ireland’s TG4 and Italy’s Rai Uno; TV

appearances on Ireland’s RTÉ and TG4, the UK’s BBC, S4C and HTV, Germany’s WDR

Cologne, Australia’s ABC, France 3, the USA’s PBS and countless radio performances

world-wide.