The Celtic/Folk/World music duo Four Shillings Short will be performing a free concert for the whole family on Thursday, August 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Seymour Library, 161 East Avenue, Brockport.
“Around the World in 30 Instruments” is a multi-cultural educational concert featuring traditional and original music from the Celtic lands, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on a fantastic array of over 30 instruments including Hammered and Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Recorders, Tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Native American Flutes, Bodhran, Guitar, Ukulele, Doumbek and Darbuka, Spoons, vocals and even a Krumhorn.
Four Shillings Short, the husband-wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama, from Cork, Ireland, and Christy Martin, from San Diego, California, have been touring in the United States and Ireland since 1997. They are independent folk-artists with 13 recordings, perform 100 concerts a year, and live as the Troubadours of old, traveling from town to town performing at music festivals, theatres and performing arts centers, folk and historical societies, libraries, museums and schools.
During this program, they will introduce each instrument, talk about its history and follow with a demonstration in the form of a song or instrumental piece.
To learn more about Four Shillings Short, visit https://4shillingsshort.com/. For information about the event in Brockport, visit http://www.seymourlibraryweb.org or call the Seymour Library at 585-637-1050.
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