Cascadia Irish Music Week
Cascadia 2024
Cascadia Irish Music Week 2024 was held the week of July 28 - August 3, 2024, on the campus of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Cascadia offers five days and six nights of classes with some of the world's finest Irish traditional musicians, evening concerts and sessions, intimate talks and more. All this takes place in a beautiful, wooded setting next to Puget Sound.
Thank you for joining us for another great year at Cascadia Irish Music Week.
A word from Artistic Director Randal Bays
We're very happy to present Cascadia 2024, again at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. As always, we've engaged a brilliant teaching staff, some familiar from years past and some who are making their first visit to Cascadia Irish Music Week.
This year marks a change in how our classes are organized. We're not offering beginning classes (except in concertina). Instead, all our classes in the first three periods will be "Intermediate to Advanced". You'll find more details on our registration page.
Cascadia Irish Music Week 2024 Teachers - See our Faculty Page for full information
Fiddle - Randal Bays, Eimear Coughlan, Therese McInerney
Flute and tinwhistle - Eamonn Cotter, Patsy Hanly
Concertina - Tim Collins, Francis Cunningham
Uilleann pipes - Mickey Dunne
Button accordion - Josephine Marsh
Tenor banjo and piano- Brian McGrath
Guitar - Frank Kilkelly
Ceol Cascadia also sponsors regional concerts and workshops, including the long running Irish tune learning classes taught by Randal Bays. Those classes have been going on for more than 12 years in Seattle, Olympia and online. Details can be found at http://randalbays.com/classesandlessons.html
Many thanks for the generous support of the Irish Consulate and the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle.
