This wonderful split concert features two dynamic trad duos and also is a CD release for Ryan’s new “Uilleann Piping from the ‘Boros.” Torrin Ryan became enamored with Irish traditional music at 9 years old and has devoted the past twenty-plus years to playing, recording, and teaching the uilleann pipes, simple system flute, and tin whistle across the country and abroad. Torrin taught at the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Boston Music School for a decade, and is a regular instructor and former board member of the Northeast Uilleann Pipers Tionól. In 2009 at age 14, he was awarded an Uilleann Piping Scholarship by Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin IE. Torrin has been awarded over two dozen first place medals across several years of competing at the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh in New York and New Jersey, and won five Senior All-Ireland Fleadh medals across Derry, Ennis, and Tullamore, all before turning twenty. Joining Torrin will be Amy Law, an Irish fiddler and Sean-nós dancer from Southern California who has been playing music and dancing for over 20 years. She was taught by her parents, as well as renowned Seattle-based Irish fiddler Dale Russ and Portland-based Sean-nos dancer Maldon Meehan.
Elizabeth and Ben Anderson, a Boston-based Scottish fiddle and cello duo, has an enthusiastic following in the U.S. and internationally. Blending Scottish tunes with lively rhythms and innovative harmonies, the pair create a sound rooted in tradition, inspired by the contemporary, and completely original. On stage, they captivate audiences with their ability to effortlessly communicate musical nuances as only siblings can. Elizabeth is the 2020 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and the 2016 Perth All-Scotland Fiddle Champion. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, she teaches string instruments as a middle school and private instructor. Ben studied computer science and music at WPI and works in software. The duo has played at the New Hampshire Highland Games, the Boston Celtic Music Festival, Old Sturbridge Village, and for Scottish country dance balls along the East Coast. They have given popular performances and workshops as far away as France and Scotland and the duo released their first full-length album “Over the Isles” in 2018.
