The 2007 Southern California Tionól will take place over the weekend of November 2, 3 & 4, 2007.
We are delighted this year to welcome three exquisite pipers - Seán McKiernan, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran & Benedict Koehler. At the reed table we're delighted this year to have pipemaker Martin Preshaw joining us together with local reed maestro Michael O'Donovan. Pipemaker's David Quinn and Michael Hubbert will also be joining us!
This years event will be held in the McKeagney residence in the beautiful Spanish Mission town of San Juan Capistrano. Friday will be the usual meet and greet/session. Classes will be held during the day on Saturday and Sunday with a house concert on the Saturday evening.
Concert ticket price is $15. Full pre-registered tionól fee, for pipers, received by Oct. 1st to include classes and concert is $85, $95 at the door.
To pre-register please specify:
- Your skill level i.e. beginner, intermediate or advanced (please be modest).
- Send your check for $85 made payable to "So.Cal. Uilleann Pipers' Club" to this address:
So.Cal. Uilleann Pipers' Club
c/o Larry Dunn
7153 Knowlton Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2215
Event Location:
The McKeagney's, 29251 Country Hills Rd, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-1028
This year’s tionól is sponsored in part by a generous grant from NPU
Airport and Accommodation
Airport: The closest would be John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana) but Long Beach Airport [sometimes cheapest, check out Jet Blue Airways for pricing] or LAX will also work.
Hotels:
Guest Bios
 Seán McKiernan
Born and reared in Carna, Connemara, Co. Galway, Seán McKiernan is one of Ireland's finest exponents of uilleann piping. He was a great friend of the famous piper from Mayo living in New York, Tom Busby. Tom was left Patsy Touhey's Taylor set by Mike Carney. On hearing Seán's playing Tom realised that Seán was the man to play the Touhey set and so this is the set that Seán is custodion over today. Seán's style represents everything good in piping - tight yet open enough to be espressive and musical.
In listening to Seán's playing one can hear the influence of Patsy Touhey, Mike Carney and Willie Clancy.
 Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
Jimmy O’Brien Moran was born in Waterford, in Ireland’s Sunny South East. He began his interest in Irish music, and piping in particular, through the group Planxty and the playing of Liam O’Flynn. His piping exploration led to recordings of Séamus Ennis, Willie Clancy and others. Commercial recordings were few in those dark days and everything piping was gratefully embraced. Armed with a lovely chanter from Matt Kiernan, and a home-made bag and bellows, Jimmy was given a beautiful reed by Brian Gallagher on the 28th of May, 1975, and began the long journey that is piping. Local pipers Tommy Kearney and Donncha Ó Maidín were generous with their time and advice. Several stints at the Willie Clancy Summer School improved the technique a bit and in 1977 Jimmy was invited to record with several other young pipers on the PJ Curtis Album The Piper’s Rock. Almost 20 years passed before he recorded his solo CD Seán Reid’s Favourite, dedicated to the memory of piper and fiddler Seán Reid who had presented Jimmy with his Colgan set before Seán died in 1978. A devotee of flat piping he is constantly amazed at the music of Willie Clancy and has explored some of this through his friendship with that really great piper Seán McKiernan. Jimmy has enjoyed invites to tionóil around the world spreading the true faith and is very much looking forward to meeting all the pipers at the Southern California Tionól ::: more »
 Benedict Koehler - Pipemaker
Born in Boston, Benedict grew up listening to recordings of Irish traditional music sent over by his mother's family in Dublin. He took up the pipes in his twenties and has listened to and learned from a wide range of the older players, citing as particularly strong influences the stately musical tradition of East Galway and the complex and elegant piping style exemplified by the "gentlemen pipers" Seamus Ennis and Liam O'Flynn. These influences are evident in Benedict's graceful, lyrical style of playing.
Well known as an insightful and generous teacher, Benedict will be teaching beginning and intermediate piping workshops. He and his wife, harper/button accordionist Hilari Farrington. Benedict and Hilari live in East Montpelier, Vermont where Benedict, in association with David Quinn, makes and restores uilleann pipes and continues to enhance his reputation as a superb reed maker.
Benedict Koehler
70 Markham Road
East Montpelier, VT 05651 USA
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