UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY 2025
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CLEVELAND CELTIC ENSEMBLE
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025, 2 SHOWS: 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM BLACK SWAMP PLAYERS, OAK STREET STAGE 115 EAST OAK STREET BOWLING GREEN, OHIO 43402 Born of a desire to marry the best of both Celtic and chamber music in exciting and creative ways, the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble blends Scottish and Irish bagpipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, harp, and dance to create a Celtic style all their own. Revel in blazing bagpipe duets, sublime harp airs, soaring songs, and sweet fiddle tunes -all in an intimate and ethereal chamber music ensemble setting. Featuring: Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, flute, dance. Kristen Bigley on violin. Ian Crane on Scottish small pipes, vocals. Tiffany Schaefer on Celtic harp, vocals. |
JUNE 2025
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CLEVELAND CELTIC ENSEMBLE
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025, 4 PM CHURCH OF THE WESTERN RESERVE 30500 FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD PEPPER PIKE, OHIO Born of a desire to marry the best of both Celtic and chamber music in exciting and creative ways, the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble blends Scottish and Irish bagpipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, harp, and dance to create a Celtic style all their own. Revel in blazing bagpipe duets, sublime harp airs, soaring songs, and sweet fiddle tunes -all in an intimate and ethereal chamber music ensemble setting. Featuring: Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, flute, dance. Kristen Bigley on violin. Ian Crane on Scottish small pipes, vocals. Tiffany Schaefer on Celtic harp, vocals. No tickets needed; freewill offering accepted
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Alla Boara celebrates the deep history of human music-making by cultivating fresh sounds from the ancient roots of regional Italian folk songs. Vocalist Amanda Powell’s captivating delivery is propelled by drummer Anthony Taddeo’s dynamic compositions, "breathing new possibilities into timeless stories while weaving in limitless and unexpected musical flavors” (Becca Stevens, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter). The songs, near extinct in the wild, are presented here with a modern-jazz sensibility. The ensemble’s debut recording “Le Tre Sorelle” was praised by Cleveland Magazine for its “top-notch musicianship.” The band has received critical acclaim from NPR’s “Shuffle”, SWR2 in Germany, All About Jazz, Jazz Weekly, and Cleveland Magazine. From the specific dialects, stories, and songs of Italy’s pre-industrial past spring Alla Boara’s universally touching performances which inspire listeners of any heritage to treasure their ancestral roots and to revel in our shared humanity - as surprising, playful, mournful, and tender as the songs themselves.
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DECEMBER 2025
FEBRUARY 2026
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CLEVELAND CELTIC ENSEMBLE featuring two special guest vocalists
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026 - 3 pm ST. MARTIN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH 203 S. DEFIANCE STREET ARCHBOLD, OHIO 43502 Born of a desire to marry the best of both Celtic and chamber music in exciting and creative ways, the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble blends Scottish and Irish bagpipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, harp, and dance to create a Celtic style all their own. Revel in blazing bagpipe duets, sublime harp airs, soaring songs, and sweet fiddle tunes -all in an intimate and ethereal chamber music ensemble setting. Featuring: Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, flute, dance. Kristen Bigley on violin. Ian Crane on Scottish small pipes, vocals. Tiffany Schaefer on Celtic harp, vocals. |
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CLEVELAND CELTIC ENSEMBLE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026, 7 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2026, 2 PM NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART 2110 BLUE RIDGE ROAD RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27607 Born of a desire to marry the best of both Celtic and chamber music in exciting and creative ways, the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble blends Scottish and Irish bagpipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, harp, and dance to create a Celtic style all their own. Revel in blazing bagpipe duets, sublime harp airs, soaring songs, and sweet fiddle tunes -all in an intimate and ethereal chamber music ensemble setting. Featuring: Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, flute, dance. Kristen Bigley on violin. Ian Crane on Scottish small pipes, vocals. Tiffany Schaefer on Celtic harp, vocals. |
MARCH 2026
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AN IRISH RAMBLING HOUSE
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026 TOWER THEATRE 835 NW WALL STREET BEND, OREGON 97703 In Ireland, the neighbors would pick a house to ramble to in the evenings to share music, dance, and story. It was these settings that bore their humor, charm, and a sense of community and togetherness which is what Rambling House exemplifies. It is a joyful culture that’s rich in spirit and warmth. Like a steaming mug of Irish coffee in a neighbor’s kitchen on a cold winter’s night, ‘An Irish Rambling House’ will warm the spirit with stories, music, song, and dance from the rich tradition of Ireland. Spend an evening with native Irish storyteller Tomáseen Foley, Grammy Award-winner William Coulter, native Irish fiddler and vocalist Eimear Arkins, Irish piper Brian Bigley, Riverdance lead dancer Brandon Asazawa and award-winning pianist, accordionist and Irish dancer Samantha Harvey - some of the most gifted performers on either side of the Atlantic. |
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CLEVELAND CELTIC ENSEMBLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026, 7:30 PM WILLIAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 903 CENTER STREET BRYAN, OHIO Born of a desire to marry the best of both Celtic and chamber music in exciting and creative ways, the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble blends Scottish and Irish bagpipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, harp, and dance to create a Celtic style all their own. Revel in blazing bagpipe duets, sublime harp airs, soaring songs, and sweet fiddle tunes -all in an intimate and ethereal chamber music ensemble setting. Featuring: Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, flute, dance. Kristen Bigley on violin. Ian Crane on Scottish small pipes, vocals. Tiffany Schaefer on Celtic harp, vocals. |
