Star of the County Down is a lovely Irish traditional tune. This video was recorded for my 2021 online show “Ireland’s National Composer: The Music of Turlough O’Carolan”
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The Colorado Trail is a traditional tune from the American West, sung along cattle trails and during ranching. It is performed here live for the 2021 New England Folk Festival Online.
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My piano arrangement of Mrs. Cole, the 18th-Century harp tune written by Irish Baroque composer Turlough O’Carolan, for my 2021 show “Ireland’s National Composer: The Music of Turlough O’Carolan”
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This video was recorded for the 2020 New England Folk Festival, after festival organizers brought the event online. In this video I discuss how to translate traditional folk tunes for the piano and give two examples.
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