Late December 2011

Here's my final 2011 post (!!!) and a few bits of news to close the year and let you know what I'll be up to in the new one.

My harp playing and compositions are featured in Eamonn Colfer's, "The Story of New Ross Lace", a documentary about a lace-making school that flourished in New Ross, Ireland, in the nineteenth century. Eamonn also featured my harp playing (and me!) in his documentary "Phil Murphy - The Ballygow Man" which is about the legendary harmonica player from Bannow, Co. Wexford. It is very exciting to have my harp playing and compositions featured in Eamonn's films!

I had a great time performing in NYC at the American Folk Art just before Christmas and it looks like there will be some other shows in NYC in the New Year... I'm also planning to fulfill one of my longtime dreams - playing in Spain! As I mentioned in my last post, a couple new albums are also in the works and they'll be my focus over the next months.

Finally... (drum-roll!) you'll see some changes to my website over the next couple of weeks. It's being completely redesigned and updated and I hope that you'll like the New Look for the New Year ;)

Happy New Year,

Lily

Early December 2011

This past autumn was very busy work-wise, as I gave my diploma performance at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, which will make me a "Master" of Music (at least in name!) at last! I was in the U.K. a couple of times, in September and in October for a three-gigs-in-one-day marathon that I hope one day to repeat (complete with my harp, a pair of black faux alligator skin stilettos and a three minute adrenaline-inducing transition from train to boat for a performance in Brading on the Isle of Wight!). Many thanks to Sue, Bill, Vic and Tony on the Isle of Wight and to Lucia and Joe in London for taking such good care of me!

It was also great to perform in Tallaght, just south of Dublin City, for the 8th annual Des Carty Music Sessions at the end of October. It was a wonderful night of music and song with Paul Kelly, James Ryan, Dessie Kelleher, Gary O'Brien, Mick McNamara, Gerry "Banjo" O'Connor and Alan Doherty. I'd like to extend my thanks to Martin for making it such a memorable night.

I was also honoured be invited by the gracious Ambassador and her staff at the Irish Embassy to perform in Vilnius in an event celebrating twenty years of Lithuanian independence. It is always such a delight to perform in Lithuania and I'd like to thank all my dancer friends who participated in the performance as well as my friends Valdone Barkauskaite, Toma Grašyte and Rimantas Junevicius who joined me for part of my performance to play some Lithuanian and Irish music. I'm already plotting my return to Vilnius!

I just returned from a few concerts in Ireland with the one and only Colum Sands - www.columsands.com. It was magical to share the stage with Colum - he's such an inspiration and I had a fantastic time playing music with him and being in beautiful County Down! Up Down!

You'll probably notice that I have few gigs listed in 2012 and that is because I am working on a new album with cellist Vesa Norilo and want to devote time toward developing music for that and several other projects over the next couple of months. I'll have more dates in 2012 listed shortly - I don't plan to stay still for too long!

Lastly, if you're interested in photography you should check out the work of Karina Bedkowska. Karina introduced herself to me on a train when I was on the road (in a scenario far better than in "Strangers on a Train"... hello Piccadilly Line!) and I posed for a project that she's working on. I hope to post some of the photos soon. Karina's quite amazing so do have a look at her site here.

Here's wishing all of you the best over this holiday season,

Lily

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