We already have five great events scheduled for the next school year, and we are excited for all of them! Our performance calendar opens with our debut at the Niagara Celtic Festival on September 15, and then moves to our first-ever performance and workshop at the Rochester Flute Fair in November. We will be presenting workshops at the western NY and NY State music education conferences in December and January, and are honored to have been invited to performed at Highland Hospital's Fundraising Gala in March. We are also in talks to host a wind band and traditional band from a school in Ireland in March, and look forward to performing with them.
To keep up with our calendar, visit the schedule page of
our website.
We are proud to announce that we will be performing at Kilbourn Hall as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival the evening of September 21! Kilbourn is located inside the Eastman School of Music, and is considered by many to be the finest small concert hall in the United States. We are the only Irish band, and the only school ensemble to perform at this year's Fringe.
From now on, we'll be able to introduce ourselves and our album with "as heard on National Public Radio's Thistle and Shamrock!" This weekend we are featured on Fiona Ritchie's famous traditional music program, which is focused this week on "tracks from the latest albums by North American artists who work to expand the reach of Celtic traditions." Congratulations to all of our performers and families, past and present. 
Best of luck to Jayne and Bram, in Ireland right now to compete in the 2012 All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil... Earlier this spring, Jayne took 1st place in 12-15 fiddle, as well as 2nd place in slow airs and 3rd
place in bodhran at the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh. Bram took 2nd place in fiddle, slow airs, and bodhran in the
under-12 division!
Welcome to the new blog for Róisín Dubh (The Black Rose), East Rochester High School's Irish traditional music program. We've been making a lot of improvements to our name, our sound, and our look. We've been working hard, and we hope you like the changes.