Join us on March 3, 2012

You are cordially invited to an unforgettable night of Irish musical performance  featuring vintage wines, fine food and breath-taking views of San Francisco – all to benefit the Crossroads Irish-American Festival and the Irish Oral & Video History Archive of the San Francisco Bay Area.  On Saturday night, March 3, 2012  Crossroads is honored to host a rare house concert featuring the internationally renowned musician and historian, Mick Moloney, and celebrated fiddler, Athena Tergis.

Please support the Crossroads Irish American Festival by purchasing tickets to this premiere opening night of the 9^th Annual Crossroads Irish-American Festival at the highest contribution level you can afford – Sponsors, $250; Patrons, $100; or Friends, $50.  Invite a friend and be part of this memorable gathering at a beautiful private home in the St. Francis Woods neighborhood of San Francisco.  In addition to featuring two of the most talented Irish musicians in Irish America, our evening’s host will graciously serve some of the finest California wines from his own wine cellar.

The proceeds from this special night of music will directly support the ongoing work of the Crossroads Irish-American Festival and the Crossroads Irish Oral & Video History Archive of the SF Bay Area.

Times:  

Wine & hors d'oeuvres, 6:30 p.m.

Concert, 8:00 p.m.

Location:  

Home of Nancy Quinn & Tom Driscoll

460 Yerba Buena Avenue, San Francisco, CA

To learn more, please visit: www.irishamericancrossroads.org.

About Mick Moloney

Mick Moloney’s knowledge of Irish, Irish-American, and other genres of popular, roots-oriented, and historical music runs wide and deep. He holds a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish studies courses at the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, and Villanova Universities, and currently teaches at New York University in the Irish Studies program.

Mick has hosted three nationally syndicated series of folk music on American Public Television; was a consultant, performer and interviewee on the Irish Television special “Bringing It All Back Home”; a participant, consultant and music arranger of the PBS documentary film “Out of Ireland”; and a performer on the PBS special “The Irish in America: Long Journey Home.” In 1999 he was awarded the National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts — the highest official honor a traditional artist can receive in the United States.

About Athena Tergis

Athena Tergis hails from San Francisco where she released her first album at age 16.  Shortly after she moved to Ireland to follow her musical passions where she lived for over 3 years playing with groups such as the Sharon Shannon Band.  Her musical journey brought her to London and then on to New York where she starred in Riverdance on Broadway for the full year and a half run of the show.  Her talent for many genres of music attracted the attention of Bruce Springsteen’s sax player, Clarence Clemmons with whom she toured for over a year. 

            In 2001 Athena joined up with Mick Moloney, John Doyle and Billy McComiskey in The Green Fields of America playing Traditional Irish tunes and songs at their best while exploring the music’s journey to America.  In 2009, Athena performed as a featured soloist in a 49-city tour of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra.   With a tour of China scheduled for 2010, Athena began composing, working with several top classical composers and arrangers.  Her most recent Album, A Letter Home, is an album that ranges across the intersections of Irish and Scottish music with an instrumental voice and style informed by the fiddler's American experiences.