An Gorta Mór: The Soundtrack of the Irish Famine
Sun, Mar 09
|Staten Island
The Voices of Diaspora Program is a yearlong initiative, launching in late 2024 and concluding in May 2025. This program will explore five cultural heritages that have experienced diaspora, both past and present.
Time & Location
Mar 09, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Staten Island, 338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA
About the event
An Gorta Mór: Music & Songs Tied to the Irish Famine.
This lecture and recital concert explores the history of the great Irish famine in relation to songs and music that are inextricably tied to it. The combination of historical discussion paired with the raw emotional quality of Irish music and the revealing nature of Irish lyrics in song provide for a powerful sensorial exploration of a devastating period in Irish history that re-shaped the globe.
Colin Harte earned his PhD in Ethnomusicology at the University of Florida’s School of Music and his Master’s in Ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick. As a NYC Teaching Fellow, he received a master’s in education from Lehman College-CUNY while serving at Bard High School Early College-Bronx where he teaches a world music curriculum for student percussion ensembles, keyboard lab, ethnomusicology courses, and music technology courses. A Fulbright Distinguished Teacher, he has been awarded…