{"id":35122,"date":"2025-04-01T03:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/to-and-fro-chicago-to-offaly\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T03:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:03:28","slug":"to-and-fro-chicago-to-offaly","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/to-and-fro-chicago-to-offaly\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTo and Fro\u201d Chicago to Offaly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>s<strong>\u201cMidland Strings\u201d<\/strong>, an adult amateur string ensemble based in Tullamore, are playing traditional tunes from Liz Carroll in the Tullamore Library during Heritage week. <strong>Liz Carroll<\/strong> is an Irish Fiddler, composer and recording artist. Liz was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish parents originating from Mucklagh, Co. Offaly. She is the first Irish-American musician to be nominated for a Grammy and the first American-born composer honoured with the Cumadoir TG4, Ireland\u2019s most significant traditional music prize. Liz has published two books of her compositions, <em><strong>\u201cCollected\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (for Mom and Dad) and <em><strong>\u201cCollected II\u201d<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(for my Family). Many of Liz Carroll\u2019s tunes are inspired by memories from holidays in Offaly during her childhood, where she visited her extended family. Liz has written many beautiful slow tunes, which <strong>William Troy<\/strong> is adapting to Midland Strings &nbsp;ensembles\u2019 playing. Liz Carroll has generously permitted Midland String to arrange and play her tunes with harmonies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Troy<\/strong>, &nbsp;local composer from Ballyfin, is adapting the tunes to suit (violin, viola, cello and double bass). &nbsp;This gig is free due to the generosity of the Tullamore library and <strong>Creative Ireland Offaly<\/strong> and open to all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us (any age) during <strong>Heritage Week<\/strong> on Tuesday the 19st of August 2025 at 06.30 to 7.30pm in the Tullamore library.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please write to <a href=\"mailto:majahurley@gmail.com\">majahurley@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35123,"template":"","class_list":["post-35122","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cTo and Fro\u201d Chicago to Offaly - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"s\u201cMidland Strings\u201d, an adult amateur string ensemble based in Tullamore, are playing traditional tunes from Liz Carroll in the Tullamore Library during Heritage week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/to-and-fro-chicago-to-offaly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cTo and Fro\u201d Chicago to Offaly - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"s\u201cMidland Strings\u201d, an adult amateur string ensemble based in Tullamore, are playing traditional tunes from Liz Carroll in the Tullamore Library during Heritage week. 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