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Title |
interview with John McCormick |
Collection |
Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities |
Search Terms |
Oral History |
Event |
Interview |
Audio/Video File |
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Text File |
John McCormick Interview Transcript |
Narrator |
John McCormick |
Interviewer |
Dáithí Sproule |
Interview place |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Date |
12/6/2017 |
Transcriptionist |
Dáithí Sproule |
Creator |
John McCormick |
Other Creators |
Dáithí Sproule Eoin McKiernan Library |
Type of Resource |
Recording |
Scope & Content |
John McCormick talks about his upbringing in St. Paul, his family history, ethnic identity, Saint Patrick's Day, the St. Patrick's Day event at Landmark Center, his beginnings with Irish music, the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band, highland pipe band competitions, highland piping, O'Gara's, Martin McHugh, the Half-time Rec, local sessions, accordion, uilleann pipes, visiting Ireland in the 1980s, Deb Martin, Calliope House, Barra, local performance venues, inspirational musicians, teaching Irish music, learning Irish music and the Center for Irish Music. |
People |
John McCormick Dáithí Sproule |
Catalog Number |
2018.mmtc.A1006 |
Accession number |
2018.mmtc |