Sunday March 8 at 19:30 in McMahon Hall, 1145 De Salaberry

A culture is often defined by its music, language and traditions that are passed down from one generation to the next. This presentation will discuss the role and importance of Irish music in Canada, featuring performances and analysis of specific examples. Traditional music plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of lifeworlds of Irish settlers and their ancestors. Drawing on interviews, transcription analyses, and archival recordings, this talk focuses on performance histories of past and present Irish musicians and explores the cultural memory and collective sense of place that give musical meaning to the pieces these musicians perform. Kate will also investigate the centuries of technological change and how it has affected the recording, performance, and appreciation of Irish traditional music.

Newfoundland-born Kate Bevan-Baker holds violin performance degrees from Memorial and McGill Universities, and a PhD specializing in Irish Music on PEI from Concordia University where she was a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholar. She was the winner of Concordia University’s Doctoral Thesis Defense Award in 2018, and the recipient of the inaugural Rhona Richman Kenneally Award for the top PhD paper at the Canadian Association for Irish Studies conference in 2018. Kate’s music performance career has taken her to Russia, across Canada twice with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, to China for the 2010 World Expo with rock band Hey Rosetta!, the 2010 JUNO Awards performing with Michael Bublé, as well as playing with symphony orchestras and chamber groups across Canada. Kate is a founding member of the Newfoundland-based ECMA-nominated traditional band, The Dardanelles, and currently plays fiddle and sings with the Montreal-based Celtic trio, Solstice. She has been featured on many nation-wide radio and television broadcasts, and can be heard on over thirty CDs, videogame, and movie soundtracks. Kate currently lives in Montreal where she balances and active performance and teaching schedule.

☘☘☘ November 18. 2019 at 19:30 Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry Avenue in Quebec City. .  Dennis Rioux has been a collector for over fifty years and his interests are numerous: stamps, coins, military medals and badges, nautical artifacts, ivory carvings, minerals, paintings, engravings.  He will present his very impressive collection of Canadian military memorabilia focusing particularly on World War I and World War II.  All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs from Îlot St. Patrick will be validated. For more information phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404   ☘☘☘

Dennis Rioux was born and raised in Quebec City. He attended St. Patrick’s Elementary and St. Patrick’s High School from which he graduated in 1967.  In 1970 he graduated from l’École des Beaux Arts.  He worked in advertising for several years in Quebec before moving to Montreal.  He was the Purchasing Director for La Fondation des Sourds.  He was a Security Agent for La Clinique T.S.O. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and retired in 2014 after 10 years of service.  He is very implicated as Hospitaller with Le Grand Prieuré Russe de l’Ordre de St-Jean de Jérusalem dit de Malte and the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, donating more than $1,000,200 to the needy in clothing, food and furniture.

☘☘☘ Monday October 14 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. John Bertrand will give a presentation on the history, origins and evolution of Irish flags. All are welcome to attend and admission is free. John Bertrand is a member of the Board of Directors of Irish Heritage Quebec and a graduate of Laval University. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404 ☘☘☘

Monday September 16 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Bryan O’Gallagher and John O’Connor will present the events that took place during the reunion of the O’Gallagher Clan in Quebec City on the weekend of August 17-18. The group visited Grosse Île on Saturday and gathered for a meal on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning members of the clan were invited on a tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery with emphasis on the burial sites of the O’Gallaghers. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated.

Bryan O’Gallagher is the Vice-President of Irish Heritage Quebec while John O’Connor is the Secretary-Treasurer. Both are graduates in Law.