Irish-American traditional (sean-nós) singer Madelyn Monaghan will join the line-up of award-winning musicians performing traditional Scottish and Irish holiday classics at the 26th Annual Pipes of Christmas Boston (December 12), New York City (December 14) and New Jersey (December 15). Concert highlights will also be streamed to a worldwide audience on December 20-31.
In September of this year, Madelyn was a leading performer at the Celtic World Forum in Dublin alongside the likes of Máiréad Nesbitt and Clannad’s Moya Brennan and also appeared in the Celtic Music Festival in Rockport, MA. Her voice can be heard in viral TikToks, museums, film scores, and commercials. Her album éist is available on all streaming platforms. She is based in New York City and can be found on Instagram and TikTok at @madelyn_monaghan.
“I am so looking forward to joining The Pipes of Christmas team this year,” said Ms. Monaghan. “As a Jersey girl turned New Yorker, I know there is such a deep appreciation for Celtic music here on the east coast. The audiences are in for a treat with this great ensemble of artists!”
Ms. Knight joins a diverse company of award-winning Pipes of Christmas performers from Scotland, Ireland, and the United States, including include guitarist and music director Steve Gibb from Inverness, Scotland, James Robinson from the film “Braveheart,” New England fiddle champion Paul Woodiel, US National Champion harpist Rachel Clemente, and the Pipe Major Kevin Ray Blandford Memorial Pipe Band from Redlands, CA.
The 25th performance of the acclaimed concert will include a combination of beloved Christmas carols, including “Highland Cathedral”, “Silent Night”, and “Joy to the World”, the world premiere of works commissioned exclusively for the production, and poetry and literature readings drawn from the Scottish Christmas tradition.
Tickets now available
Tickets are available for purchase here. Reserved seating is available for both live performances. Access to the global webcast can also be booked in advance.
The concert is hosted by the Learned Kindred of Currie, a non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Scottish and Highland heritage and the arts. As its primary fundraiser, the Pipes of Christmas enables the Kindred’s extensive programming and community outreach initiatives, which includes scholarships, awards, cultural exhibitions, and much more. Corporate sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available, and a fundraising campaign is currently underway to offset production expenses and ensure that ticket sale proceeds go directly toward the Kindred’s programming.
About “The Pipes of Christmas”
Since its debut 26 years ago in 1999, The Pipes of Christmas has played to standing-room-only audiences. Now a cherished holiday event, the concert gives audiences a stirring and reverent celebration of the Christmas season and the Celtic spirit. Audience-goers return year after year to experience the program, many reporting that the Pipes of Christmas has become part of their family’s annual Christmas tradition.
The concert has been lavished with critical acclaim. In his review for Classical New Jersey Magazine, Paul Somers wrote, “The whole evening was constructed to introduce gem after gem and still have a finale which raised the roof. In short, it was like a well-constructed fireworks show on the Glorious Fourth.” The Westfield Leader described the concert as “a unique sound of power and glory nowhere else to be found.”
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Photo credit: David Noles
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