Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Danú at the Brooks Center

Published: March 7, 2013

The Irish musicians perform March 14. image by: Danú

CLEMSON — Get a jump-start on your St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Danú’s virtuosi players sharing traditional music of Ireland at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Clemson’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.

Featuring the sounds of the flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, bouzouk and Irish and English vocals, the ensemble was founded in 1994 and is one of the most important traditional Irish ensembles of recent years. Numerous festival appearances, the addition of members and several awards later, the group has released six successful albums and performed on more than 1,000 stages.

Danú’s program includes such pieces as “Clancy’s Farewell to Whiskey” by the band’s guitarist Donal Clancy; “The County Down” by Tommy Sands, which was voted Best Song at the 2004 BBC Folk Awards; and a collection of different dance tunes.

Tickets for Danú are $20 for adults and $10 for students and are available for purchase online at www.clemson.edu/Brooks and through the box office at 864-656-7787 from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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