Meet the members of Road to the Isles:

George Balderose - “George has a virtuoso’s gift” ... NY Times; “Virtuosic piper:.. MOMA, NYC. ...

Dublin-born fiddler and West Virginia State Fiddle Champion, Oliver Browne has been playing Irish fiddle since he was seven years old. His early lessons were with Padruig O’Keefe and Denis Murphy. ...

Melinda Crawford - a U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion, performs frequently for Scottish highland games, Celtic festivals, and concerts throughout the United States ...

Richard Hughes - For over 50 years, Richard Hughes has been performing traditional folk music from Ireland, Scotland, Australia, and the United States ...

Rebecca Craig - started dancing at age six, taking lessons from Joyce McIntosh. She has performed at Tartan Day celebrations, Robert Burns dinners, and many other Scottish events ...

Cliodhna Graven - has studied Irish Dance since the age of 5 at the Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance, in Pittsburgh. A Championship level competitor, Cliodhna is ranked Regionally and Nationally ...

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by the Vira I. Heinz Endowment; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Funding for concert performances and workshops by Road to the Isles is available to non-profit presenters throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. For more information contact PennPat at (www.pennpat.org) (215)496-9424, or Music Tree at () (412) 323-2707.