Harp and Fiddle Duo: Eileen Gannon and Eimear Arkins in Concert

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: Advance sale tickets are $20 - tickets are $25 at the door; youth under 16 free with an adult.

Location: "The Gallery" at the H.A.R.P. Museum located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley at 623 Columbia St., Utica

Tickets: https://bit.ly/4l0gFjU or at Five Points Public House

Contact: Chris Hoke at (315) 733-4228 Ext. 6 or irishccmv@gmail.com

Join us in the H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM for a great evening of Traditional Irish Harp and Fiddle music, featuring the multi-talented duo of Eileen Gannon and Eimear Arkins.

Eimear Arkins and Eileen Gannon have been lighting up the Irish music scene in St. Louis and beyond for the past several years. Their musical duet has toured across the US, Ireland and further afield.

Incredible Creds!

Eimear is an award-winning singer and fiddle player from County Clare with eleven solo Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (World Irish Music Championships) titles to her credit. She has performed throughout the US and Ireland with acclaimed bands like Cherish The Ladies, Téada, and The Paul Brock Band. She has toured extensively with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Ireland, Britain, North America and Canada. Eimear’s debut CD, “What’s Next?”  was released in 2018, and on the back of that she was named “Best Newcomer” by LiveIreland 2019. She recently released her second album “Here & There.”

Eileen, a St. Louis native, is one of the top Irish harp players in the world. She has won numerous accolades including the highly coveted Senior Harp title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. She has a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from St. Louis University and a master’s degree in Ethnomusicology from University of Limerick. Eileen launched her debut solo CD, “The Glory Days Are Over,” to great acclaim in the summer of 2017.

Eileen and Eimear are both tutors at St. Louis Irish Arts and have been guest artists at numerous festivals throughout the world, including Catskills Irish Arts Week, New York; World Expo 2015, Milan; St. Louis Tionól; Canadian Celtic Celebration, Canada; O’Flaherty Retreat, Texas and Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France.

Together they will perform a beautiful blend of haunting harp melodies, sean-nós songs, and plenty of toe-tapping dance tunes!

See for yourself what the buzz is all about!

This intimate concert will be held in The Gallery; the H.A.R.P. Museum’s performance space on the 2nd floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St. in Utica.

Whether you're a lifelong fan of Irish music or just discovering it for the first time, this duo will leave you inspired, uplifted, and tapping your toes! ☘️

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