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Celtic Fusion
Fusion
Fusion occurs when Irish performers and composers mix elements from other traditions with Irish music
Traditional Irish features:Last note repeatedModalNo dynamicsOrnamentationPerformance unaccompanied Use of traditional Irish instruments and
dances are other features of traditional Irish music
Fusion
Fusion is heard when non-traditional features and instruments are combined in pieces with more traditional elements
Popular fusions occur between:Irish trad and rock (Horslips’ Dearg Doom)
Fusion
Irish trad and classical (Shaun Davey’s Granuaile Suite)
Fusion
Irish trad and jazz (Micheál Ó Súilleabháin’s Oiche Nollag)
Fusion
Irish trad and pop (The Corrs’ Runaway)
Fusion
Irish trad and ethnic traditions (Afro Celt Sound System’s Release)
Fusion
Even Irish trad and hip hop (House of Pain)
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Born in Tipperary in 1950 Studied music in UCC and
Queen’s Now Chair of Music at
University of Limerick where he founded the Irish World Music Centre
Also has a very successful career as a performer and composer who fuses Irish music with Jazz and Classical sounds
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin would have had a very classical style of training in music while he was a student in UCC in the 1970s
He was trained to play the piano and harpsichord
He mixes his love for Irish music with his classical training in his pieces and has developed a unique style as a performer and composer
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Classical Features
Classical elements in his music include:
the frequent use of the piano (heard in Oiche Nollag and Fiach an Mhada Rua)
the inclusion of orchestra on occasion (Between Worlds and (Must be more) Crispy)
the use of dynamics and expression (The Pretty Milkmaid)
the use of scale-like runs the inclusion of harmony and
accompaniment
Mícheál Ó SúilleabháinIrish Features
Irish elements in his music include: a very rhythmic style of piano playing the inclusion of ornamentation repeated last notes extended use of dance rhythms (jig in
The Fox Chase, reel in Oiche Nollag) the use of Irish instruments, notably
the bodhran and bones (played often by Mel Mercier)
Mícheál Ó SúilleabháinJazz Features
In 1993 he founded the ensemble, Hiberno-Jazz
Free form jazz is his chosen type of jazz. This places strong emphasis on improvisation
Jazz features heard include: Use of jazz notes (flattened 3rd and
7th) Use of jazz instruments, notably the
saxophone, often played by Kenneth Edge
Use of syncopated rhythms