Tad Sargent is our concert session series host and guitarist. He has been delighted to see the growing interest in the ICC Concert Session series and looks forward to continuing the project’s Autumn season with these next two mighty guests.
Rita Farrell is a London born uilleann piper, flute, and piano player. With family roots firmly in County Leitrim, her involvement with traditional music started at a young age under the guidance of Marian Gill and Damien Mullane before learning the pipes from leading uilleann piper Emmett Gill.
Farrell is a graduate in architecture from Queen’s University Belfast where she conducted research into soundscapes in Irish music as part of her Masters programme. A regular public performer on the pipes, Farrell features on Na Piobairi Uilleann albums The Rolling Wave, A New Generation of Uilleann Pipers and Mná Na bPíob Uilleann:Vol.1. She has since become a prominent member of the London music scene and continues to teach from her home in the city.