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"Jackie's Song", performed by Ensemble Galilei, featuring Jackie Moran (www.egmusic.com), at the Institute of Musical Traditions (www.imtfolk.org), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA on December 21, 2012.

For many years, Ensemble Galilei has presented their annual Solstice concert to full houses in the Great Hall at Saint John's College in Annapolis. IMT is delighted to be able to bring the show to Takoma Park for the first time. The group includes DC's own Sue Richards on harp and IMT favorite Hanneke Cassel on fiddle, along with Kathryn Montoya on recorders, whistle, oboe, Jackie Moran on percussion, Ryan McKasson on fiddle and viola, and Carolyn Anderson Surrick on viola de gamba.

Ensemble Galilei is made up of some of the best Scottish, Irish, and Early music specialists in the US. But that's not all. What sets them apart is the extraordinary communication between the musicians. A kind of communication that only happens when the people on stage have been playing together for decades. This group has played across the country and back again, and they have earned their reputation as one of the finest crossover groups in the nation. And imagine, a Winter Solstice Concert on the Solstice! Music to heat the darkest night.

"Aside from the ensemble's good musicianship and wonderful way with the myth-evoking, gentle melancholy of Celtic music, the most striking feature was the obvious pleasure the players took in what they were doing." - Ottawa Citizen

Sound: Dave Eisner, Dave Richardson, Jim Batchelder

Camera: Kathie Lillie, Laura Christoplos, Dick Tufts, Ralph Lillie

Editing: Ralph Lillie

© 2012 Institute of Musical Traditions