Cumar

(July 2000) 19 tracks

Cumar, the first intensive Willy Clancy-modelled music school to be run entirely through the medium of Irish, was founded in Connemara in 1999. Cumar, the annual week-long school of indigenous Gaeltacht arts bring together and celebrate different aspects of the arts, namely traditional music, Sean-nós, Sean-nós dancing and the oral tradition. The three main concerts held in Ionad na Foirnéise in Camus during Cumar 1999 were a phenomenal success. No-one anticipated the depth of talent that lesser-known and mainly very young musicians would display. Cumar decided to mark the establishment of the school by producing a live CD of these younger musicians and singers.