Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle) and Glen Waddell (guitar, voice) will be playing tunes and singing songs at the Public House from 7-9pm. Come on out, grab beverage of choice, and have a listen!
Dréos featuring Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, flute), Brandon Vance (fiddle, voice), and Glen Waddell (guitar, voice) will be playing original and traditional Celtic tunes and singing songs, 2-4pm on January 19 at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
At CiRCE’s second symposium in January 2025, we will explore the Quadrivium. In this upcoming FORMA conference and subsequent journal, scholars from the home to the university will come together to explore both the traditional role of the Quadrivium in classical education and how we can practice these arts today. Topics may include (but are not limited to): better understanding one of the four arts within the Quadrivium, contemplating challenges we face in teaching the Quadrivium in a contemporary context, exploring different ways the Quadrivium was approached or understood within the tradition, considering a master teacher within the Quadrivium, considering a contemporary college or school as a case study for teaching the Quadrivium, casting a vision for the Quadrivium in American education, etc.
Dr. Eliot Grasso will be presenting on the role of music in education.
Welcome aboard the 8th Annual Shamrock Cruise!
Boarding at the Caruthers Street with free and secured parking. 4-7pm.
Come enjoy the annual Shamrock Cruise onboard the Portland Spirit for a three-hour cruise on the Willamette with the music and dance of Ireland all communities and ages.
Each deck has live entertainment of music from DREOS and The Katie Jane Band and dancers, the Rowan Fae Irish Dance Company Troupe!
There is a bistro, no-host, food on one level and full bars on all levels for your pleasure to purchase.
Community Comments
"This is our new familiy tradition!"
"A floating St. Patrick's Day that we loved! Truly the best family event in Portland."
"Our family hopes this will go on every year. So much fun and the views of our river are great!"
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Adult Tickets: GA Online - $55 | GA Door - $60
Childrens Tickets: Add a GA ticket to your cart to select the following tickets
Ages 12-17: $35 online | Door $40
Ages 6-11: $20 online | Door $25
Ages 0-5: Free | Accompanied by paying adult
ADA: Accessible boarding is on the first level, please call the Portland Spirit to arrange and visit www.portlandspirit.com/faq for more information.
All ages are welcome.
Tickets are non-refundable
We’ll be playing tunes and singing songs for St. Patrick’s Day! Come on out, grab a pint, and have a listen!
An evening of live music and dance at the Waverly! Bring your dancing shoes!
A Christmas concert featuring Jeff Johnson (keys and vocal) with special guests Eliot Grasso (flute, whistle & pipes) and Brandon Vance (violin). Suggested donation: $20
The Hosanna Performing Arts Foundation presents its annual show, Adventures in Narnia. Now entering our 22nd season, this family-friendly event features more than 70 local performers, and combines ballet, modern, tumbling, and theater, all original choreography, and music by Eliot Grasso & Dréos.
Tickets begin at $22 per person.
Advanced ticket purchase is encouraged.
Limited tickets may be available at the door at $27 per person.
All theatre guests must have a purchased ticket, including lap-held infants and toddlers.
Three performances to choose from:
Saturday, December 14 at 1:00 pm & 6:00pm
Sunday, December 15 at 4:00pm
An evening of traditional dance accompanied by live music.
Eliot and Adam will present an evening of introspective and lively Irish traditional music on uilleann pipes, whistle, guitar, and voice.
Once Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and took the city of Rome, he was on top of the world–for a time. But his monarchical approach to leadership made the Senate increasingly uncomfortable and led ultimately to his bloody demise on the Senate floor. In this Great Books Symposium, we will discuss Shakespeare’s history play about Caesar to gain insight into the nature of leadership, betrayal, and politics in ancient Rome.
A webinar for K-12 teachers in the private school, the public school, and the homeschool.
Maximum Attendees: 20, so be sure to reserve your spot early. The session will be recorded and made available to those who have registered.
We’ll be playing Irish traditional music and songs in the peerlessly energetic environment of Springfield’s Public House! Bring a friend, grab yourself a drink, enjoy a tasty meal, and have a listen!
Living well is an art. And the purpose of a Liberal Arts education is to produce artists who have the skills and knowledge to live good lives. While the term art typically refers to people who practice fine arts like music, dance, painting, sculpture, and poetry, I propose a broader concept of art and how art--properly practiced--can shape our lives and learning in beneficial ways.
Young children are sponges. They absorb everything: language, ideas, and customs. As they mature, they continue to absorb, but they also gain the capacity to judge new information. They are becoming independent. Maturity and independence do not come easily or quickly, however; they are the products of a lifelong search for truth in humility before God. Nor is independence optional. We have a moral responsibility to hold fast to God’s truth and not succumb to the pressures and assumptions of the world. At this year’s Education Conference, Gutenberg College invites you to explore with us the challenge of teaching and finding independence of mind.
In Medieval Scandinavia, where monsters and dragons roamed the wilds, we find the great Beowulf. Through acts of cunning, bravery, and brute strength, Beowulf responds to many difficult circumstances. What is it that makes a hero? Is it what one accomplishes? What one becomes? What one intends? In this webinar, we will raise this and other pressing questions while practicing the art of discussion together.
presented for Gutenberg College Great Books Symposium
Dréos will perform for a lively evening of English Country Dancing.
No one in Middle Earth would dare mistake a hobbit for a human. Yet, Tolkien’s classic literary work The Hobbit does indeed shed light on what it means to be human. As we trek alongside a determined band of dwarves (and their burglar), we will ask what characters’ responses to danger, deception, and delight have to teach us about the human condition. Come learn more from Dr. Eliot Grasso on humanity within the classic tale of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
presented for the CiRCE Institute
In this annual feature, experts and master teachers model effective, inspiring, and insightful conversations about great works of art related to the conference theme.
Music students of Eliot Grasso’s Private Music Studio will hang out together, listen to each other play, and celebrate their progress in learning Irish traditional music.
Dr. Eliot Grasso to give Gutenberg College Commencement Address
Leader: Dr. Eliot Grasso, Vice President and Tutor, Gutenberg College
Imagine that you are imprisoned on trumped up charges awaiting execution. You reflect on your unfortunate situation and ask yourself "Why do the wicked prosper? Why do the virtuous suffer pains and injustices? What is truly good? What is the meaning of life?" This is where the 6th-century Roman philosopher Boethius (AD c. 477-524) was when he penned The Consolation of Philosophy. Boethius's timeless work has been read consistently for centuries giving voice and insight to some of humanity's most complex questions about fate, fortune, truth, and virtue. In this seminar for Great Hearts’ Academy for Classical Teachers, we will interact with Boethius's work to see how one of Western Civilization's greatest minds responded to these looming questions.
The fun begins after the sound check at 7:30pm. All dances are taught and called as we dance until 11pm. (13 and older please.)
No experience or partner required, just folks that want to enjoy an evening of music (yes, you may attend and just enjoy the music) and dance.
Jeff will be leading a special Palm Sunday Selah Service at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church on Camano Island, WA at 5PM. He will be joined by singer and long-time collaborator, Janet Chvatal & instrumentalist, Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, whistles, & flute).
Broken Wide Open is a solo theatre show featuring Shana Pennington-Baird telling her story about surviving an aortic dissection while traveling alone in Ireland. This hour-long musical story includes ten songs and forty minutes of comedic and dramatic narrative including a 6-person Celtic band. This poignant and hysterical show takes the audience through the harrowing and terrifying experience of almost dying alone and what it took to get back home to Seattle.
TICKETS HERE
> Thursday, March 7, 2024, 7:30PM
> Friday, March 8, 2024, 7:30PM
> Saturday, March 9, 2024, 7:30PM
> Sunday, March 10, 2024, 1:30PM
Paper presentation at CiRCE’s FORMA Symposium titled “The Art of Living Well through the Practice and Patterns of Music.”
Christmas Presence is an offering of stories and songs centering on the joys, struggles, humor, and mystery of Christmas. Featuring the music of Dréos and guest Martha Moultry, the company renders characters ranging from the Innkeeper and the Wise Men to children and housewives, interspersed with sublime, evocative music.
More about Narrow Shoes Productions.
Cast – David Snider, Jeany Van Meltebeke Snider, Martha Moultry
Music by Dréos – Eliot Grasso, Brandon Vance, Glen Waddell with pianist Julianne Shepard.
A concert of stirring Celtic instrumental and vocal from Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle) and Adam Hendey (guitar and voice).
At Festival of Ideas, speakers from a variety of disciplines, including mathematics, literature, philosophy, science, art, music, and history aim to give participants a taste of what true leisure feels like: a gateway to the good life--a life in pursuit of beauty, truth, goodness, and perfection. These presentations are intended to inspire great conversations filled with wonder, passion, and discovery.
In the long absence of King Richard, sinister Sheriff of Nottingham claims power. Enigmatic, unstoppable Robin Hood matches with brave, brilliant Maid Marian. BFan’s 2023 world premiere is irresistible dance theater, great personality, and a story where good wins.
Featuring BFan’s legendary new dance theater, international artists, and an all-female creative team at the helm.
The Odyssey of These Days is an original, two-part collaboration of fine arts, live music, and dance by local creators, featuring paintings by Wesley Hurd, compositions by Eliot Grasso, live music by Dréos, and choreography by Tiese Morgan and Dance Veritas. Act 1 explores the human struggle to find hope amidst grief and loss, giving kinetic, visual, and aural texture to humanity’s inarticulable responses to suffering and the redemptive power of hope. Act 2 celebrates the heartwarming complexity of living in community, presenting a playful snapshot of family life that is sure to delight and inspire.
Ancient Ireland is a mesmerizing world driven by elemental powers and dragons, gatekeepers to other worlds and guardians of the treasures of the universe. Summers span decades.Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle to battle Stoorwyrm begins.Fierce movement, riotous live music, dragons, goddesses, treasure.
LIVE MUSIC: Gerry Rempel (Music Director, electric/acoustic guitars, bouzouki), Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle, fiddle), John Polese (keyboards, accordion, recorder), Oscar Watson (acoustic/electric percussion), Rick Carter (acoustic/electric bass), and Cindy Kenny and Alyse Jamieson (vocalists).
Eliot Grasso is an award-winning, internationally recognized performer and recording artist. Grasso has performed extensively at venues including Constitution Hall, the Library of Congress, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, National Geographic, and the Kennedy Center. He has collaborated with actor Russell Crowe, Grammy-winning conductor David Sabee, and Garrison Keillor. Contemporaries claim that Grasso’s “intuitive sense of melodic and technical variation make him one of the most creative and dynamic musicians in the contemporary world of Irish traditional music,” and call him “one of the finest uilleann pipers in the history of Irish music in America.”
LIVE BROADCAST: This concert will be live broadcast to international audiences (Sunday, Mar. 8 @ 2:30 pm PST)—see link below.
