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Raised on a rich blend of traditional musical styles, Mari burst onto the international stage when she became Scotland’s Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion, 2-time U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, and 2-time Canadian Maritime Fiddle Champion, all within a three-year period. Ever since, she has been spreading her love for dance-based music, performing as a featured artist at performing arts centers, Celtic festivals, Scottish Highland Games, celebrated folk venues, world music concert series, and acclaimed classical venues including Carnegie Hall.
Favorite appearances include performing at the seaside Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center in Massachusetts, headlining at the North Texas Irish Festival, joining in with four legendary jazz drummers for “The Whole Drum Truth” at the Yale School of Music’s Ellington Fellowship concert series, and representing the U.S. at the “Festival of Champions” celebration concert at Blair Castle in Scotland. Mari can even be heard (and seen!) in the award-winning video game BioShock: Burial at Sea. She has appeared with such diverse artists as Irish fiddle master Liz Carroll, Americana master Mark O’Connor, and jazzman Willie Ruff, and has been named Canadian Novelty Fiddle Champion, 1st Prize Winner at the American Protégé International String Competition, and 2-time laureate at the American String Teachers’ Association Alternative Styles Awards.
Mari has been featured on the BBC Radio Scotland’s “Take the Floor”, Fox and CBS morning news, and NPR’s “Here and Now,” and her debut album “Flight” has been featured on folk, Celtic, world music radio shows across the country. An enthusiastic collector of passport stamps, she has played concerts in Brazil, Scotland, Canada, China, Korea, Zimbabwe, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, and France...and she can’t wait for the next stop! Currently touring nationally with her trio, Mari's favorite thing to do is sweep audiences away on a spirited musical adventure featuring dance music from around the globe: Celtic, American, and Canadian fiddling, jazz, tango, klezmer, folk, original works, and more!
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The Irish Heritage Center Of Cincinnati
3905 Eastern Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226, United States
Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati
The Irish Heritage Center was founded to promote the Irish Culture through the study of customs, dance, education, film, genealogy, history, language, lectures, literature, music, mythology, poetry, social interaction, song, sport, theater and the visual arts. You don’t have to be Irish to experience all that we have to offer. Everyone is welcome! You just have to want to have a good time.