Current Chronicle

Brief essays on the status and current use of the concertina around the globe, plus announcements of current events

Country Correspondents

North America: Dan Worrall (Editor)
Ireland: Tim Collins
Great Britain: Harry Scurfield
South Africa: Stephaan van Zyl
Australia: Warren Fahey
Germany: TBA

Current Chronicle

Item Number Author Title Posting Date
10 Harry Scurfield Current Chronicle for Great Britain, 3 8 Jan 2021
9 Warren Fahey Current Chronicle for Australia, 3 5 July 2020
8 Dan Worrall Current Chronicle for North America, 1 21 June 2020
7 Warren Fahey Current Chronicle for Australia, 2 19 April 2020
6 Harry Scurfield Current Chronicle for Great Britain, 2 20 November 2018
5 Warren Fahey Current Chronicle for Australia, 1 14 December 2017
4 Dan Worrall House Dance 14 December 2017
3 Harry Scurfield Current Chronicle for Great Britain, 1 11 March 2017
2 Stephaan van Zyl Current Chronicle for South Africa, 1 11 March 2017
1 Tim Collins Current Chronicle for Ireland, 1 11 March 2017

Announcements

 

Event Title Event Date Event Website Event Description Posting Date
Concertina Weekend at the Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival (East Texas) March 28-30, 2019 http://www.oldpalmusic.com/Home.html The Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival is a wonderful annual gathering of traditional musicians in the Piney Woods of East Texas. March 14th 2019
Consairtín 2019 April 25-28, 2019 http://www.consairtin.ie The National Concertina Convention (Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland) March 14th 2019
“Concerto in A for Concertina and String Orchestra” by James Cohn June 7 and 9, 2019 https://www.porttownsendorchestra.org/concerts/ The “Concerto in A for Concertina and String Orchestra” by James Cohn will be performed by Otto Smith with the Port Townsend Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tigran Arakelyan. Read more… March 14th 2019
Concertina Weekend at the Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival (East Texas)  March 22-24, 2018 http://www.oldpalmusic.com/Home.html  The Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival is a wonderful annual gathering of traditional musicians in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Read more…  January 27th 2018
Consairtín 2018 April 6th- 8th, 2018 http://www.consairtin.ie The National Concertina Convention (Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland) December 12th, 2017

Concertina Weekend at the Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival (East Texas)

 March 23-25, 2017 http://www.oldpalmusic.com/Home.html The Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival is a wonderful annual gathering of traditional musicians in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Read more…  December 31st, 2016