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Noonan, Jimmy (1962-)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1962-

Biographical note

Jimmy Noonan performed, recorded, and taught Irish music on flute and tin whistle in the Boston area. With family ties to County Clare he grew up in Ohio and was a two-time U.S. Western champion on whistle and flute. He has performed at Irish music festivals in the United States and Ireland and taught whistle for many years at Boston College. In 2005 he was inducted into the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Northeast Region Hall of Fame, and in 2014 he received a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in the Traditional Arts.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Afternoon and Evening Masters Concerts, 1993 October 10

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

The last two of the five recordings (148089-0003 and 148089-0004) each contain some content from October 8th events. It appears that the original October 8 recordings were mostly recorded over during the October 10th Masters Concerts. The last five minutes of 148089-0003 is the October 8th New England Contra Dancing event, and 148089-0004 contains more New England Contra Dancing followed by Cape Breton Set Dancing (see "Irish Sets and Ceili Dancing" for the continuation of this event).

Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 1993 October 10

Concert "The Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton Music of Boston", followed by the Irish Céilí and Set Dancing, and lastly a recital by uilleann piper Matty Connolly, 1993 October 9

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 1993 October 9

Gaelic Roots Weekend, video recording by Tommy Joyce, 1993 October 8-10

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Excerpts from: Friday Paddy Keenan concert; Seisiun Mor; Saturday Step Dancing Demonstration; Saturday Concert; Sean Potts whistle workshop; Sunday family musicians concert; and Sunday Afternoon Masters Concert.

Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 1993 October 8-10

"Marie Reilly and Friends" video recording by Tommy Joyce of the Saturday Céilí Mor and an unidentified Sunday event, 1995 September 30-1995 October 1

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 1995 September 30-1995 October 1