Ceilidh Band
The College Ceilidh Band currently features
mainly flautists, violinists and guitarists, but other instruments can
also be catered for. It meets once a week on Thursday evenings in the
New Music School and is led by Mr de Cogan. The band has been involved
in three school ceilidhs and a video recording for the School DVD.
Members of the Band have also taken part in performances at York
University and at the Thornborough Festival.
The Ampleforth College Ceilidh Band is forging ahead putting down the tracks in preparation of it's first ever CD album release. The two tracks completed so far are the medieval French dance tune "The Horses Brawl" and the song "Ride On" made famous by the legendary Christy Moore.
The next tracks to be recorded will be dance sets of Scottish reels, marches and airs with guest appearances from members of the Ampleforth Pipe Band. In keeping with the times tracks will be available to download from this site free of charge but only until the release of the CD, after that only 30 second extracts can be downloaded as taster samples. The recordings have all been made in the College Recording studios and many thanks go to all the Music Technology students for their invaluable help.
Listen to two tracks from our forthcoming album
Horse's Brawl
Ride On