PORT TOWNSEND — Brian Conway will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Friends Meeting Hall, 1841 Sheridan St., Port Townsend.
Admission is by a $20 suggested donation.
Conway perform traditional Irish music in the Sligo style, which is characterized by a lively tempo, intricate ornamentations or flourishes and a bouncy quality.
The style originated in County Sligo in northwest Ireland.
Conway, who was born in New York City, won two All-Ireland junior titles in the early 1970s and the All-Ireland senior championship in 1986. He has recorded numerous albums, including “The Apple in Winter” with Tony DeMarco, “First Through the Gate,” which was Irish Echo’s 2002 Album of the Year, “A Tribute to Andy McGann” and “Consider the Source.”
Conway recently released “Wallace Avenue,” named after the street in the Bronx on which he grew up.
The album features Conway on fiddle with pianist Brendan Dolan and showcases more than 20 of his former students.
Conway also is the co-author of a new book, “The Brian Conway Fiddle Method.”
