Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey

We are delighted to be hosting this concert in conjunction with the Arts Centre. A musical event of international calibre as award-winning Irish-Kiwi musician Dave Flynn brings his critically acclaimed Celtic Guitar Journey to the South.

Dave Flynn is an award-winning Irish composer and musician, praised as ‘a masterful guitarist‘ in Sing Out! Magazine. His imaginative compositions, celebrated in the New York Times for their ‘power and grittiness‘ transcend traditions and borders.

Flynn started his musical career as a rock/pop guitarist and singer-songwriter before moving into classical and Irish folk. He has gone on to redefine orchestral music by creating the cross-genre Irish Memory Orchestra: a ‘formidable collective of musicians’ (The Irish Times) - and the first and only orchestra in the Western world to perform exclusively by memory.

In ‘Celtic Guitar Journey‘ he presents beautiful guitar arrangements of Irish and Scottish traditional music, exploring the musical connections between these, and other, ‘Celtic’ countries.

He has appeared live at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Irish Arts Center; Moscow’s Kremlin Armory Chamber and Catholic Cathedral; Dvorak Hall, Prague and the Sori International Festival, South Korea.

Flynn reimagines Irish and Scottish traditions through virtuosic arrangements that blend Celtic, classical, and flamenco styles. The programme journeys from ancient Irish clan marches and baroque harp music by Turlough O’Carolan to 19th-century jigs and reels, interwoven with Flynn’s own ground-breaking compositions.
New Zealand audiences will also enjoy Flynn’s Irish-style tunes inspired by his years touring here, creating a unique Irish-Kiwi connection.

Flynn is a dual resident of New Zealand and Ireland and, with his wife Celia, spends around three months each year here, mostly spent around Mangawhai in Northland, when not touring around New Zealand.

He has toured around Europe, Japan and New Zealand.

Please note this is an event hosted at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, and is at a different time and venue than standard Sunday concerts.

Folk Club membership discount applies.