Chris Dimond and I are looking forward to premiering our Irish fiddle-inspired duo project doras nua at The Deanery School of Music in Davenport on Wednesday, October 15 at 7 pm, as part of their 2025-2026 Building Bridges series.

The first part of the October 15 program will be presented by award winning classical violinist Emily Nash, then doras nua will play a set with support from one of the Deanery’s directors, Rock Island orchestra director Matt Manweiler, and finally we will be rejoined by Emily for some fiddle tunes together to end the program.

Big thanks to The Deanery and especially to Deanery directors Matt Manweiler and Hannah Holman for organizing the event and to Emily and Matt for generously sharing a stage with us.