Event

The Brianna Brown Band

The Brianna Brown Band is a traditional Irish music project from St. Louis featuring All-Ireland World Champion, Brianna Brown.

Brianna is a talented, young multi-instrumentalist from St. Louis, MO. She is a two-time All-Ireland World Champion. At age 11, she won the 2015 All-Ireland World Championship in the under-12 concertina, and in 2016, she won the All-Ireland World Championship in the under-12 mouth organ (harmonica). She is the youngest American to ever win a world title at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, and the first to ever win in the concertina and mouth organ under-12 categories. She has recently won a Silver medal in the mouth organ competition at the 2018 All-Ireland World Championships in Drogheda.

Brianna is a six-time Midwest Fleadh Champion on the concertina, harp, mouth organ, and tin whistle. She has qualified to compete at the world championships an astounding 58 times since the age of seven in multiple categories.

For this performance, Brianna will be accompanied by renowned local musician and educator, Lisa Gilbert on flute and whistle; Dr. Tim Yau on fiddle, guitar, and bouzouki; and Matthew Brown on bodhrán. There might even be a special guest or two joining in for a few tunes.