Upcoming Concerts in Northern Ireland!
23rd June Thursday – The Square Box, Dungannon, 8pm – FREE ADMISSION
25th June Saturday – Armagh Theatre 8pm – £10 entry
And – in the Cavan area – a concert at 3:30pm on Sunday the 26th! email info@celticpsalms.com if you would like to attend.
We had a delightful tour of the Northeast US in March! Thanks to all who contributed to and supported our tour. We hope to do it again! Here is a youtube playlist of songs we performed along the way.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
Friday, March 4th at 7pm – Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
Saturday, March 5th at 1:30pm – Doe Run Presbyterian Church, Coatesville, PA
Sunday, March 6th at 10:30am – Laurel Presbyterian Church, Laurel, MD
Sunday, March 6th at 4pm – St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA
Wednesday, March 9th at 6pm – Norfield Congregational Church, Weston, CT
Friday, March 11th at 7pm – Wellesley Village Church, Boston, MA
Sunday, March 13th at 3pm – Metro Baptist Church, New York City, NY
Please consider donating to help fund our March 2016 tour! Click on the link to find out more.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/celtic-psalms-northeast-us-tour/x/9879360#/
Click below to view the televised service including eight Celtic Psalms arrangements.
http://www.rte.ie/player/us/show/masses-and-services-936/10520798/
Celtic Psalms Northeast US Tour, July 2022
In their first tour since the Covid pandemic, Celtic Psalms will be traveling through the Northeast US from July 1-17, 2022. Kiran Young Wimberly and the McGraths have been singing their arrangements of Psalms set to Celtic melodies for nearly 10 years, and during the pandemic recorded their fourth album along with renowned traditional musician and producer Dónal O’Connor in Belfast. They will be releasing their new album, Celtic Psalms: May We Rise © 2022, while on tour. Bringing together the emotional depth of the Psalms with soulful Celtic melodies, Celtic Psalms offers a healing balm to lift the spirit and remind us that joy and hope can be found even in the midst of difficult times.
Kiran Young Wimberly is a Presbyterian minister and spiritual director based in Northern Ireland (www.kiranyoungwimberly.com). The McGraths (Declan, Kelly, Ellen and Chloe) are a talented musical family from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. Celtic Psalms scores and albums are published by GIA (www.giamusic.com), and their music has been featured on Irish and British national TV and radio. Their music can also be found on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube. See www.celticpsalms.com for more information.
Tour Schedule
www.celticpsalms.com
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Rev. Kiran Young Wimberly is the songwriter, arranger, co-producer and creator of the Celtic Psalms project, which she began in 2013 along with the McGraths and Dónal O’Connor. She is an American Presbyterian minister and spiritual director who first moved to Ireland in 2007 and has a deep love for traditional Irish music. All the Celtic Psalms music has begun as prayer – small and quiet with Kiran’s guitar and voice – and has taken on rich harmonies and instrumental layers through collaboration with the McGraths and Dónal O’Connor.
Learn more about Kiran’s work at www.kiranyoungwimberly.com
Listen to her TEDx talk with Celtic Psalms
The McGraths (in photo left to right – Declan, Ellen, Chloe, Kelly, with Kiran in the middle) have recorded four Celtic Psalms albums with Kiran and Dónal. Their heavenly yet earthy sound has provided the bedrock of Celtic Psalms music since its inception in 2013. They live in Dungannon and support in local arts through drama and music. Kiran and the McGraths have shared their music on live TV and radio in Ireland and Britain, and have also traveled to the US to share their music multiple times.
Ellen and Chloe are the eldest of Declan and Kelly’s five children.
Dónal O’Connor is a renowned Irish fiddler, composer, producer, television presenter from Oriel, Ireland. Dónal has recorded and co-produced all the Celtic Psalms albums at RedBox Recording Studios in Belfast. Dónal’s contibution has added richness and layers, and a sophistication rooted in the best quality of Irish traditional music through his studio in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has been a joy to work with Dónal since 2013.
We are fortunate to have been joined over the years by a number of stellar traditional musicians. Our recordings have included legendary instrumentalists including John McSherry (pipes/whistles), Neil Martin (cello), Niall Hanna (guitar), Jack Warnock (guitar), Eilís Lavelle (harp), Brendan Mulholland (flute), and others. Frequent contributors to our live concerts include Helen Killick (fiddle), Damian Cullen (keyboards), and Cassie Campbell (harp), as well as other friends and collaborators.
Rev. Kiran Young Wimberly is the songwriter, arranger, co-producer and creator of the Celtic Psalms project, which she began in 2013 along with the McGraths and Dónal O’Connor. She is an American Presbyterian minister and spiritual director who first moved to Ireland in 2007 and has a deep love for traditional Irish music. All the Celtic Psalms music has begun as prayer – small and quiet with Kiran’s guitar and voice – and has taken on rich harmonies and instrumental layers through collaboration with the McGraths and Dónal O’Connor.
Learn more about Kiran on her website.
Listen to her TEDx talk with Celtic Psalms
This beloved psalm, describing God shepherding us through green...
Proclaiming God’s power to transform sorrow into ‘dancing and...
Welcome to the homepage for four stunning albums by Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths.
Recorded in Northern Ireland, Celtic Psalms Vol. 1 (2013), Celtic Psalms: The Lord’s My Shepherd Vol. 2 (2015), Celtic Psalms: Rest in the Shelter Vol. 3 (2018), and Celtic Psalms: May We Rise Vol. 4 (2022) are four collections of Psalms set to traditional Irish and Scottish melodies.
Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths have performed in Ireland and in North America, and their music has been featured on Irish (RTE) and British (BBC) national television and radio. GIA Music Publishers have published beautiful scores of all of the Celtic Psalms albums. You can find Celtic Psalms music on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and other digital platforms. Celtic Psalms music allows a space for the ancient words of the Psalms, combined with soulful Celtic melodies, to bring people together in shared humanity, across community divides.
Kiran Young Wimberly and Celtic Psalms were invited to be part of the TEDx Stormont 2024 lineup, with the theme Restore.
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