Lively Irish music for the whole family from the best and brightest musicians in the tradition!

Station Island Quartet brings together a vibrant new Northwest ensemble of musicians to shape a special Celtic repertoire for RCT's Irish Sundays. Corvallis fiddler Shari Ame and Vancouver cellist and mandolinist Jesse Schafer create a textured and playful soundscape, ranging from soaring and euphoric to dark and grumbly, with influences ranging far and wide. They are joined by Corvallis-based Tracy Daugherty, who brings both drive and melodic range to his bodhran, and Marjorie Sandor, who has found a home in the dark rich chords of a guitar in DADGAD tuning. The band's name pays homage to the great Irish poet Seamus Heaney, and his poem, Station Island, about an ancient pilgrimage site in County Donegal, where, according to legend, St. Patrick found a portal to Purgatory. "Strike your note!" writes the poet, and together, they do.