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.Declan Aungier: Accordionist.
Declan
has been with Café Orchestra since February 2004, he began playing
accordion at nine years of age and became a professional musician at
twenty-one.
Before joining Café Orchestra he spent many years accompanying
Irish artists at home and overseas.
Declan began his musical studies with the Piano accordion, he is also
a very competent pianist and guitarist.
In recent years he changed over to the Continental chromatic-five row
button Accordion- which is very popular in Eastern European countries
and Europe.
He is generally at home playing Musette, Tango, Traditional Irish, swing
and light classical.
Patrick Collins: Violinist
Patrick Collins has been playing around Ireland and Europe
for the last thirty years! His Discography is the best road map to what
he has done during that time:
The Phantom Orchestra…….. "VOILA"………………………..
Philips.
The Jazz Phantoms & Louie Stewart"YESTERDAYS" Philips.
Hotfoot. "Hotfoot" Mystery Records:MRLP002.
Café Orchestra. "Tres Café" Gourmet Records.
Café Orchestra "Topaz" Gourmet Records.
Café Orchestra "After hours" Gourmet Records.
Café Orchestra "Feelgood" Gourmet Records.
Café Orchestra:" The Kilworth Concert" Fourplay Records.
FRCD0005.
Camillus: a concerto for piano& Violin Big Records.BIG001.
Double Standards; Double Standards. Arthouse Records:AHCD 1001.
The Paris Concert: The Paris Concert. Arthouse Records:AHCD 2002.
Please note: The last four titles are available through Papal on the
website.
John Whelan: Guitarist. {Spanish & acoustic}
Much
in demand as a studio and live musician, he is capable of a variety of
styles from Traditional Irish Music to Jazz, Gypsy and Latin.
The music from his debut album "End of Autumn" has been used
extensively in Television documentaries for RTE and BBC.
John has toured and recorded with many artists, including: Mary Coughlin,
Maire Breatnach, Lorraine Jordan and Sonny Condell, Faolan and Sean Kean.
Arty Mc.Glynn and Steve Cooney, to name but a few.
John is also working with Puck Fair- a group formed by Flautist Brian
Dunning {Night Noise, Jeff Johnston} He has toured in Denmark and the
USA with Violinists Lars Kristensen and Classical Virtuoso Anker Buch