Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Series Hosts Irish Tenor For Outreach This Weekend
Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series will host a little bit of Ireland during a three-day residency with singer Paddy Homan.
Homan, from Cork, Ireland, is a Chicago-based traditional Irish Tenor and professional speaker who since his arrival in Chicago has brought his talented voice and quick-witted Cork humor to hundreds of stages and venues in the Chicago area, the Midwest, New England, California, and Hawaii, as well as in Ireland.
Paddy is a frequent keynote speaker in senior living retirement communities where he presents on the role of music in supporting seniors at home and in their residences. His presentation titled, “Music and Alzheimer’s — It’s a game changer!” discusses the role of song and story in supporting people on the journey through dementia.
He is also engaged by many business and civic organizations as singer of Irish traditional songs, of the anthems of Ireland and America, and as a moderator in motivational programs for employees and community audiences.
More information at https://paddyhoman.com/home.
Homan will perform for the public 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at Isabel Bloom headquarters in Davenport. Café Fresh will also serve food. He will perform again at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at The Coffee House on Jersey Ridge Road in Davenport. He will also visit area senior living facilities during his residency.
His free public performance with his band and a featured Irish dancer will be 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Crawford Brew Works, 3659 Devils Glen Rd, Bettendorf, IA 52772. Smash Pizzeria will also serve food from their food truck in the parking lot that afternoon. Educators and school staff are encouraged to email Quad City Arts at info@quadcityarts.com for a special offer to be redeemed during the concert.
Quad City Arts will begin hosting artists for the 2021-2022 Visiting Artist Series this October with a weeklong residency with Invoke, a modern/bluegrass/jazz quartet from Austin, Texas. Residencies will continue through April 2022 and will focus on presenting outreach engagements in schools and community sites in and around the Quad Cities.
Residency host sites can sign up for visits ranging from all-school performances to hands-on workshops or performance opportunities with artists in residence hosted by Quad City Arts.
Since 1974, the Visiting Artist Series has engaged Quad City residents of all ages in quality arts experiences with professional performing artists. Artists of various disciplines present demonstrations, workshops, and master classes at pre-K sites, elementary, intermediate, and high schools as well as college campuses and community organizations.
For more information on this residency program, visit www.quadcityarts.com/vas.
About Quad City Arts
Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts.
Quad City Arts receives significant support for the Visiting Artist Series from Regional Development Authority, Scott County Regional Authority, Bechtel Charitable Trust, National Endowment of the Arts, Iowa Arts Council, Illinois Arts Council, Quad Cities Cultural Trust, The Amy Helpenstell Foundation Fund and the John J. Quail Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, Arts Midwest, The Joyce & Tony Singh Family Foundation, Rock Island Community Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, Melvin McKay Trust, Mary Iva Gittens Knouse Trust, Moline Rotary, Rauch Family Foundation I, Kiwanis Club of Davenport, and Quad City Arts donors.
