Dennis Doyle: Celtic
Harp & Song
His Career
video (11 minutes)
Highlights from some gigs:
2008
- Pittsburgh Irish Fair, September 2008
- Concert at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, July 2008
- NPM Conference, August 2008
- Cleveland Irish Fair, July 2008
- Southern California Irish Fair, June 2008
- Dennis Participates in a Forum on "Man's Inhumanity to Man", April 2008
- Celtic Spirituality Retreat with Padraigin Clancy, Tucson, AZ, March 2008
- Religious Education Congress, Anaheim, CA 2008
- Workshops on Celtic Spirituality with Padraigin Clancy, Milwaukee, Portland, St.Paul, February 2008
2007
- Holiday Celebration at the Music Center with the Colburn School Children's Choir, Los Angeles, 2007
- Winter Concert with the Colburn School Children's Choir, Los Angeles, 2007
- Bethlehem Celtic Classic Festival, September 2007
- Pittsburgh Irish Festival, September 2007
- Kenneth Road Festival, Glendale, CA, August 2007
- Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival, July 2007
- Music Under the Stars at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, Encino, CA, July 2007
- Southern California Irish Fair, Irvine, CA, June 2007
- Hollywood's Farmer's Market, St.Patrick's Day 2007
- Irish Festival, Savannah, Georgia, February 2007
- Irish Spirituality Retreat, Oconomowoc, WI, February 2007
2006
- Celtic Retreat at Tucson, December, 2006
- Celtic Winter's Eve Concert at the Performing
Arts Center of Pacific Grove,
California with Erich Sylvester and Wild Rose, November, 2006
- Pittsburgh Irish Festival, September, 2006
- Concert in San Francisco with Erich Sylvester,
August, 2006
- Minnesota Irish Festival, August 2006
- Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival, July 2006
- Concert at Border's
Books, Glendale, CA, July 2006
- Southern California Irish Fair, June 2006
- Concert at Yoga at the Village, Glendale, CA,
April 2006
- Religious Education Congress, Anaheim, CA,
March 2006
- City of Glendale Mayor's Prayer Breakfast,
March 2006
2005
- Pittsburgh Irish Festival, September, 2005
- Minnesota Irish Festival, August 2005
- Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival, July 2005
- Great American Irish Fair, Irvine, CA, June,
2005
- Day of Recollection Brothers of St.Patrick,
April, 2005
2004
2003
2002
Highlights from gigs 1996-2001.
Places Where Dennis has Played.
Interesting Things
- Dennis
opened for the Dixie Chicks at the Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield,
Kansas, September 1992
- Dennis
recently played an entire concert barefoot at the Yoga at the Villiage,
Glendale, CA.
- He
holds a Fainne from the Curtin Branch of the Conradh na Gaeilge
(Milwaukee, WI) for proficiency in the Irish language.
- He
was Co-Chair of the Annual Conference of the North American Association for Celtic
Language Teachers (NAACLT) in Glendale, California.
- He
was recognized as "Irishman of the Year" by the City of Los
Angeles in recognition for his music and his work in promotion of Irish
cultural activities, March 1990.
- Dennis
openned for the Irish band Clannad at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, June 1988
- A
picture of Dennis playing the harp was featured on the Milwaukee County
Transit System bus pass for the week of
August 9-15, 1992.
- Dennis
is an Eagle
Scout, as is his three sons, Evan, Michael and Austin.
- Dennis
received a recognition by the Glendale Citizens for Law and Order on May
1986. Hearing a scream on the street outside his home, he intervened and
prevented a rape.
- He
has played at nearly every Celtic or Irish Festival in North America.
