Brightwood Live @TMC Tavern

Friday, November 8, 2024

5:00 PM  7:00 PM

Brightwood  (Brenda Bowen Cox, Mimi Vidaver-Davis, and Tes Slominski) are a  Charlottesville-based trio of Irish musicians who delight in performing  for audiences of all ages. With carefully crafted instrumental music on  Celtic harp, Irish flute, and fiddle—and the occasional interlude of  Irish and Cape Breton step dance!—Brightwood is passionate about the  music of Ireland and its neighbors. Each member of the trio brings  decades of experience. Brenda is a highly regarded harp player in the  southeastern United States and in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she  spends several months every year. Mimi is an experienced Irish and Cape  Breton step dancer and teacher in addition to her prowess on the Irish  flute and tin whistle. Tes co-founded the Blue Ridge Irish Music School  (BRIMS) in 1999 and went on to receive a Ph.D. in Music. All three  members of Brightwood teach at the Blue Ridge Irish Music School and can  be seen performing throughout Central Virginia.