Pat Mangan - Fiddle

Patrick Mangan is from Brooklyn, New York, where the two-time All-Ireland fiddle champion studied with renowned fiddler and teacher Brian Conway. At sixteen, Patrick appeared in Riverdance on Broadway, becoming the youngest fiddler in the show's history. Patrick joined the John Whelan Band in 1999, with whom he toured throughout the US and Europe. He has also appeared with the Cathie Ryan Band, and with the neo-Celtic group Whirligig. Noted Irish Echo and Wall Street Journal music critic, Earle Hitchner, has stated that he "embodies all that is admirable and durable about the Irish tradition in America." In Spring 2002, Patrick was awarded first prize honors for instrumental composition in the Bertelsmann Foundation's World of Expression competition for his piece, "September Sky." Patrick's debut CD, 'Farewell to Ireland' is available now at www.cdbaby.com/mangan