I’m John Maschinot, welcome to the Celtic Company website!
I’m a musician - I've been performing and teaching since the 1980s. I play uilleann pipes, Irish flute, tin whistle and bodhran. And I love to collaborate with other great musicians and dancers!
So I formed the Celtic Company way back in the last century as a means to present the many bands and productions that I’m involved with, as well as my work as a solo performer and teacher.
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Here are some of the bands and projects that I'm working with, as well as info on my solo work
just click on any of the sections for more details. Enjoy!
THE KINNIGANS
A four piece band of brilliant musicians that captures the vitality, verve, vim and vigor of the Irish music hall of the last century, The Kinnigans offer a delightful performance sure to get you out of your seat - or at the very least, tap your feet!
ENSEMBLE O'CAROLAN
Atlanta's Ensemble O'Carolan crosses the borders between Irish traditional and classical music. At home at an intimate wedding ceremony or on concert stage, Ensemble O’Carolan is equally equipped to raise the rafters at a party or reception with a host of foot-stomping traditional Irish jigs and reels.
AH SURELY
Featuring Olivia Bradley (step-dance, bodhran and hauntingly beautiful vocals in English and Irish Gaelic), John Maschinot (uilleann pipes and Irish flute), Evan Kinney (guitar and bouzouki), Ah Surely
THE CELTIC COMPANY TRIO
Featuring Ace Irish fiddler Bella Issokova, Evan Kinney on guitar and bouzouki and John Maschinot on uilleann pipes and Irish flute, The Celtic Company trio packs a punch with powerful Irish dance tunes and songs.
JOHN MASCHINOT
Thirty years of piping, entertaining and educating,John Maschinot is an adventurous performer who links past to present with a reverence for tradition and a wry wit. Wielding the spellbinding uilleann pipes (a softer-spoken Irish relative of the Great Scottish Highland bagpipes) and the enchanting Irish wooden flute and tin whistle, Maschinot takes his audience on a captivating journey through time and place.