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All concerts at Peabody are now FREE !
with new opportunities to flourish . ™
competitions . Among them are Paul Cusick , the first American male to win the All-Ireland Championship in 1997 . Mr . Cusick was followed by Michael Belvitch and Patrick Quinn in February 1998 , and Tim Seeman in 2002 . Mr . O ’ Hare began his dance career at the age of 5 at the Dineen School of Irish Dance in Detroit . He began dancing competitively at the national level at age 10 and won his first North American title that year . He went on to win the national championship twice . In 1975 , he placed third in the all-world competition , and won the junior title in 1976 and the senior men ’ s world championship in 1977 . Mr . O ’ Hare ’ s other career highlights include a 1996 tour with the Chieftains and his appearance in the 1998 Disney feature film Mafia , where he was joined by some of his students .
Helen Gallagher
( recorded voice ) Helen Gallagher is known as Maeve Ryan to millions of viewers of ABC ’ s daytime series Ryan ’ s Hope , for which she won three Emmys . She started as a Broadway chorus dancer , performing in Seven Lively Arts , Billion Dollar Baby and Brigadoon , graduated to featured roles in High Button Shoes , Touch and Go ( both on Broadway and in London ), Make a Wish , Pal Joey ( for which she won her first Tony Award ) and made her first starring role in Hazel Flagg . Other credits include the movie Strangers When We Meet and stock appearances in a number of musicals . Ms . Gallagher returned to Broadway as Gwen Verdon ’ s sidekick Nickie in Sweet Charity , nominated for a Tony , and inherited the starring role when Ms . Verdon exited . Then came Mame , Cry For Us All and No , No , Nanette , winning her second Tony . Recent television appearances include Law and Order , a recurring role on All My Children and Cosby Mysteries .
Benjamin Brecher , Christopher Layer and The O ’ Hare Irish Dancers last performed with the BSO in March of 2011 , performing “ A Celtic Celebration ”. Will Ray , Patricia Noonan and Helen Gallagher are making their BSO debuts .

All concerts at Peabody are now FREE !

including :
• Peabody Symphony Orchestra Saturday , April 15 at 8:00 pm
with guest conductor Leonard Slatkin and flutist Marina Piccinini including works by Rimsky-Korsakov , Kernis , and Elgar
• Peabody Conductor ’ s Orchestra Wednesday , April 26 at 2:30 pm
with graduate conducting students under the instruction of Marin Alsop including works by Beethoven , Haydn , and Stravinsky
Limited tickets available . Reserve your seats at peabody . jhu . edu / events or by calling 667-208-6620 .
with new opportunities to flourish . ™
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