The 2019 Southern California Tionól will take place over the weekend of November 1, 2 & 3, 2019.

Our guests this year will be Sean Gavin & Tom Klein.

This years classes and party are in the home of Gabriel & Eileen McKeagney.

The concert will be held in the beautiful Spanish Mission town of San Juan Capistrano's Library.

Friday evening will be al meet and greet/session. Classes will be held during the day on Saturday followed by the concert that evening. On Sunday Barry O'Neill will present a talk on the pipes and piping of Patsy Touhey.

This year Sunday will also feature a flute workshop with Sean Gavin.

Piping Workshops Only: $100
Flute Workshop Only: $50
Piping & Flute Workhop: $125
Concert Only: $20 suggested donation at the door.

Anyone that buys a flight to attend earns a $25 discount off registration.

Workshop Location:

Gabriel McKeagney's home, San Juan Capistrano. (address available upon direct communication)

Concert Location:

7:30PM - San Juan Capistrano Library, 31495 El Camino Real, in San Juan Capistrano - (about a mile from Gaby's house)

There's a new hotel in the neighborhood! It's a 1/4 mile walk from Gaby's house, Hampton Inn & Suites Mission Viejo, CA

Sean Gavin’s playing on the flute, whistle and uilleann pipes reflects his lifelong love for Irish traditional music. Growing up in Detroit, he was first encouraged to take up Irish music by his father, Clare fiddle player Mick Gavin. Sean played a variety of instruments before settling on the flute at the age of eleven with the help of flute-player Leo Mac Namara, a native of Scariff, Co. Clare. Not long after, he began work on the uilleann pipes with teacher Al Purcell—himself a student of famed Dublin-born piper Leo Rowsome.

He and his family continue to lend much of their energies to the promotion of Irish traditional music in the Detroit area. In more recent years, Sean has been fortunate to form a friendship with flute legend Kevin Henry and others of the older generation of musicians living in Chicago where he currently lives. He is a member of the critically acclaimed groups Nic Gaviskey and Bua, as well as often performing with the Irish band Téada. He enjoys teaching and performing throughout world and currently serves as the musical director for the sean-nós dancing performance ensemble Atlantic Steps.

Tom has played the pipes for much of his adult life. He has been instructed in the art of uilleann piping by many of today’s greatest pipers. He performs for weddings, memorials, parties and other occasions. Tom was raised playing classical music (clarinet). “I received a spontaneous conversion to folk music when I heard the first notes of Finbar Furey’s uilleann pipe playing”, Tom says. He was a member the early ‘90s group Clumsy Lovers (winner of the 1996 Minnesota Music Award for Best Traditional Music Group), as well as the groundbreaking Field Day. In these groups he played mostly whistle, guitar and didgeridoo, instruments he plays in addition to the pipes. He has performed or recorded with Laura MacKenzie, Dean Magraw, Katie McMahon, Daithi Sproule, Dan “Daddy Squeeze” Newton, The HiBs, Chad McAnally, story teller Kevin Kling, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, St. Olaf Orchestra, Twin Cities Women’s Choir, and The Actors Theatre of Minnesota. Solo and in ensemble, Tom has been heard on Minnesota Public Radio’s “The Morning Show”, and “Midmorning” as well as KFAI Radio’s “Century Song”. He is a member of the Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club(GNIPC), a non-profit organization devoted to fostering uilleann piping in the Upper Midwest