Andreas Transø
From a young age Andreas has been making music. And with a family like his, it is no surprise that he has continued as a musician into adulthood and now hopes to pass his talents onto the next generation (Andreas is a father, as well).
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Andreas's father is a native of the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea who credits The Beatles with helping him to learn the English language. Many an afternoon was spent on the cobblestone streets of Rønne singing the latest Beatles song to passers by (especially girls) by Poul-Erik and his friends.
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His mother is also an artist and musician from a large family where music and storytelling was celebrated. Robin tells stories of 20 or so fiddle players at the family gatherings of her youth. The Walsh and Flannagan and Riley families had moved to the Rolling Ground area and St. Philip's Parrish throughout the 19th century, but the energy of Irish music never died out, and numerous family members to this day are musicians.
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Andreas studied and performed with choirs, symphonies, musical theater productions, jazz ensembles and pick-up bands during his time in high school and throughout
his time at university. His academic life saw him receive degrees and accreditation from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, the Oideas Gael Irish Language Center in Glencolumcille, Donegal, Ireland, the University of Limerick's Irish World Music Academy in Limerick, Ireland, and St. Mary's College in London, England. He has also represented the United States as a Peace Ambassador with the Call For Peace Drum and Dance Company in Puerto Rico, and has spent time living and working in Davis, California, Liverpool, England, Cambridge, England, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Cork, Ireland. He currently resides in the Madison, Wisconsin area.
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While in Belfast, Andreas worked with BingBangBong and Paul Marshall developing and building instruments for the international touring ensemble STOMP! He also works with The Great Midwestern Educational Theatre Company as a storyteller and "Professor of Harmonic Motion" for the children's summer camp Frogwarts School of Wizardry.
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Andreas has performed at festivals and venues across the United States and Europe, including the Milwaukee Irish Fest, the Lacrosse Irish Fest, the Rochester (MN) Irish Fest, the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Fest, the Dubuque Irish Hooley, the GottaGetGone Folk Fest, the Gays Mills Folk Fest, the Kansas City Irish Fest, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
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He is also a two-time award winning journalist as honored by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and was recognized as one of America's "Top Talents in their 20s" by Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Radio Show.... More >><< Less
