Press Kit, for Pat Kane & Amy Lange

Pat Kane is a seasoned showman, being a singer, dancer, actor, and instrumentalist since childhood. On his farm in the hill country of the Canisteo River, he was raised in the traditions of the Grange and of his Irish family. Pat’s cousins still run the family farm in West Clare, Ireland, which Pat visits often. Hence, the name of the band, and his company, West o’Clare.

PAT KANE IS A HARDWORKING, FULL TIME SOLOIST who may entertain for hours without a break or repeat. On fiddle, guitar, and bodhran, he plays jigs, reels, square dances, and hundreds of ballads from Ireland and America.

He has written many fine songs and knows a host of modern selections as well. Pat is often called “the best there is” and has twice won first place for singing at the NYC Fleadh Cheoil. He has produced a good number of albums, hosts a weekly radio show in Elmira, New York.

Pat is a gifted dance instructor and caller, for squares, ceili, and other styles. He often dances and calls at the same time, or can also fiddle and call at once.

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Amy has been active in the arts since elementary school. She began her musical training on piano in second grade, and then progressed on to the bassoon and many other instruments in middle and high school. Her various performances in local community pit orchestras led her to pursue acting and singing as well as instrumental music throughout her high school years. Amy then trained as an orchestral bassoonist and instrumental music teacher at the Eastman School of Music on a full tuition scholarship, and afterwards spent a year performing bassoon with the Irving Symphony in Texas. Currently she teaches instrumental music at Coburn Elementary in Elmira and performs as principal bassoonist with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. You may also recognize her from being involved in numerous community theater performances with Elmira Little Theater and the Market Street Irregulars mystery dinner theater.

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