Michael Smyth brings MacAllistrum's March to the academy's week

The young uilleann piper's County Clare session performance is the Online Academy of Irish Music's only new upload.

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12-Year-Old Uilleann Piper Plays MacAllistrum’s March ☘️ #Shorts

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The camera moves closer to Michael Smyth's hands as he works the chanter and keys, pumping the bellows beside him. There is no introduction or spoken explanation, just the young musician carrying the melody through to its closing phrases.

"12-Year-Old Uilleann Piper Plays MacAllistrum's March ☘️ #Shorts" has gathered about 3,700 views. Taken from the Online Academy of Irish Music's County Clare session, it presents a piece also known as Máirseáil Alasdruim. The academy describes it as descriptive music recalling the Battle of Knocknanuss in County Cork in 1647: a substantial bit of musical storytelling within a brief performance.

It was the sole new upload, and it is also the busiest of the channel's highlighted videos right now. Viewers single out Smyth's control and playing. The longer November session offers more of that musical company, with Kirsten Allstaff, Maitiu Curley and Carla Beggan among the named participants, and a programme stretching from "Danny Boy" to "The Morning Dew".

The academy added around 1,000 subscribers over the week, although its daily viewing is currently well below its usual level. Nearby in the music-lessons world, Tairyu Shakuhachi is drawing views at roughly its normal daily pace, while Sam Griffin Guitar is also having a slower spell.

For learners rather than listeners, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's older beginner Short remains active too, breaking John Brosnan's Polka into phrases on the tin whistle.

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1,390

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