Na Rosai

The band has provided music for a wide variety of events from private house concerts to festival stages. We can be background music or a feature performance. We are always happy to share the history behind the music and instruments to create an entertaining and educational experience. Please contact us for more information about how we can customize our performance for your event.

Na Rosai performs traditional Irish, Appalachian, Scottish, and Breton tunes and songs on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes, bouzouki, and whistles. Their focus has been exploring the links between the musical traditions of the British Isles and North America by arranging tunes from the two regions with a traditional sensibility. Na Rosai is Irish Gaelic for "The Roses" in honor of Portland, the City of Roses.

In 2010 Erik Killops returned home to Portland, Oregon after studying Irish Fiddle at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Shortly after he met recent New Hampshire transplant and Irish bouzouki player Richie Rosencrans and California native and piper Preston Howard at sessions around town. In 2012 flute player Conor O'Bryan moved to Portland from Chico, California and immediately joined the ranks of the group.

The band has released two studio albums which are available at the bands website and CD Baby.

Na Rosai is a 4-piece acoustic group. In addition to performing acoustically as in a traditional pub session atmosphere, we have the equipment to amplify our sound or plug into a house PA system. The stage area must be large enough to seat 4 comfortably. The venue should be able to provide four armless chairs.