Switchback to perform benefit concert at Rosary High School

Internationally-renowned band Switchback will perform a benefit concert "Traveling Down An Irish Road" at Rosary High School in Aurora. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in the auditorium, 901 N. Edgelawn Drive.

Tickets are $30 or $25 for students. Rosary Parents Auxiliary is offering an optional reception for $10 per person. Enjoy appetizers beginning at 7 p.m. and desserts during intermission.

Described as American Roots and Celtic Soul, Switchback is the award-winning duo of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack. The band draws on traditional Celtic music and original Americana songs that reflect their Irish heritage and Midwestern roots.

FitzGerald and McCormack have written many Irish songs that ring as true as the ancient ballads of Finn McCool's time and yet, as Irish-Americans, their sound carries a musical distillation that rings Irish but with a slight bluegrass resonance.

Switchback tours throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Netherlands, playing more than 200 engagements a year. Their television specials, "The Americana Sessions" and "The Celtic Sessions," have aired on PBS stations throughout the U.S. In addition, Switchback regularly presents outreach programs for schools, community events, senior citizen groups, and special needs audiences. They offer outreach programs on Celtic music, songwriting, and music appreciation as well as music residencies.

Tickets are available online at www.rosaryhs.com/switchback.