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Our 2008 Instructors (instruments, singing and enrichment classes)

 

ABCs (cyber notation)
Rick Roberts

Arranging for Irish Music Ensembles
Gordon McLeod

Arranging Irish Songs for Performance
Pat Egan

Basic Sound System Operation
Travis Ener
Russ Alvey

Bodhran
Mark Stone

Bouzouki/Octave Mandolin
Dave Firestine

Exploring Slow Airs
Jeff Baker

Fiddle
Gordon McLeod (basic)
James Kelly (intermediate)
Matt Cranitch (advanced)

Flute
Janis Deane (basic)
June McCormack (int. & adv.)
Jeff Baker (adv. variations)

The Flute Playing Style of the Northwest of Ireland
June McCormack


Guitar
Russ Alvey (basic)
Pat Egan (standard)
Kevin Alewine (dropped D)
Jeff Moore (DADGAD)

Harp
Therese Honey

The Irish Balladeer - a Treasurehouse of Irish Culture
Danny O'Flaherty

Irish Fiddle Styles
Matt Cranitch

Irish Fiddle Techniques
James Kelly

Irish Fiddling for Classical Violinists
Heather Gilmer

Irish Music in America
Mick Moloney

Irish Tunes Played Slow
Heather Gilmer
Jeff Baker
Ken Fleming
Daniel Lowery

Johnny Doran - The Traveling Piper
of Ireland

Mickey Dunne

Keys, Modes and Scales -- Intro to Music Theory for Irish Players
Rick Roberts


Learning by Ear
Mimi Rogers

Mandolin
Dave Firestine

Piano
Allison Hicks

The Rhythms of Sliabh Luachra
Matt Cranitch

Singing Informance
Pat Egan

Singing
Danny O'Flaherty (English & Gaelic)
Denice Brown (Gaelic)

The Story of the Aran Islands
Danny O'Flaherty

Tenor Banjo
Mick Moloney

Tinwhistle
Janis Deane (basic)
Jeff Baker (int. & adv.)
June McCormack (adv. variations)
Mickey Dunne (adv. variations)
Daniel Lowery(low whistles)

Traditional Irish Music in Dublin From the 1940s On
James Kelly

Uilleann Pipes
Mickey Dunne

What Makes It Irish Music?
Mick Moloney