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Our 2009 Instructors (instruments, singing and enrichment classes)

 

ABCs (cyber notation)
Rick Roberts

Basic Instruments
Kevin Alewine
Gordon McLeod

Basic Sound System Operation
Travis Ener

Bodhran
Albert Alfonso

Bouzouki
Chris Smith

Button Accordion (B/C & C#/D)
Patty Furlong

Concertina
Michael Rooney

Enrichment Classes
The Anglo Concertina: A Closer Look
(Michael Rooney)
The Immigration of Sligo Fiddlers to America
(Brian Conway)
Irish Music in Review: A Rich Variety
(June McCormack)

The Legacy of the Travelling Pipers
(Mickey Dunne)

Living Links: How the Sligo Fiddle Style Survives Today – The James Morrison Story (Manus McGuire)
Music in the Mountains: The Irish Catskills and Traditional Music
(Brendan Dolan)

Playing for Competitions, Ceilis and Feisanna (Patty Furlong)
Playing with Ease
(Enda Scahill)

Working Up Songs from Scratch
(Pat Egan)

Fiddle
Eric Ryan-Johnson (basic)
Brian Conway (intermediate)
Manus McGuire (advanced)
Valerie Plested (asst. int.)

Flute
June McCormack (int. & adv.)
Janis Deane (basic whistle/flute)

Guitar
Emily Bryant (dropped-D)
Pat Egan
(standard)
Don Penzien (DADGAD)

Harp
Michael Rooney

Irish Tunes Played Slow
Ken Fleming
Peggy Fleming
Eric Ryan-Johnson
Chris Smith

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

Kids Music & Heritage Workshops
Peggy Turner
Steve Vanlandingham

Learning by Ear
Kevin Alewine

 


Mandolin
Rick Cunningham

Piano
Brendan Dolan

Piano Accordion
Mark Kenneth

Singing
Jonquele Jones (Gaelic)

Tenor Banjo
Enda Scahill

Tinwhistle
Janis Deane (basic whistle/flute)
Justin Murphy (int. & adv.)

Uilleann Pipes
Mickey Dunne