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Our 2010 Instructors (instruments, singing and enrichment classes)

ABCs (cyber notation)
Rick Roberts

Basic Sound System Operation
Travis Ener
Russ Alvey

Bodhran
Anna Colliton

Bouzouki
Chris Smith

Button Accordion (B/C & C#/D)
John Nolan

Enrichment Classes
Before Instruments in Cavan - The Life of Master Lilter Seamus Fay (Darren Maloney)

Emigration and the Development of Traditional Irish Music in Britain (John McEvoy)

Expanding the Canon of Irish music: The Music of the Sliabh Beagh Region (Seán McElwain)

Gaining Confidence for Singing and Performing Songs (Michael Black)

How to Work With and Play Behind Singers (John Nolan)

The Irish Harp - Past and Present (Grainne Hambly)

Irish Music in London in the 1960's (Kevin Burke)

Leo Rowsome - Ireland's King of the Pipers (Tom Creegan)

Sligo's Musical Legacy - A Product of Local and Global Identities (Oisin Mac Diarmada)

The Traditional Flute Playing of Roscommon, Connaught and Beyond (John Wynne)



Fiddle
Eric Ryan-Johnson (basic)
Gordon McLeod (basic)
Kevin Burke (int. & adv.)
Oisin Mac Diarmada (int. & adv.)
John McEvoy (int. & adv.)

Flute
John Wynne (int. & adv.)
Larre Reeves (basic whistle/flute)

Guitar
Jeff Moore (fundamentals of Irish guitar)
Sean McElwain (DADGAD)

Harp
Grainne Hambly

Irish Tunes Played Slow
Kevin Alewine
Ken Fleming

Daniel Lowery
Eric Ryan-Johnson

Irish Tunes Played Up to Speed
Chris Buckley
Anna Colliton
Heather Gilmer
Daniel Lowery

Jeff Moore
Larre Reeves
Chris Smith

 

 

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

Kids FUN Camp
Maris Russell & staff

Learning by Ear
Kevin Alewine

Mandolin
Ken Fleming

Piano
Kendall Rogers

Piano Accordion
Mark Kenneth

Playing Pain Free
Robert Shaddox & Kathy Barnhill

Singing
Michael Black (English & Gaelic)

Tenor Banjo
Darren Maloney

Tinwhistle
Larre Reeves (basic whistle/flute)
Daniel Lowery (int. & adv.)

Uilleann Pipes
Tom Creegan