Expert Irish Flute Technique Course with Dr. Niall Keegan @ The Online Academy of Irish Music

www.oaim.ie

The course Expert Irish Flute Technique is aimed at the more advanced flute player who would like to specifically target and develop technique in the context of ten tunes. Students will address ornamentation, leaning more complex forms and attempt a greater density of ornamental practice. They will also be introduced to a number of different forms of articulation and techniques of emphasis and duration as well as examining strategies for variation and approaches to phrasing. Students will also specifically target the use of keys through the adaption of known repertoire and will also be introduced to exercises to engage develop tone, dexterity and stamina. The styles of many great flute players from the Irish tradition are discussed and referred to throughout the course.

Online Lessons also available for flute, fiddle, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, song, uilleann pipes, banjo, bodhrán, piano and concertina.

Join OAIM’s global community of Irish musicians, log on to the website www.oaim.ie and sign up for FREE today!

August 10th – 18th, 2013

www.bathfolkfestival.org

The fourth Bath Folk Festival is now expanded to 9 days between August 10th–18th and looking more exciting than ever. There will be a five day summer school in Irish music and Dance and lots of workshops in many other traditions.
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August 9th–11th, 2013, www.irishfair.com

The 2013 Irish Fair of Minnesota, a three-day annual celebration of Irish heritage and culture, will be held Friday, August 9th through Sunday, August 11th on Harriet Island in St. Paul, Minn. With nearly 100,000 attendees each year, this event is the largest free celebration of its kind in the Upper Midwest.
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August 7th–12th, 2013

www.feaklefestival.ie

The 26th Annual Music Festival takes place from Wednesday August 7th to Monday August 12th. This year the organisers are holding a fringe Festival from Monday August 5th to Wednesday August 7th. The theme of the fringe Festival is “The Therapeutic Benefits of Set-Dancing for Parkinson Disease sufferers.” This will be guided by Dr. Daniel Volpe from Venice. Dr. Volpe has done extensive studies on the subject. Over the 3 days there will be conferences, set-dancing and also sessions. This new event will glide into the Feakle Music Festival with a vast array of musical talent on show. Once again they will have workshops on most instruments, Concerts, Céilís, Recitals, Poetry, Singing, Dancing and sessions.

Confirmed to date are The Clare Memory Orchestra, Voice Squad, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Socks In The Frying Pan, Norwegian Folk Group, Dermot Byrne and many more.

For further information visit the website: www.feaklefestival.ie or via email: info@feaklefestival.ie

August 5th–11th,2013

www.kilcaronline.com

The Kilcar Fleadh has now become a much anticipated annual event, attracting people from all corners of the world and is now seeing a great number of people returning year after year. With a number of free events including street performances, a ceilí on the main street and the magnificent “echoes of the Glen” it is a great festival for those under strict budget or families looking for a week of traditional Irish entertainment “Donegal Style”.
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July 29th – August 5th, 2013

www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie

The dates for the 35th O’Carolan Harp and Traditional Music Festival in Keadue, Co. Roscommon have been announced.

The Festival which is held under the auspices of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend from July 29th–August 5th.
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July 20th – 27th, 2013, www.joemooneysummerschool.com

Twenty five years a–growing and now in full bloom. The story of its growth is both interesting and amazing. It began in 1989 when a small seed was sown in a small town in Co. Leitrim by a small group of people who set out to promote the unique style of Leitrim music and traditional culture.

From small beginnings, it has organically grown from year–to–year and has become widely known and highly regarded on the traditional calendar. It now provides traditional music workshops, singing and set dancing for over 1000 students. The list of traditional tutors, more than fifty at this stage, consists of the crème de la crème such as Pat Murphy, Joe and Ann Conroy Burke, Neillidh Mulligan, Noel Hill, John Wynne, Michael Hurley, Rosie Stewart, Paddy Ryan, John Daly, Síle Denvir, Deirdre Chawke, Michael McCague, and talented younger generation tutors – Dónal McCague–TG4 Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana 2013, Dave Sheridan, Padraig Mc Govern, Lisa Ward, Martin Howley, Fiachra Ó Regan, Lorcán Mac Mathúna and many more.
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July 27th – August 3rd, 2013, www.scoilacla.com

The annual Scoil Acla summer school takes place on Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Scoil Acla is Irelands oldest summer school, originally founded in 1910 and re–launched in 1985. Scoil Acla follows the usual format of daily music classes which run from Monday to Saturday on the following instruments, accordion, banjo, flute, concertina, fiddle, harp, tin whistle, uilleann pipes and bodhrán with beginners, intermediate and advanced students being catered for on all instruments.

Other workshops available are creative writing, basket weaving, dancing and a course on Gaeilg’ Acla, the Achill dialect of Irish. Throughout the week they have recitals, poetry readings, creative writing readings, indoor and outdoor concerts, sessions, walks, talks and much more.
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July 21st–28th, 2013, Rostrevor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk

2012 was an excellent year for this International Festival. Thousands of people attended the eight day event enjoying artists such as The Sands Family, The Mac Connell Brothers. John Sheahan, Eleanor Shanley, Seamus Begley, Steve Cooney, Frankie Lane, Mick Hanly, Paul Kelly, Zoe Conway, John McIntyre, Kevin Doherty, The Henry Girls and a host of other artists local and international.
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July 14th–20th, 2013, www.sssschool.org

The 27th South Sligo Summer School of Traditional Music, Song & Dance takes place in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, from July 14th to 20th, 2013. Instruments taught include: fiddle, flute, tin whistle, harp, uilleann pipes, concertina, button accordion, piano accordion, banjo, traditional guitar and bodhrán. Masterclasses in fiddle, flute and tin whistle are provided during the week. Singing workshops are offered in traditional singing in English and Sean Nós singing. Lilting is also a feature of the singing classes during the week. Dancers are catered for with set dancing classes each morning under the watchful eye of set dancing tutors Pat Murphy and Betty McCoy. Sean nós dancing classes are held each afternoon from Monday to Friday, with Brenda O’Callaghan at the helm. Two hand dances are also taught during the week as part of the morning workshops.
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