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Irish Music Teachers Teachers are listed alphabetically. Some teach other instruments as well. To be added to this list of teachers, or to make changes to your listing here, please contact Betsy O’Malley.Free CSS Menu Code Css3Menu.com Lessons are offered for the following instruments:Free CSS Menu Code Css3Menu.com
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Mitch Fanning, Irish Fiddle, Classical Violin (See also Long. Unlisted here, but renown for his playing and private teaching is Brendan Mulvihill in Silver Spring, MD) Mitch Fanning
In-home private lessons, all ages and abilities Silver Spring, MD – Forest Glen area, close to the Beltway exit for North Georgia Ave. Email: jmitchellf@yahoo.com Mitch earned a Bachelor of Music degree (1982) in violin performance from The Catholic University of America's School of Music where he studied with Jody Gatwood and the late Robert Gerle. He has also studied Suzuki violin pedagogy with Ronda Cole and John Kendall and traditional Irish fiddling with Brendan Mulvihill. Mitch is founding director of The Bog Band, a group of young musicians, mostly fiddlers, who are mad for trad. The group performs at venues of stature throughout the region and has three CD's to their credit. A fourth is scheduled for release in January 2013. Mitch is also founding director of CCE MAD (Musical Arts & Dance)Week, a summer camp that celebrates traditional Irish culture, music, and dance. Mitch leads two "next-gen" sessions on second and fourth Sundays each month (Limerick Pub, Wheaton: 4-5:15 p.m. and McGinty's Public House, Silver Spring: 5-6:30 p.m). Next-Gen sessions are designed and attended by younger players of all ages. Mitch also runs "Trad Irish Fiddle for Violinists" classes at the Washington Conservatory of Music in Glen Echo. He performs around town and can be heard regularly on Monday nights at the Irish Inn at Glen Echo with fellow Inn Mates.
Gettysburg PA fynefiddle@comcast.net
Lessons are held at my private studio, near downtown Silver Spring (metro Red Line). I also offer internet lessons via Skype (Skype name: dcirishfiddle). Students of all ages are welcome. Contact info: I have been playing and teaching Irish traditional music in the Washington DC area for over 35 years, have performed at prestigious venues like the White House and the Irish Embassy, and have taught hundreds of students over the years. My students benefit from an actual method I developed and perfected using my experience as a player for dancers and a session leader, and my vast knowledge of the Irish repertoire and of the history of the Irish music tradition.
Laura Byrne Offering private lessons and workshops out of her home studio in Baltimore, for Goucher College students, and via Skype. Lessons are offered in the following: Irish traditional wooden "simple system" flute, Irish tin whistle, classical silver "boehm system" flute, and recorder Private lessons are taught in Laura's home studio in Baltimore, MD Contact 443-629-8699 or Email laurabyrnemusic@gmail.com for rates and information.
Full bio at www.laurabyrne.com. Elise Kress
I offer in-home private lessons. I accept beginning through intermediate level students, from 10 years old to adult. Location: Alexandria, VA Contact info An award-winning flutist, pennywhistle player, and singer, Elise has been a fixture in the Washington Irish music scene for 30 years. Currently performing with the band FLYNN with Zan McLeod and Alexander Mitchell, Elise has appeared at most major venues on the East Coast, including The Kennedy Center, Strathmore Hall, the Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Birchmere. Her last CD won the Wammy award for Best Celtic Album of the Year. Jesse Winch
Instruction offered through annual fall and spring group classes at the Washington Conservatory of Music, Glen Echo Park Glen Echo MD Email: jessewinch@hotmail.com Phone: 301-613-0753 Jesse Winch was born and raised in the Bronx of Irish immigrant parents. He is the former cathaoirleach (chairman) of the Washington Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the international organization of traditional Irish musicians. Jesse, a founding member of the bands Celtic Thunder and the Bog Wanderers Ceili Band, also performs with various other groups. He plays bodhrán (Irish drum; pronounced “bow-ron”), guitar, bouzouki, and harmonica, and has recorded widely with many notable musicians. In May of 2012, Jesse was inducted into the CCE Hall of Fame.
(see also Byrne, Kemper, Kress, O’Malley, Schaeffer, and Varlet) Karen Ashbrook
Visit www.karenashbrook.com for more information. Click on the sidebar "For Children" to download a free Irish tune book. Visit my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/KAPO.AshbrookOorts Karen performs and teaches children and adults around the US on hammered dulcimer and pennywhistle. She has been on staff at the Catskills Irish Arts Week, Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School, Augusta Heritage Irish Week and with our local CCE MAD Week. She coached a dulcimer student to two All-Ireland First Place Awards in two different age groups. She ran a DC area children's Irish music session for 10 years and founded and directs the Sligo Creek Hedge School - an Irish music & culture camp for children. She has numerous recordings on the Maggie's Music label. Mike (Dennis M.) Schaeffer My primary site for lessons is at my home in Springfield, Virginia 22150, conveniently located near the Beltway, I-395, and I-95 exits. I have been teaching Irish traditional music for close to 15 years. I have played at sessions in the greater VA/DC/MD area, as well all over the US wherever my job travels have taken me, and in Ireland on holidays. For the past seven years, I’ve performed with Celtic Marc/Cool McFinn in and around the Northern Virginia area. Info can be found at www.coolmcfinn.com . Originally brought up and exposed to the modern jazz of the 1960s and 70s, I was taken up with the rebirth of Irish traditional music in the mid-to-late 1970s from the likes of the Bothy Band, Planxty, DeDannan, and the Chieftains. Fusions between them became apparent. My impetus to learn to play came from the many recordings of Myron Bretholtz’s late-1970s, weekly 3-hour, radio programs, which introduced me to these and other traditional groups’ driving rhythms and tunes. IRISH TENOR BANJO AND MANDOLIN (See also Carr, Neel, Spates, and Varlet) Betsy O’Malley
In-home private lessons, as well as group classes held periodically throughout the year with Fairfax City Parks and Recreation Department, at the Sherwood Community Center Vienna, VA – easy access, 2 miles from a Beltway/495 exit in Tysons Corner Email: betsy.omalley@verizon.net Immersed in the exploration of Irish traditional music and song since 1982, I was a member of two Irish dance bands playing for monthly ceilidhs for 15 years in the Washington DC region. Through the local Irish musicians' branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE), I offered weekly group Pennywhistle classes for many years, and have served on the teaching staff of the Upper Potomac Irish Weekend in West Virginia and MAD Week (CCE Musical Arts and Dance Week) in Maryland. Professional performance and recording work includes 20 years with various concert groups including Celtic Thunder, The Bog Wanderers, The Borderland Family Reunion Band, The Irish Inn Mates, and Iona. I’m co-founder and facilitator of the a dedicated group of traditional singers called the CCE Frank Harte Memorial Singers' Circle. In 2004, I was awarded the TTCT (Teastas Teagaisc Ceolta Tire), a diploma given to master teachers of Irish music by CCE in Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. I took 1st place in Mandolin at the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheol and 2nd place in Traditional Singing.
Sharon Knowles
Lessons, group lessons and workshops for all ages both in home and while on tour. Once Sharon discovered the harp in her twenties, she immediately plunged into acquiring the necessary skills to play, teach, and perform music. From studying with harpers such as Mary MacMaster, Patsy Seddon and Judith Peacock Cummings, to playing in ‘innumerable’ sessions, to taking three years of college courses in music theory, singing, chorus, music history and piano as well as many workshops, Sharon devoted herself to becoming a serious musician. With her customary thoroughness, she took the time to acquaint herself with the pedal harp, to better enable her help students making the transition from pedal to lever harp. Sharon, who is most comfortable playing by ear, is a masterful accompanist and performs in Hen with Sue Richards, Fynesound, a larger ensemble which also includes two dancers and in a trio with record label owner Maggie Sansone. She teaches harp all over the USA. Sharon is a respected adjudicator with the Scottish Harp Society of America and runs a nationally recognized concert series out of her home near Gettysburg PA. Her CDs are Ferry Cottage (with husband, John), Almost Home and Christmas Joy (Fynesound) and HEN by HEN. She is currently working on a solo CD, The Raven’s Wing which will have a companion book. www.fynesound.com Sue Richards
Private Lessons at my home studio. All ages and abilities accepted. Rockville, MD Phone 301.412.8590. www.suerichards.net. Lessons offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Bio: I began my harp life as a pedal harp student; once I found Irish harps, I quickly changed over. I have won awards, and taught and performed throughout the US. I have composed music, written arrangements, and have many CD's. I tour professionally with Ensemble Galilei.
Donna Long
For more information on my teaching techniques, schedules, workshops and fees, please email me at: Donna learned to play the piano from her father, jazz pianist Byron Long. When she moved to Baltimore, she took two years of Music and Arts education at Catonsville Community College, and learned to play the fiddle from Brendan Mulvihill. Brendan and Donna performed as a Fiddle/Piano duo for 10 years in the Baltitmore/Washington area and produced two CDs, “The Steeplechase” and “The Morning Dew." Donna was also a former member of the internationally acclaimed group Cherish the Ladies, and recorded five CDs with them. In addition, she also has a solo piano CD called “Handprints.” In the year 2000 the Smithsonian Institution asked Donna to represent Irish Music in the series Piano Traditions, celebrating 300 years of the piano. (See also Varlet. For advanced level instruction, contact Billy McComiskey in Baltimore, MD) Tony Ziselberger (see also Schaeffer) Rick Kemper
I teach in-home on evenings and weekends, I can also provide loaner Uilleann practice sets to students while they are actively progressing in their instruction. Piping requires significant strength in the arms and upper torso, so the youngest pipers generally begin at nine years old. Of course, many younger students start on the whistle earlier. I prefer to teach traditionally (imitation/by ear), but will also work off the page to get started. Located in Silver Spring, just North of the Beltway near Blair High School (“four corners,” intersection of Route 29 and University Avenue). *See http://www.sligoharps.com/Uill for information on my rate schedule, sound clips and information procuring a workable set of Uilleann pipes. Piping since 2000 Best way to reach me is by e-mail, rkemper@ctia.org or phone 301/593-6954. (see also McLeod) Keith Carr
I offer: email: keithcarr@mac.com Keith Carr is known in Washington's Irish music community as an accomplished player of the ten-string Irish bouzouki and tenor banjo. He performs regularly with flautist Tina Eck in their duo "Lilt," and he can often be found playing in the Irish music sessions held in the local pubs around DC, Maryland, and Virginia. He is originally from New York, and moved to Washington DC thirty-some years ago after completing graduate school in Oregon. He has been a senior manager and consultant with international conservation organizations since the 1980’s. These days he is making more and more room to do what he loves best: performing and teaching traditional music. Zan McLeod
Montgomery County area, (N.W. DC, and Northern VA considered) Please refer to www.zanmcleod.com for Bio, Discography, Photos.
Karen Ashbrook
Visit www.karenashbrook.com for more information. Click on the sidebar "For Children" to download a free Irish tune book. Visit my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/KAPO.AshbrookOorts Karen performs and teaches children and adults around the US on hammered dulcimer and pennywhistle. She has been on staff at the Catskills Irish Arts Week, Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School, Augusta Heritage Irish Week and with our local CCE MAD Week. She coached a dulcimer student to two All-Ireland First Place Awards in two different age groups. She ran a DC area children's Irish music session for 10 years and founded and directs the Sligo Creek Hedge School - an Irish music & culture camp for children. She has numerous recordings on the Maggie's Music label. |
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Irish fiddle, classical violin
I teach beginning and intermediate Irish traditional fiddle, as well as other traditional music styles and skills that apply to all styles (ear-training, variation/improvisation, dance fiddling, music theory). I work with students age 9 and up, including veteran classical musicians who are new to fiddling.
In-home private lessons. No age limit. Weekend teaching only.
In-home private/individual lessons as well as group classes. Beginner through intermediate players.
Bob Spates is a professional performer on several instruments in many styles. He just recorded an Irish trad record with legendary Irish musicians Finbar Furey, Francie Conway, and Matt Kelleghan (from the band "Moving Hearts"), has taught at the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann MAD fiddle week since its inception, is a champion Scottish fiddler, is fluent in jazz and bluegrass, and serves as Concertmaster, Principal, and violin or mandolin soloist with a number of professional orchestras. He teaches using techniques applicable to any style of music, with an emphasis on playing by ear (even if reading printed notes). 
I teach primarily Irish traditional fiddle, but also, at the beginner level, B/C button accordion, mandolin, tenor banjo, tinwhistle, as well as accompaniment on bouzouki and guitar.
Laura has developed a reputation as an excellent teacher both locally and internationally and has regular students who travel from Philadelphia, PA, western Maryland, the eastern shore, and central Virginia. Several of her students have won first place medals at Mid-Atlantic Region CCE Fleadh in New York. Laura graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1995 receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Flute Performance. Though classically trained, she chose to devote her musical career to Irish traditional music. After many trips to Ireland and studying with many of the older generation of Irish traditional players in the U.S., she is now considered one of only a handful to successfully cross over to traditional music from another genre. Laura has performed at countless festivals, ceilis and concerts in the U.S., Canada and Ireland with many of the great Irish music luminaries. She is a three-time 1st place winner in solo flute, duets and slow airs at the North American Mid-Atlantic Region Fleadh competition. Laura has won multiple Maryland State Arts Council grants for performance, and in 2011 was awarded the Master award for the Maryland Traditions Master/Apprentice program along with her former student Patrick Armstrong. She has appeared on numerous recordings and has two solo recordings, "Tune for the Road" and "Lucky Day." Laura taught silver flute at the Suzuki School of Maryland from 1996-1998 and has been teaching Irish flute at Goucher College since 2002. In all, she's been teaching silver flute privately since the late 1980's and Irish flute since 2000.
Bodhran, aka Irish frame drum
Irish pennywhistle and Hammered Dulcimer 
I teach low whistle, tin whistle, and uilleann pipes.
Tenor (four string) banjo, mandolin – all levels, in addition to basic beginner to adv. beginner pennywhistle. Ages 8 and up are very welcome.
Irish harp
Irish and Scottish Harp technique and repertoire
I teach Irish Piano and Suzuki (classical) Piano, Irish Fiddle and Suzuki Violin.
Uilleann pipes, beginning Irish whistle, timber flute
Irish bouzouki and tenor banjo
Guitar (DADGAD or Standard tunings) and Bouzouki accompaniment