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Friday, November 16, 2012

Traditional Irish Flute and Tinwhistle lessons at the GDICC

Classes are well underway in the current Semester at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center, www.gdicc.org.  Tomorrow, November 17th, we will be halfway though this Session.  It goes fast.  Lots of great tunes being taught.  My new students are currently working on the hornpipe, Off to California . Students that have been with me for awhile are learning the Wise Maid Reel and have just finished up with Tommy Mulhaire's jig.  Tomorrow, we will begin a new jig....don't have a name for it at this time.  It's a beauty though. 

We will be taking the Saturday after Thanksgiving off which means ,this Semester will run through December 15th.  Classes will resume after Christmas/New Years....date yet to be decided.  Each class is 45 minutes long and runs for 6 weeks. Speaking of Xmas, we are also preparing our Hymns and Christmas songs for our Christmas Concert. 

Will be accepting new students in the upcoming Session.  Ages 7 and up are welcomed. If you don't live in the Connecticut or Mid-Hudson region of New York, then Skype is an option. You need to know at least 1 tune well and have a good understanding of your instrument.  Skype is currently offered to my regular students as a make-up for absences or snow days.

Whistles are inexpensive instruments, costing somewhere between $10 and $15. Kate's Irish Gifts store in Danbury, Connecticut, www.katesirishgifts.com  would probably be a good place to look at one. The Flutes that I work with are usually simple system, keyless instruments.   If you don't  have one, ask me about it as I'm currently in possession of a few extras.

If you wish to sign up, just leave a comment on here for me, or email me at:  

irishflutewhistlelessons@gmail.com

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Traditional Irish Music Lessons at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center, Danbury, Connecticut

This Session ended October 27th. It ran a little longer because classes had to be cancelled a couple of times for reasons that were unavoidable.

A new Semester began in November and will end on December 15th, 2012. New students are now being accepted for the next Session in January.

***See new, updated blog above***


Tinwhistles are inexpensive instuments that can be found online for around $15.  If you don't want to buy online, I can provide one for you for about the same price if you let me know in time. 

The flute I use is a traditional, keyless wooden instrument.   Besides being keyless, it differs from a silver flute in many ways, not least of which, is the warm, woody and haunting tone that it elicits.  It also has quite a big sound in comparison to a silver flute.

Lessons are also taught on Skype once the beginner has some basic knowledge of the instrument and a couple of tunes down.  Or, if you already play and just need some pointers, Skype may be the way to go.  

**I am currently putting new students on a waiting list as the classes are full in Danbury**.


For further details please contact me at:  irishflutewhistlelessons@gmail.com 



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