Irish Traditional Singers Page Irish Traditional Singers Page Singing Festivals and Workshops
The list below is provided for those who wish to see the singing
tradition at its best, as well as for those that wish to learn the art
of traditional singing. Americans calling Ireland should note: the
phone numbers below should be preceded by the international access code
(011) and the country code for Ireland (353).
This listing makes no pretensions to
completeness. If you know of other important workshops or festivals
left off this list, feel free to contact me. Although this
information is as accurate as I could make it, it is always advisable
to confirm with the contact listed before making unalterable plans.
Inishowen Singers' Circle
Weekend (March 24-27,
2006)
Contact: The Ballyliffin Hotel
Inishowen,
Co. Donegal
Phone: 74-937-6106
Email: info@ballyliffinhotel.com
Website: http://www.tradsongs.com/inishowenseminar.htm
Registration
Fee (40 Euro) includes all talks,
sessions, Saturday evening meal and Sunday evening refreshments. This
year's performers include (among others) Mick Quinn (Co. Armagh) and
John
Kennedy (Co. Antrim).
Feile na nDeise (April
27-May 1, 2006)
Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Phone: 58 41741
Email:
info@dungarvantourism.com
Website: http://www.feilenandeise.com
Weekend of music, including a Friday concert featuring sean nos singer Aine Bean Ui Cheallaigh.
Tory Island,
Co. Donegal
Contact: Mr. Pat Doohan
Phone: 07491-35920
Email: ostantory@eircom.net
Webhttp://www.gaelsaoire.ie/asp/information.asp?l=english&r=286&g=donegal&p=e
A late ferry will run on those dates to
accommodate late arrivals. Cost for two nights B&B and two evening
meals
and round-trip ferry from/to Magheroarty is 190 Euro per person.
Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music
& Dance (July 10-21, 2006)
Irish World Music Centre University of Limerick
Limerick, Co. Limerick
Contact: Sandra Joyce
Email: Sandra.joyce@ul.ie
Web site: http://www.ul.ie/~iwmc/Blas/index.html
The workshop for singers will cover repertoire, style and technique from the main sean nos areas (Donegal, Connaught, Munster), as well as different genres of English language song. The Blas school is unique in that the course offered can be count as three points towards an international degree course.
Fleadh Amhran agus Rince (June 22-25, 2006)
Castlewellan, Co. Down (Northern Ireland)
Contact: Brendan Scullion
Phone: +0284 3778 989
Email: newcastlecce@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.comhaltas.com/fleadh/amhran.htm
Featured artists
include Len Graham and Padraigin Ni Uallachain.
Dr.
Douglas Hyde Summer School of Traditional Irish Music (July 2-8, 2006)
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Phone: 86 8272300 [or] 94
9860170
Email: info@douglashyde.com
Website: http://www.douglashyde.com
Workshops include instruction
in sean nos singing, led by
Mairead Ni Fhlatharta. Classes most mornings 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Full program includes, concerts, recitals, sessions, etc.
South Sligo Summer School (July 9-15, 2006)
Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
Phone: 071-9120912 [or] 071-85090
Email: southsligosummerschool@eircom.net
Web site: http://www.sssschool.org
This year's classes in sean nos singing will be taught by Sheila Lennon. Classes in traditional English language singing will be taught by Mai Hernon.
Traditional Echoes in Song
and Dance (July
26-August 4,
2006)
Inishmore, Aran Islands, Co.
Galway
Contact: Elizabeth Zollinger
Phone: 99-61424 [or] 41 1 252 0918
Email: info@irish-culture.ch
Web site: http://www.irish-culture.ch/eng2/irish_singing_dancing_prog_a.htm
Ten-day and nine-night
immersion in traditional Irish song
and dance on the Aran Islands. Cost includes sessions with old and
young
traditional singers. The second phone number above is to Switzerland,
so the country code included (41) MUST be dialed when calling from the United States.
Joe Mooney Annual Summer School (July 15-22, 2006)
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Contact: Nancy Woods
Phone: 071 9641213
Email: nancywoods@iol.ie
Web site: http://www.joemooneysummerschool.com
Feature instructors include Rosie Stewart and Fionnula O'Reilly.
Sean Nos Singing will be taught by Antaine O'Farachain. Workshops
run from 10 AM to 1 PM each day. On Tuesday evening a singers' session
will be held in the local Methodist Church. There may also be
another informal evening led by Rosie Stewart.
Feakle International Traditional Music Festival (August 10-13, 2006)
Feakle, Co. Clare
Contact: Gary Pepper
Phone: 061 924322 [or] 061 924980
Email: feakle@iol.ie
Web site: http://www.feaklefestival.ie
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (August 25-27,
2006)
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Email: info@fleadh2005.com <mailto:fleadhoffice@clonmelfleadh.com>
Web site: http://www.comhaltas.com/fleadh/eireann.htm [or] http://www.fleadh2006.com
Slieve Gullion Festival of Traditional Singing (October 6-8, 2006)
Mullaghbawn, County Armagh.
Phone: 048 8224 5321
Email: jeanbrennan@omagh.gov.uk
There are no guest artists this year. The weekend is a series of singers' sessions in Mullaghbawn, centering on Ti Chulainn, the Cloverhill Golf ClubHouse and the local pubs.
Oireachtas na Gaelige (November 1-5, 2006)
Derry, Co. Derry
Phone: +353 1 475 3857
Email: eolas@antoireachtas.ie
Web site: http://www.antoireachtas.ie/samhain.html
Annual competition in sean nos singing.
Frankie Kennedy Winter School (December 28,
2006-January 1, 2007) Dunlewey, Gweedore, Co. Donegal
Contact: Anna Ni Mhaonaigh
Phone: 087 9309656
E-mail beanana@eircom.net
Celebration of Sean Nos
Singing (February
24-25,
2006)
Center for Celtic Studies
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Phone: (414) 229-6520
Email: celtic@uwm.edu
Website: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/celtic/seannos.html
Featured
performers include Mairin Ui Cheide, Aine Meenaghan, Liam O’Maonlai (of
Hothouse Flowers), Virginia Stevens Blankenhorn and Julie Henigan,
among
others.
Catskills Irish Arts Week (July 9-16, 2006)
Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural and Sports Centre
P.O. Box 320
East Durham, New York 12423
Contact: Paul Keating/Artistic Director
Phone: (800)-434-FEST (3378) or 518-634-2286
Email: irishcentre@direcway.com
Website: http://www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek/
Singing teachers will be TIm Dennehy, Aoife Clancy, Bridget Fitzgerald
and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (of Danu) will handles songs in
the
Irish language along with English ones. In addition there will be a
nightly singing session named in honor of the late Frank Harte in
Darby's Pub, which one of the teachers will oversee each evening.
Irish Week (July 23-28, 2006)
Augusta Heritage Center Davis and Elkins College
100 Campus Drive
Elkins, West Virginia 26241
Phone: (800) 624-3157 [OR] (304) 637-1350
Email: augusta@augustaheritage.com
Web site: http://www.augustaheritage.com/irish.html
Featured instructors include Bridget Fitzgerald (Irish language songs)
and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (of Danu, English language
songs). Guest artists
and staff musicians include Mick Moloney and Jim Flanagan.
Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week (July 16-22, 2006)
Warren Wilson College
P.O. Box 9000
Asheville, North Carolina 28815-9000
Phone: (828) 298-3434 [OR] (828) 771-3761
Email: gathering@warren-wilson.edu
Web site: http://www.swangathering.org/Catalog/CL/sgclsched.html
Featured instructors include Scottish singers Jim Malcolm (of Old Blind
Dogs fame) and Ed Miller, as well as Irish singer Julee Glaub.
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