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Check-in for the workshops is on Saturday, 9:00 am at

Cardinal Ritter College Prep
701 North Spring Avenue St. Louis, MO 63108-3603.

Click Here for map and directions.

Each Workshop consists of a morning period (9:30 am until midday) and an afternoonperiod (1:30 pm until 4:00 pm) on Saturday. The afternoon period is a continuation of the morning period, not a repeat.

For An evaluation of Advanced, intermediate and Beginer Click Here.

Workshop Title TEACHER
MORNING AFTERNOON  
Bouzuoki Pat Broaders
Fiddle intermediate Ged Foley
Fiddle Advanced Eileen O'Brien

Uilleann pipes
TO provide the best experience for all, there will be 4 piping classes.
Teachers will be assigned based on how the classes form up.

 Michael Cooney
Jimmy Morrison,
Brendan Collins,
Pat Cannady .
Reedmaking

Dave Hegarty
Jim Wenham
Piano Accordian Mirella Murray
Whistle Beginner Bryan Kelso Crow
Whistle Intermediate Kathleen Conneely
Whistle Master Class Joanie Madden
Singing/Ballads Len Graham
Guitar accompaniment Beginner Keith Reins
Guitar accompaniment Advanced Pat Egan
Bodhrán Beginner/intermediate Mairtin de Cogain
Bodhrán Intermediate/Advanced Chris Weddle
Harp Kathleen Guilday
banjo/mandolin Pauline Conneely
Concertina Florence Fahy
Sean Nós Dancing Brian Hart
Flute Intermediate John Skelton
Flute Advanced Paul Smyth
Button Accordian Larry McNally
Set Dancing Ed Yother

 

 

 

Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner
To help you decide which level you should register for we have prepared the following guidelines:

Advanced Instrument: Appropriate for advanced and master musicians, and those that feel somewhere between intermediate and advanced. Have played over five (5) years in Irish music and can read music well or can play quickly by ear. Looking for technique, stylizations and direct improvement in problem areas of playing Irish music and more advanced/complicated tunes.

Intermediate Instrument: Appropriate for intermediate musicians and those that feel they are well versed in other types of music but have played Irish music for less than five (5) years; or have been playing Irish music for more than five years but need more instruction/support in critical areas. Can read music or learn by ear fairly quickly.

Beginner Instrument: You have no or very little experience with the instrument.

 

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Focal Point is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of music and song from all parts of the world.
If you would like to know more about Focal Point Click Here
  NPU - Na Píobairí Uilleann - The aims of the society are to perpetuate the spirit of the music, in particular the playing of the pipes and the production and maintenance of the instrument itself. To achieve these aims the single most important facet of the Society’s activities is the teaching of the uilleann pipes, especially to young people, as it is through this that the playing of the instrument will increase, prosper and develop. The degree to which the work of the Society has borne fruit is reflected in the number of pipemakers, many professional, now producing pipes - about forty throughout the world.
If you are a piper please consider joining NPU.