Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School August 11 - 15, 2025

https://irishfestsummerschool.com/

The Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School returns this August 11 - 15! Music instructors include:

  • Amy Richter

  • Bodhrán, Beginning (Irish Frame Drum)
    Mon–Wed, Aug 11–13, 6:30–8:00 PM

  • Aoibhe Kettle

  • Playing Irish Music in a Duo (co-teaching with Caitlin Donnelly)
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 9:30–11:00 AM

  • Harp, Intermediate/Advanced
    Tue-Thu, Aug 12-14, 2:30-4:00 PM

  • Asher Gray

  • Sampler: Beginning Tin Whistle
    Fri, Aug 15, 10:45 AM–12:15 PM

  • Brett Lipshutz

  • Tin Whistle, Beginner
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 9:30–11:00 AM

  • Caitlin Donnelly

  • Playing Irish Music in a Duo (co-teaching with Aoibhe Kettle)
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 9:30–11:00 AM

  • Flute, Intermediate/Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Conor Crimmins

  • Tin Whistle, Intermediate/Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Flute, Intermediate/Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Enda Scahill

  • Tenor Banjo
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Gerry O’Connor

  • Fiddle, Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Fiddle, Intermediate
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • The Dance Music of Oriel
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Jacopo Ventura

  • DADGAD Guitar - Accompaniment in Irish Music
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • James Mahon

  • Uilleann Pipes Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 10:45 AM–12:15 PM

  • Jim Murray

  • Irish Guitar Accompaniment
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Button Accordion
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Sliabh Luachra Tunes Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 10:45 AM–12:15 PM

  • Kim Robertson

  • Harp: Slow Airs from the Celtic Nations
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 9:30–11:00 AM

  • Maria Terres

  • Intro to Irish Fiddle
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 9:30–11:00 AM

  • Michael McGoldrick

  • Irish Flute Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Pádraig Rynne

  • Concertina Repertoire
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Concertina Techniques, Intermediate/Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Concertina Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Randy Gosa

  • Intro to Guitar Accompaniment (Standard Tuning)
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Rónán Ó Snodaigh

  • Bodhrán, Intermediate
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Bodhrán, Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Bodhrán Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Scott Cincotta

  • Sampler: Beginning Bodhrán (Irish Frame Drum)
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Seanán Brennan

  • Irish Bouzouki Workshop
    Fri, Aug 15, 10:45 AM–12:15 PM
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  • Tara Breen

  • Fiddle, Intermediate
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 12:30–2:00 PM

  • Fiddle, Advanced
    Tue–Thu, Aug 12–14, 2:30–4:00 PM

  • Irish Fiddle – Ornamentation and Bowing Techniques
    Fri, Aug 15, 9:00–10:30 AM

  • Tom Skerritt

  • Mixing Acoustic and Electric Instruments
    Fri, Aug 15, 10:45 AM–12:15 PM

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