Whistle/flute lessons in Brooklyn, NY

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Hi folks. I had a couple of flute lessons with Brendan Dolan last month and found him to be an awesome teacher. He came to Birmingham AL (an hour and a half drive from my home), touring with All Ireland fiddler Brian Conway. Brendan did a flute workshop prior to the concert; I thought the workshop was so good I came to Brooklyn three weeks later to get another lesson (it helped that I was there for Thanksgiving with the family)! Many of you may know Brendan as a very talented multi-instrumentalist playing piano and whistle as well as flute. His dad Felix, is a well known Itrad piano player. Brendan has taught at the East Durham Irish Arts Week, in addition to playing with several Itrad groups. Lots more to the bio if you Google it.

I’m a self taught intermediate flute player and, to my knowledge, the only Itrad flute player within an hour’s drive. Needless to say, it’s nice to get in a lesson wherever I can. These were no dissapointment and I highly recommend Brendan to anyone needing a flute/whistle teacher in the Brooklyn, NY area. He is teaching at the Society for Ethnical Culture at 2nd St and Prospect Park West, on Monday evenings. Phone is (917) 952 6045. E-mail him at btdolan024@yahoo.com.


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Edited to correct the e-mail address.

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Bill Ochs lives in Manhattan and although he plays mostly whistle and pipes, I believe he plays flute too. He’s worth looking up in any event because even if he can’t teach you specifically about flute, his knowledge of IRTRAD wind music is fabulous and you will learn lots from him. He’s a wonderful teacher too.

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I am pretty sure he teaches Flute also, Paul. I asked him about lessons some time ago but it would never fit into my schedule.

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For those of you who may have had trouble with the e-mail address, I’ve edited the original post to give the correct one. Sorry.


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