Hi folks,
there will be a piping and irish music workshop from the 19th to the 21st of June 2009 in Austria near Vienna. Maybe some of you are interested.
I found the concept quite appealing: There’s one price for the whole weekend and you can choose which workshops you visit. Maybe a good opportunity to improve your piping, learn more about reedmaking plus getting into irish singing..!
There’s more information on http://www.myspace.com/irishmusicworkshop and below I will copy the information email for you.
Cheers,
Philipp
I would like to invite you to participate in an Irish Music Workshop near Vienna, Austria, which I am organising in association with the folkclub “Fiddlersgreen”. It will take place from the 19th until the 21st of June 2009.
We have invited two guest tutors from Ireland: Mickey Dunne (Uilleann Pipes, Whistles) and Batt O’Connor (Song and Bouzouki)
This is the inaugural event and I am hoping for it to be successful enough to continue it annually.
To achieve this, I am counting on your support to help me ‘spread the word’. So, please forward this invitation to anyone you consider interested.
It would be great to establish a prosperous institution that will be beneficial for both austrian and irish musicians.
I am looking forward to a great time of music and inspiration!
Please contact me for any queries!
kind Regards,
Antonia
Following Classes are on the agenda:
Uilleann Pipes beginners
Uilleann Pipes advanced
Uilleann Pipes reed making, tuning and maintenance of Uilleann Pipes
Tin Whistle technique, ornamentation
Irish trad. music repertoire
Irish Language and Song
Accompaniment on guitar and bouzouki
*other activities: *
Green Days (concerts saturday and sunday evening) Birthday - Festival of the Folk Club Fiddlersgreen (program soon on www.fiddlersgreen.at)
Open Stage - saturday afternoon
Session Irish Trad
Walkout - (weather permitting) relax, socialise, enjoy nature
*accomodation, catering and costs: *
The costs sum up to 120,- Eur per person, this covers participation in all classes, the door charge for both “Green Days” concerts and three meals per day, as well as coffee and tea.
There is a possibility to camp out for free on the idyllic premises of the Folk Club. Camper vans are also welcome of course.
registration & arrival
Please register before the 11th of june by email to: wernigantonia@gmx.at, phone: +43 699 11662262, +353 85 1508050
Spaces are limited, so please register soon to avoid dissapointment.
You can find a travel map of the Folk Club Fiddlers Green on the website www.fiddlersgreen.at.
If you arrive by train in Vienna or Baden, please contact us in good time, so we arrange to pick you up.
*details: *
Please bring an audio recording device to all classes.
TheUP beginners class (5x45min with Mickey Dunne and Antonia Dusa Wernig)
participants should bring an instrument (practice set upwards), should be familiar with the fingering and be capable of playing at least simple melodies by ear. Every individual will be catered for, so every level of beginner can be accomodated.
The ** UP advanced class** (5x45min with Mickey Dunne) will cover regulator work and advanced ornamentation. Players with practice or half sets can participate in the ornamentation classes.
The Reedmaking Workshop (2x45min with Mickey Dunne) is an absolute must for every piper!
Learn to make reeds yourself, and you have one big thing less to worry about!
Tin Whistle Technique (2x45min) - Mickey Dunne will demonstrate specifically Irish techniques and ornamentation on the Tin Whistle
*
Irish Traditional Music Repertoire / Whistle Class ** ( 4x45min with Antonia Dusa Wernig) This class will be open to all instruments, and also cover phrasing and ornaments.
*
Irish Language and Song *(6x45min with Batt O’Connor)
The working agenda, while flexible is likely to consist of:
A brief look at the history of the Irish language, with particular emphasis on the Ogham script- the earliest known form of Irish writing
An exercise in simple conversational Irish enabling you to introduce yourself to the natives if you should ever happen to find yourself in Dingle, Conamara or Donegal
An opportunity to learn a song in the Irish language. Options include a light hearted, easily assimilated lilting song or a more serious, yet still not insurmountable song in the sean-nós style- sean-nós is Gaelic and translates as old way, or ancient manner, of singing.
A pint of Guinness and a song or two in the bar
*Accompaniment on Bouzouki and Guitar **(6x45min with Batt O’Connor)
Harmonising and rhythms of Irish traditional tunes and songs.
*About the tutors:
Mickey Dunne:*
Mickey Dunne and his pipes are a unique and well-known phenomenon in the world of traditional Irish music. Mickey’s style of piping embodies the free-flowing traveller piping style associated with the legendary Johnny Doran, Finbar Furey, and Paddy Keenan, all of whom have provided Mickey with inspiration. Mickey now provides the next generation of pipers with inspiration by his playing and his generosity with his other musical skills. He is a sought after and a welcome presence at tionols (A gathering of Uilleann pipers) around the globe.
Mickey studied the art of Uillean pipe-making under the tutelage of the legendary Cillian O’Briain. He now manufacturers quality instruments in his hometown in Caherconlish, County Limerick. Mickey Dunne is life president of the Thomond Pipers Club in Limerick, an organization recently re-established after the lapse of a century.
http://www.mickeydunne.com/
Batt O’Connor:
Batt O’Connor is a singer and poet from Gleann Na nGealt, a valley
in the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry, in the South West of Ireland.
His music is strongly influenced by the songs, stories and magic
realism of the place that he grew up in- a beautiful valley in the mountains,overlooking the sea- and by his travels, geographical
and otherwise.
http://www.battoconnor.com
Antonia Dusa Wernig:
Antonia Wernig is currently studying Uilleann Pipes and Fiddle as part of her BA degree in Irish Music and Dance at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick under Dr. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.
She has been a professional musician and sound engineer in Austria, prior to her college studies in Ireland.
*Contact Details: *
Antonia Dusa Wernig
7 Carysford Avenue
College Court
Castletroy
County Limerick
Ireland
+353 85 1508050
Sankt Oswald 3
A-9182 Maria Elend im Rosental
Oesterreich
+43 699 11662262
