Mondays

6 - 7pm Beginner Intermediate Class

This class will be an alternating curriculum of New Tunes and Review. In the Review, we will be addressing tone, intonation (playing in tune), bowing techniques, styles and phrasing. Sheet music or code will be provided at the beginning of class. Please bring your own recording devices to capture practice speed audio.

There WILL be class on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Midwinter Break Feb. 16 - 22 Studio Closed

Zoom will be available for all classes. Registered students will receive a link via their Reminder.
$25 per class drop-in

Winter Session

Jan. 6 - Review: Dennis Murphy’s Polka, All the Way to Galway, Crooked Stovepipe, Hobo’s Jig, Margaret’s Waltz, Planxty Irwin

Jan. 13 - New Tune: Huntsman’s Chorus

Jan. 20 - Review: Go Down Moses, Wade In the Water, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Home On the Range, Simple Gifts, Yankee Doodle, New Tune of 1/13

Jan. 27 - New Tune: East Hill Two-Step (Canadian) and maybe a second tune: The Stronsay Wedding (Scottish)

Feb. 3 - Review: Au Bord de La Fountain, Reel du Nord, Gigue du Sucres, La Mochine, Reel St. Antoine, Saint Anne’s Reel, New Tunes of 1/13 and 1/27

Feb. 10 - New Tune: Haapavessi by Keith Murphy

March Madness Session

Feb. 24 - Review: Chez Seychelles, Eunice Two-Step, Sandy River Belle, Little Brown Jug, Rabbit Where’s Your Mama?, Rye Whiskey, New Tunes of 1/27 and 2/10

March 3 - New Tune: L’Aire Mignonne

March 10 - Review: Swaggertown, Country Waltz, McLenon’s Reel, Amelia’s Waltz, Red Wing, Snow Deer, New Tunes of 2/10 and 3/3

March 17 - New Tune: Garten Mother’s Lullaby

March 24 - Review: Hen’s Feet and Carrots, Bluemont Waltz, Moravian Star, On the Danforth, Joys of Quebec, La Guenille, New Tunes of 3/3 and 3/17

March 31 - New Tune: Chinese Breakdown

7pm - 8:30pm Repetoire Jam

Late Winter Repertoire Review Session: Celtic

Celtic Tune list

All Welcome. $15 Drop-in or $60 for 6 week session

Crooked Stovepipe sheet music

Hobo’s Jig sheet music

Planxty Irwin sheet music

All the Way to Galway sheet music

Margaret’s Waltz sheet music

Fall Review: Margaret’s Waltz, Hobo’s Jig, Planxty Fanny Power, Montgomery Bell Waltz, Bluemont Waltz, Hobo’s Jig, Crooked Stovepipe, Morrison’s Jig, O’ Keefe’s Slide, Star Above the Garter, Jig Runrig, Dennis Murphy’s Polka, Jenny Lind Polka, Ballydesmond Polka, Hens Feet & Carrots, On the Danforth, Dennis Murphy’s Polka, All the Way to Galway, McLenon’s Reel, Johnny Cope, Doone the Brae, Sword of St. Columba, Crooked Stovepipe, All the Way to Galway, Eagle’s Whistle, Old Gray Cat, Glasgow Highlanders

New Tunes: McLenon’s Reel, Hen’s Feet and Carrots, Chez Seychelles, Bluemont Waltz

Li’l Liza Jane, Jaybird, Sandy River Belle, Possum Up a Gum Stump (easy version), Rye Whiskey, Oh Susanna, Little Brown Jug, Rabbit Where’s Your Mamma?, Liza Jane, Dry and Dusty, Liberty, Soldiers Joy

Past Tunes:

Steamboat Quickstep, The Road and the Miles to Dundee, Wind That Shakes the Barley, Hector the Hero, Skye Boat Song, The Sword of Columba, Fisher’s Hornpipe, Goddesses, Jamie Allen, The Ashgrove, Star of the County Down, Ballydesmond Polka, Planxty Fanny Power, Humours of Tullah, The Gobbio, Finnegan’s Wake, Bonnie Tammy, Morrison’s Jig, Wood’s Hornpipe, Mrs. McCleod’s Reel, Old Gray Cat, O’Keefe’s Slide audio file for O’Keefe’s Slide by Ellery Klein, The Eagle’s Whistle audio file for The Eagle’s Whistle by Erika

The Ashgrove, Amazing Grace, Skye Boat Song, Arran Boat Song, Southwind, Star of the County Down, Fisher’s Hornpipe, Julia Delaney, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot AND Wade in the Water, Westphalia Waltz

Reel de Gaspé, Treaty of Paris, Gigue des Sucres, Reel St. Hebert, Maison de Glace, La Guenille, Reel du Nord, Cock of the North, Reel de Montreal, On the Danforth (click here for sheet music)(click here for code)((recordings under “Additional Recordings” button on Student Page)), Reel Saint Antoine, La Moquine (click here for code), L’Ange aux Patins

ARPEGGIOS - practice sheet (notes)