Instructors o classes Daniel Neely (Coordinator)
Daniel Neely learned banjo from Mick Moloney, runs a popular session at Lillie’s Bar in NYC and writes a weekly column about traditional music for the Irish Echo.
Matt Cranitch (Master Artist)
Matt Cranitch is a renowned fiddle player, teacher, author and lecturer. He has won AllIreland Fleadh Cheoil titles, The Fiddler of Dooney and Oireachtas Crotty Cup.
Jackie Daly (Master Artist)
Jackie was born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, and grew up surrounded by the rich music tradition of Sliabh Luachra. He has recorded several highly acclaimed albums and toured extensively throughout the world.
Billy McComiskey (Button Accordion All Levels)
Billy McComiskey is one of the greats in Irish music and a legend of the button accordion.
Máirtín de Cógáin (Bodhrán - All Levels)
A singing, dancing, storytelling bodhrán player, Máirtín de Cógáin tours the world and delights audiences with an unmatched sense of humor.
Padraig McEneany (Set & Ceili Dance All Levels)
From Armagh, Padraig McEneany is one of the most popular and sought after set dance masters on the Irish dance scene.
Matthew Olwell (Flute from Scratch)
Matthew Olwell has been performing and teaching as a dancer, percussionist and flute player at festivals and theaters across North America and Europe since 1996.
Desi Wilkinson (Traditional Irish Flute All Levels) Originally from Belfast, Desi Wilkinson is a leading exponent of the traditional Irish flute, a fine singer, an expert on Breton music and has recorded several albums with Cran.
Rose Flanagan (Fiddle - Beg. / Int.)
Rose Flanagan learned from New York’s Sligo greats and is a top player and one of the country’s great fiddle teachers.
MacDara Ó Raghallaigh (Fiddle - Adv.)
MacDara Ó Raghallaigh is part of a large and well-known musical family based in County Meath and has won awards at Fleadhanna Cheoil, Clonmel, Oireachtas and Fiddler of Dooney fiddle competitions.
Nuala Kennedy (Traditional Songs in English & Irish All Levels)
Nuala Kennedy is an award winning and critically acclaimed singer and flute player whose music dazzles audiences the world over.
Joey Abarta (Tin Whistle - All Levels)
Joey Abarta is a top class whistler and an All-Ireland winning uilleann piper. He performs widely and teaches in Boston.
Sean Earnest (The Fundamentals of Accompaniment: Holistic Approaches to Harmony & Rhythm All Levels) A member of The Yanks, the country’s top young trad group, Sean Earnest is one of the most indemand accompanists around.
Shannon Dunne (Staff Dancer)
Shannon Dunne is the founder of Shannon Dunne Dance. She is a highly regarded teacher in sean-nós and set dancing.
Jackie O’Riley (Staff Dancer)
Jackie O’Riley is a renowned traditional Irish dancer who teaches oldstyle step and sean-nós dancing in New England.
Nathan Gourley (Staff Musician)
Nathan Gourley is an in-demand young fiddler who has performed with the likes of Paddy O’Brien, Daithi Sproule and Laura Fedderson.
Gloria Gregorich (Liaison)
Gloria Gregorich took her first Augusta workshop in 1983, where she fell in love with Irish Music. She started as Irish Week Liaison in 1993, under Mick Moloney’s reign, and has continued until the present.
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