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information on Sessions, Events & Festivals for Celtic Musicians
Please notify me if you have an event to list!
(Page a work in progress)
NZ Gaidhealtachd January
New Zealand's Celtic Summer School
First week of January
Whangarei Heads
www.nzgaidhealtachd.org/
ScotStringNZ 21 – 27 April 2018
Come and immerse yourself in the music and traditions of Scotland! ScotStringNZ is a week-long residential camp held in west Auckland, New Zealand. Specialist teachers from Scotland will offer lessons for strings, keyboards and accompaniment instruments, as well as band work. Your fee includes seven nights’ accommodation, all meals, classes and optional activities. Transfers to and from camp to the airport or central city can also be arranged.
Teachers:
In 2018 our teachers will be Gordon Gunn (Wick), Gregor Borland (Edinburgh) and Angus Lyon (Scotland).
Classes:
Choose from fiddle, keyboard/accordion and accompaniment instruments. We will also feature band work and guest speakers.
http://www.scotstring.nz/
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Angus Lyon is the keyboard player for the other Scottish supergroup “Blazin’ Fiddles”, who has also recorded & performed alongside Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Paul McCartney, Bobby McFerrin, Craig Armstrong, Blue Rose Code, Eliza Carthy, Matt Costa, Bella Hardy & many more!
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Gordon Gunn has been described as “one of the most exciting and innovative fiddle players of the times.” He is a founding member of Scottish super-group “Session A9”, who were voted best live act at the 2012 Trad Awards, as well as being a respected fiddle tutor, composer, session musician and producer. His playing has featured on more than 50 albums.
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Gregor Borland has also toured and recorded with many great bands and artists - Kathryn Tickell, Davy Steele, Jim Malcolm and Burach, to name just a few. He now has his own teaching studio in Edinburgh, runs annual fiddle weeks in stunning locations, teaches at clubs all around Scotland and is in demand as a guest instructor at fiddle schools as far afield as the USA and New Zealand.
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Together these three superb musicians will be teaching fiddle and accompaniment classes at a Scottish music week at Bella Rakha in west Auckland (www.scotstring.nz) and will then present concerts in various North Island locations. As part of the ScotStringNZ music week we would like to invite you to come along and experience the music and dance of Scotland:
Saturday 21 April at 7.30pm
A concert by Gordon Gunn, Angus Lyon & Gregor Borland
Friday 27 April at 7.30pm
A family ceilidh (dance) with musical performances by the three tutors and the students of ScotStringNZ. No experience or talent necessary!
Come one, come all! $20 on the door and children are free of charge.
Email info@scotstring.nz for additional information.
Saturday 21 April at 7.30pm
A concert by Gordon Gunn, Angus Lyon & Gregor Borland
Friday 27 April at 7.30pm
A family ceilidh (dance) with musical performances by the three tutors and the students of ScotStringNZ. No experience or talent necessary!
Come one, come all! $20 on the door and children are free of charge.
Email info@scotstring.nz for additional information.
Ceol Aneaus Queen's Birthday Weekend in Nelson New Zealand 1st - 4th June 2018
Ceol Aneas 2018 to be held at Nelson Centre for Musical ArtsGreat news, Ceol Aneas is to be held at the newly revamped Nelson Center for Musical Arts. This will bring all our classes, ceili, workshops and concert into the one venue.
Refurbished and rebranded, the old Nelson School of Music has become The Nelson Center of Musical Arts. This rebranding includes a welcome for all aspects of the musical community. We are very happy to be included in this new vision, it seems like a perfect match for us.
The concert will be held in the magnificent historic auditorium built in 1901. Some of you will remember the amazing tutors' concerts that we used to hold there in the early days of Ceol Aneas. There is also a smaller, brand new performance venue that we will use for "Meet the Tutor" workshops and the Ceili. Our classes will be held in a range of purpose built classrooms and practice spaces.
The Nelson Center for Musical Arts is at 48 Nile Street (on the corner of Collingwood Street) which is nice and central to all of our other venues. It is an easy 10 minutes walk from the YHA and all of our session venues are even closer.
Irish Music Classes
All classes are taught in the traditional style, by ear, and students are
expected to be familiar with playing traditional Irish music and comfortable
learning by ear. The classes are not suitable for beginners. Most classes will
be taught at an intermediate to advanced level. If you have any questions, or
would like advice in evaluating your playing level, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Tutors:
Tutor Line Up
We announced our full tutor line up in the last newsletter, if you missed it or want to check out their full bios, links to video clips and other information, then visit our website here: http://www.irishmusic.org.nz/ceol-aneas-irish-music-festival/classes-tutors/
We are very happy to add Robert Zielinski as a fiddle tutor to our line up. We are anticipating good numbers of fiddle students and so it's great to have two classes to be able to keep the group sizes nice and small. We stream the two classes and swap the tutors after day two so that all students get to experience both tutors.
Robert Zielinski, Fiddle, Australiawww.irishmusic.org.nz
Robert grew up in Perth Western Australia. He learnt to play by ear from his mentors, Mick Doherty and Sean Doherty (no relation.) Mick hails from a long line of travelling fiddle players, storytellers and tin smiths from Donegal. His Uncle the iconic Fiddler Johnny Doherty was featured on RTE’s documentary “The Fiddler On The Road”.
At age seventeen Robert moved to Ireland and spent fourteen years on the west coast - immersing himself in the traditional music of the older players, including ten years with one of his most loved mentors Andy Davey, master of the Sligo style.
Robert taught for three years at the Galway School of Traditional Irish Music and in the year 2000 he won Ireland’s Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle Player of the year Award.
He has toured in both the USA and Europe and played at Fairbridge festival, National Folk Festival, Flybynite Musicicians club and recently was guest soloist with the Perth Chamber Orchestra.
In 2013 Robert and Mick Doherty recorded their debut Album “Out West” released by the National Library of Australia to preserve the musical legacy of Mick's family
Bodhrán Class - Michael Dewes This year we are offering a one off, afternoon Bodhrán class, run by Micheal Dewes. It will run for 1 hour and will be limited to 10 students. It's free for any registered students and $20 for anyone else. If you are interested, please contact enquiries@irishmusic.org.nz - first in first served.
Introduced to Irish traditional music when living in Brisbane in 2010. Michael instantly fell in love with it. Upon moving back home to NZ he took up the bodhrán, finding it a natural move from previous years playing the drum kit. After a year of being self taught he traveled to Ireland to attend the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy. Junior has been highly influential in Michael's playing style, which incorporates a combination of modern techniques while intertwining a rich variety of tones. As well as playing in sessions around the country, Michael is now making his own line of bodhráns.
Sponsorship We would like to thank the generous support of our sponsors who help make Ceol Aneas possible.
Ceol Aneas 2018 to be held at Nelson Centre for Musical ArtsGreat news, Ceol Aneas is to be held at the newly revamped Nelson Center for Musical Arts. This will bring all our classes, ceili, workshops and concert into the one venue.
Refurbished and rebranded, the old Nelson School of Music has become The Nelson Center of Musical Arts. This rebranding includes a welcome for all aspects of the musical community. We are very happy to be included in this new vision, it seems like a perfect match for us.
The concert will be held in the magnificent historic auditorium built in 1901. Some of you will remember the amazing tutors' concerts that we used to hold there in the early days of Ceol Aneas. There is also a smaller, brand new performance venue that we will use for "Meet the Tutor" workshops and the Ceili. Our classes will be held in a range of purpose built classrooms and practice spaces.
The Nelson Center for Musical Arts is at 48 Nile Street (on the corner of Collingwood Street) which is nice and central to all of our other venues. It is an easy 10 minutes walk from the YHA and all of our session venues are even closer.
Irish Music Classes
All classes are taught in the traditional style, by ear, and students are
expected to be familiar with playing traditional Irish music and comfortable
learning by ear. The classes are not suitable for beginners. Most classes will
be taught at an intermediate to advanced level. If you have any questions, or
would like advice in evaluating your playing level, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Tutors:
Tutor Line Up
We announced our full tutor line up in the last newsletter, if you missed it or want to check out their full bios, links to video clips and other information, then visit our website here: http://www.irishmusic.org.nz/ceol-aneas-irish-music-festival/classes-tutors/
We are very happy to add Robert Zielinski as a fiddle tutor to our line up. We are anticipating good numbers of fiddle students and so it's great to have two classes to be able to keep the group sizes nice and small. We stream the two classes and swap the tutors after day two so that all students get to experience both tutors.
Robert Zielinski, Fiddle, Australiawww.irishmusic.org.nz
Robert grew up in Perth Western Australia. He learnt to play by ear from his mentors, Mick Doherty and Sean Doherty (no relation.) Mick hails from a long line of travelling fiddle players, storytellers and tin smiths from Donegal. His Uncle the iconic Fiddler Johnny Doherty was featured on RTE’s documentary “The Fiddler On The Road”.
At age seventeen Robert moved to Ireland and spent fourteen years on the west coast - immersing himself in the traditional music of the older players, including ten years with one of his most loved mentors Andy Davey, master of the Sligo style.
Robert taught for three years at the Galway School of Traditional Irish Music and in the year 2000 he won Ireland’s Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle Player of the year Award.
He has toured in both the USA and Europe and played at Fairbridge festival, National Folk Festival, Flybynite Musicicians club and recently was guest soloist with the Perth Chamber Orchestra.
In 2013 Robert and Mick Doherty recorded their debut Album “Out West” released by the National Library of Australia to preserve the musical legacy of Mick's family
Bodhrán Class - Michael Dewes This year we are offering a one off, afternoon Bodhrán class, run by Micheal Dewes. It will run for 1 hour and will be limited to 10 students. It's free for any registered students and $20 for anyone else. If you are interested, please contact enquiries@irishmusic.org.nz - first in first served.
Introduced to Irish traditional music when living in Brisbane in 2010. Michael instantly fell in love with it. Upon moving back home to NZ he took up the bodhrán, finding it a natural move from previous years playing the drum kit. After a year of being self taught he traveled to Ireland to attend the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy. Junior has been highly influential in Michael's playing style, which incorporates a combination of modern techniques while intertwining a rich variety of tones. As well as playing in sessions around the country, Michael is now making his own line of bodhráns.
Sponsorship We would like to thank the generous support of our sponsors who help make Ceol Aneas possible.
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Dermot Byrne Free Reed - Ireland
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Maggie Carty Banjo/Mandolin - Ireland
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Beth McCracken Flute - Australia
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Jody Moran Whistle - Eng / Aus
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Kate Burke Guitar - Australia
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Robert Zielinski Fiddle - Australia
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Máirtín Staunton Sessions - Ireland
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Michael Dewes Bodhrán NZ
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Bríd Harper Fiddle - Ireland
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Aneaus Scolarship If you are passionate about your music but need some help to make the trip to Nelson, we have just the thing for you! Lamp Post (http://www.lamppost.co.nz/) is a great hub for the folk and acoustic music community, organising and publicising gigs and events and other good things!. This year they are offering a sponsorship to a first time or deserving musician to attend Ceol Aneas! Thanks to Louise for the very generous commitment to supporting up and coming Irish music in New Zealand. Here are the criteria:
The sponsorship covers the tuition fee and a contribution towards travel if the recipient is outside of Nelson. Applications will be judged by a panel comprising of Ceol Aneas committee members and Lamppost staff. But you need to be quick, applications close on Thursday April 4th. Please checkout the full details here: http://irishmusic.org.nz/scholarship.html For other Ceol Aneas information, check out the Ceol Aneas website orjoin our Facebook page |
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Ceol Aneas - Concert of Irish Traditional Music
The Ceol Aneas 2018 Concert is New Zealand’s only traditional Irish music festival presents a showcase concert featuring all the guest tutors for the festival:- Beth McCracken (flute), Bríd Harper (fiddle), Robert Zielinksi (Fiddle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Maggie Carty (banjo), Kate Burke (guitar), Jody Moran (whistle), Máirtín Staunton (flute) Last years concert nearly sold out so be in quick to avoid disappointment. When: Sunday, 3 June 2016 at 7:00pm Where: Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile Street. Tickets: Adults $30 (booking fees will apply), Students (with ID) or 18 & under $20 (if you're attending the master-classes, your concert ticket is including as part of your registration) |
Boxwood Waipu N Z D - 5 days of classes,
activites & meals5 NZD - Daily rate for classes, activites & melP
