For all Music Workshops - please bring your own instrument and a recorder (tape/digital, etc). You may also want to bring a notepad and pen in case you'd like to jot anything down.

For the Irish Gaelic Workshops - the class will utilize Finnbarr's one-of-a-kind English to Irish text, Triail le Tine (Trial by Fire), students will learn language, culture and history at a comfortable level. Texts will be available ON LOAN for the workshop session. A complete text folder and CD with word pronunciations will be available to purchase.

Fiddle students:

New this year: Young Fiddlers Class with Alex Reidinger! A special hour long class ($25) for young fiddle/violin players (with 1 year or more experience playing their instrument; ages 7-14). Students should have basic understanding and control of their instrument and be open to learning by ear.

Also new this year for fiddlers, we have workshops for varying levels of students. Beginner/intermediate classes will accomodate students that have a basic understanding of their instrument and would like to learn Irish style and techniques while increasing knowledge and control of the instrument. Intermediate/advanced workshops are for students that are comfortable with their instrument, can learn tunes by ear and are ready to delve into style, variation and/or more involved tunes.

June 22-24 , 2008

at the Columbia Museum of Art, Downtown Columbia, SC