Redbird School of Irish Music

11/30/07: A Celtic Christmas Concert with the Redbird Fiddlers and Corner House with guests Alex Reidinger (fiddle, harp and concertina) from Asheville, NC; Lillie Morris (fiddle, vocals) and Mike Hay (uillean pipes, whistle) both from Augusta, GA. 7PM at the Columbia Museum of Art. $10

Tickets will be available at the door.

January 19, 2008: Fiddler Extraordinaire! Fred Lail from Greensboro, SC. The fabulous Fred Lail will share his amazing Irish fiddling and southern wit. Workshops and house concert. Concert 8PM $15.

9/14/07: Masters of the Celtic Harp - Gráinne Hambly from County Mayo, Ireland and Billy Jackson from Glasgow Scotland at the Columbia Museum of Art. Rarely has Irish and Scottish music been heard together in a way that compares with the music of these fine musicians. A special treat for fans of the harp and Celtic music fans! 7pm, $15.

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11/9/07: An evening of Irish music with a master of both the fiddle and guitar Randal Bays! 8PM at the Knights of Columbus Hall - Corner of Marion and Blanding, Downtown Columbia. Tickets $15. Randal will be accompanied by Columbia's own Davey Mathias of Corner House.

Randal will teach a fiddle workshop prior to the concert (please below for details). Thanks to the AOH and to Celtic Concepts for their support!!

Friday July 11, 2008: Angelina Carrberry and Martin Quinn House Concert near downtown Columbia. 8PM $15. Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn are a husband-and-wife duo with deep family and musical roots in Irish music. They combine their talents on tenor banjo and button accordion for a performance of tightly-knit music honed by years of old-fashioned family music-making and modern-day tours with bands. Come join us for a wonderful evening of Irish music! Space is limited. Directions will be provided with ticket purchase.

Repertoire workshop preceeds concert: 5:30-7. $30. Come learn some of Angelina and Martin's tunes passed down through their families. A rare chance to learn about, hear and pick up some special tunes from two of the best! All levels of melody instruments welcome - fiddle, whistle, tenor banjo, etc.. Register online or call to reserve your spot. Don't forget to bring your recorder to the workshop!

Saturday, October 18 - 8PM at Bill's Music Shop and Pickin' Parlor: We welcome back Masters of the Celtic Harp - Gráinne Hambly from County Mayo, Ireland and William Jackson from Glasgow Scotland. Rarely has Irish and Scottish music been heard together in a way that compares with the music of these fine musicians. A special treat for fans of the harp and Celtic music fans! Bill's is located at 710 Meeting St. 796-6477.

Harp (with Gráinne) and Penny Whistle (with William) Workshops! 2-4pm on 10/18 at the Columbia Museum of Art!! Registration is closed.

Saturday, January 17, 2009: Redbird School of Irish Music presents Workshops and House Concert near downtown Columbia with All Ireland Champ and multi-instrumentalist, Alex Reidinger from Asheville, NC. Alex plays traditional Irish music on the fiddle, concertina, and harp. She has won medals at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Ireland and the Mid-AtlanticFleadh Cheoil in New York among other competitions. " In her talented hands, the music is safeguarded and will be nurtured for the foreseeable future,"-Brian Conway

Concert starts at 8. $15 adults, $7 children 12 and under. Seating is limited. Directions provided with ticket purchase. Tickets are no longer available online. Looks like we are getting close to a full house!! Please call (803) 254-3461 if you would like to attend the concert, we'll squeeze you in if we can.

Adult ticket $10

Child (12 and under) $5

tickets are available at the door

Workshop details:

Irish Fiddle for adv. beginner / beginning intermediate 10:00-12:00

Irish Fiddle for intermediate / advanced 1:30-3:30

Irish Harp 4:00-6:00

Workshops are $35. Bring your instrument and recorder!

7/5: Redbird School of Irish Music Repertoire Workshop 3pm-4pm. Cost is $10. Increase your repertoire of traditional Irish tunes! All instruments appropriate to Irish melody are welcome. All levels are welcome provided that you are comfortable with your instrument and open to learning by ear. Tunes are taught by ear in a group setting. We will teach 1-2 tunes per one-hour session and review as time allows. Cost is $10 per participant. A minimum of 3 participants is required. Please reserve your spot in advance. Bring your tape/digital recorder!

7/31: Irish Tunes Session: Slow Irish tunes session from 8 - 9:30. Please bring your favorite Irish tunes to play slowly and share with the gang. From 9:30 on, we'd like to have a "regular" Irish session, but we can see how things go... We'd like to encourage everyone (all levels of musicians) to come at 8 and share your tunes and expertise - and everybody is requested to bring your recorder to record tunes you'd like to learn. * For the slow session: we like to keep the focus on melody instruments - but any rhythm players interested are welcome (and encouraged) to come hang out and listen/record tunes. Beginners are also very welcome - its ok if you don't play all or any of the tunes - its a nice opportunity to hear and record common session tunes, and maybe pick a new one to learn! We hope the "regular" session will give us a bit of a chance to share tunes more in an Irish session format and tempo - again with the focus on the tunes, but (intermediate/advanced) Irish accompaniment players are welcome to join. * Please bring snacks or beverages to share, if you can swing it. To RSVP or for more info email redbird@cornerhousemusic.com

8/9: Redbird School of Irish Music Repertoire Workshop 3pm-4pm. Cost is $10. Increase your repertoire of traditional Irish tunes! All instruments appropriate to Irish melody are welcome. All levels are welcome provided that you are comfortable with your instrument and open to learning by ear. Tunes are taught by ear in a group setting. We will teach 1-2 tunes per one-hour session and review as time allows. Cost is $10 per participant. A minimum of 3 participants is required. Please reserve your spot in advance. Bring your tape/digital recorder!

8/28: Irish Tunes Session: Slow Irish tunes session from 8 - 9:30. Please bring your favorite Irish tunes to play slowly and share with the gang. From 9:30 on, we'd like to have a "regular" Irish session, but we can see how things go... We'd like to encourage everyone (all levels of musicians) to come at 8 and share your tunes and expertise - and everybody is requested to bring your recorder to record tunes you'd like to learn. * For the slow session: we like to keep the focus on melody instruments - but any rhythm players interested are welcome (and encouraged) to come hang out and listen/record tunes. Beginners are also very welcome - its ok if you don't play all or any of the tunes - its a nice opportunity to hear and record common session tunes, and maybe pick a new one to learn! We hope the "regular" session will give us a bit of a chance to share tunes more in an Irish session format and tempo - again with the focus on the tunes, but (intermediate/advanced) Irish accompaniment players are welcome to join. * Please bring snacks or beverages to share, if you can swing it. To RSVP or for more info email redbird@cornerhousemusic.com