Details
$234 general / $188 members (inclusive of $6 service fee)Date(s)
Apr 16, 2024 – Jun 4, 2024
6:30pm
Contact
Box office: 888-616-0274
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
info@irishartscenter.org
Location
This class will be conducted via Zoom. Upon registration, you will receive a link to, and instructions for, downloading the free program. Laptop, desktop computer, or tablet with video and audio ability is required.
Overview
Patrick Mangan, Thursdays, 6:30pm–7:30pm
8 weekly sessions beginning April 16
Join us for a semester of classes focused on bowing, variation, and ornamentation including rolls, triplets, double-stops, and more. We will use a few tunes, in addition to scales and exercises, to explore and practice these concepts. Students will gain proficiency in long rolls, short rolls, slurred triplets, single-bowed triplets, grace notes, double stops, and cross-bowing. We will learn some fundamental rules about slurring in different types of tunes (reels, jigs, hornpipes, etc). We will also study some melodic variations recorded by fiddle greats from Michael Coleman to Martin Hayes, and work on developing variations of our own. Learning by ear is encouraged—reading is not required—but sheet music will be provided, as well as recordings and other reference materials.
Instrument required. For information about instrument rentals and purchases, click here.
Lead sponsors of music education: Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York.
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
