June 29 - July 3, 2015

Download the full (draft) 2015 schedule here

Here's how it works: Afternoon workshops are taught by our faculty AND workshop instructors. Students who sign up for the week-long program, get both the morming instrument intensive classes plus afternoon workshops as part of their package. .

Students who just want to join us in the afternoon are welcome to pick from the afternoon workshops shown on the schedule. The afternoon workshop programs are designed to be "self-contained" instruction units, so that you do not have to attend for the whole week to participate. However, to really enjoy the full Acadia Trad School experience, classes, workshops, sessions and more..., you need to register for the one-week program.

Walk-in students attending workshops pay at the door, pre-registration is not required for workshops; however, you can email us at [email protected] to reserve a space. Space is limited, please check in 1/2 hour early. Here is a campus map which shows you where registration is.

We don't monkey around! Sign up for FOUR OR MORE workshops and get 25% off. To receive this discount, you must pay for the block of workshops all together.

The tables below are from 2014. The 2015 tables will be uploaded soon!

Workshop Name	Instrument	Genre	Instructor	Level	When…	Price
Acadian Tunes with the Piano Accordion	Accordion (piano)	Acadian	Pastelle LeBlanc	Int/Adv	When	$45
Acadian Tunes	All Instruments	Acadian	Pascal Miousse	Int/Adv	When	$45
Liz Carroll Fiddle Tunes	All Instruments	Irish	Liz Carroll	Int/Adv	When	$45
Irish Tunes of County Clare	All Instruments	Irish	Padraig Rynne	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Fiddle Tunes	All Instruments	Old-Time	Bruce Molsky	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Fiddle Tunes	All Instruments	Old-Time	Pete Sutherland	Int/Adv	When	$45
Crooked tunes	All Instruments	Trad	Julia Plumb	Int/Adv	When	$35
Chord Theory on stringed instruments.	All Instruments	Trad	Baron Collins-Hill	Int/Adv	When	$30
Old Time Banjo	Banjo	Old-Time	Bruce Molsky	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Banjo for beginners	Banjo	Old-Time	Pete Sutherland	Beginner	When	$25
Old Time Banjo	Banjo	Old-Time	Pete Sutherland	Int/Adv	When	$45
Irish/Tenor Banjo	Banjo (tenor)	Irish	Richard Backes	Int/Adv	When	$35
Bodhran I & II	Bodhran	Acadian	Emmanuelle LeBlanc	Int/Adv	When	$45
Bodhran (Beginner)	Bodhran	Irish	Chuck Donnelly	Beginner	When	$25
Irish bouzouki	Bouzouki	Irish	John Doyle	Int/Adv	When	$45
Beginner Anglo Concertina	Concertina	Irish	Padraig Rynne	Beginner	When	$35
Playing music for a Contradance	Contradance Music	New England	Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill	Int/Adv	When	$35
Acadian Dance I, II, III, IV	Dance	Acadian	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlanc	All Levels	When	$45
Cape Breton Dance I,II,III	Dance	Cape Breton	Bob McCormick	All Levels	When	$25
Irish Dance I,II,III	Dance	Irish	Pauleena MacDougall	All Levels	When	$25
Cajun fiddle music	Fiddle	Cajun	Katie Trautz	Int/Adv	When	$35
Irish Fiddle Bowing Techniques	Fiddle	Irish	Liz Carroll	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Fiddle Bowing Techniques	Fiddle	Old-Time	Bruce Molsky	Int/Adv	When	$45
Swedish fiddle	Fiddle	Scandinavian	Katie Trautz	Int/Adv	When	$35
Easy Fiddle Tunes	Fiddle	Trad	Julia Plumb	Beginner	When	$35
Irish Flute	Flute	Irish	Nicole Rabata	Int/Adv	When	$35
Irish Flute for Classical Players.	Flute	Irish	Nicole Rabata	Int/Adv	When	$35
Playing Irish Fiddle Tunes on Guitar	Guitar	Irish	John Doyle	Int/Adv	When	$45
Unlocking the mystry of drop-D chords	Guitar	Irish	John Doyle	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Guitar Techniques	Guitar	Old-Time	Bruce Molsky	Int/Adv	When	$45
Tenor Guitar	Guitar (tenor)	Trad	Baron Collins-Hill	Int/Adv	When	$35
Quebecous Harmonica	Harmonica	Frenco American	Ray Lambert	All Levels	When	$25
Irish Harp	Harp	Irish	Danielle Paus	Int/Adv	When	$40
Irish Harp Songs	Harp (songs)	Irish	Danielle Paus	Int/Adv	When	$40
Mandolin	Mandolin	Acadian	Pascal Miousse	Int/Adv	When	$45
Easy Fiddle tunes on the Mandolin	Mandolin	Trad	Baraon Collins-Hill	Beginner	When	$35
Irish Music Arrangements	Music Arrangement	Irish	Padraig Rynne	Int/Adv	When	$35
Music Theory 101	Music Theory	N/A	Chuck Donnelly	All Levels	When	$45
Music Theory/Reading Music	Music Theory	N/A	Nicole Rabata	All Levels	When	$25
Piano Accompyment in Celtic music ensembles	Piano	Acadian	Emmanuelle LeBlanc	Int/Adv	When	$45
Scottish Pipes (Great Highland and Small Pipes)	Pipes (Highland)	Scottish	Chris Gray	All Levels	When	$25
Irish Pipes	Pipes (Uilleann)	Irish	Chris Gray	All Levels	When	$25
Acadian Song/Voice	Song/Voice	Acadian	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlanc	All Levels	When	$45
Irish Ballads	Song/Voice	Irish	John Doyle	Int/Adv	When	$45
Songs of Appalachia	Song/Voice	Old-Time	Bruce Molsky	Int/Adv	When	$45
Old Time Songs	Song/Voice	Old-Time	Pete Sutherland	All Levels	When	$45
Old time songs	Song/Voice	Old-Time	Katie Trautz	All Levels	When	$35
Shape note	Song/Voice	Trad	Julia Plumb & Katie Trautz	All Levels	When	$35
Intro to Ukulele (Uke I)	Ukulele	Trad	Frets Haligan	Beginner	When	$25
Ukulele II	Ukulele	Trad	Frets Haligan	Beginner	When	$25
Pipe Making	Pipes	Craft	Chris Pinchbeck	N/A	When	FREE
Fiddle/Violin Making	Violin/Fiddle	Craft	Harry Richter	N/A	When	FREE
Fiddle/Violin Making	Violin/Fiddle	Craft	Jon Cooper	N/A	When	$25
Whistle Making	Whistle	Craft	Chuck Whitney	N/A	When	$25
Irish Whistle	Whistle	Irish	Padraig Rynne	Int/Adv	When	$45
Intermediate Whistle	Whistle	Irish	Chuck Whitney	Int/Adv	When	$35
Beginner Whistle	Whistle	Trad	Lizza Backes	Beginner	When	$25

Workshop days and times

1:15 - 2:30 3:15 - 4:30

Workshop Name	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Liz Carroll Fiddle Tunes	Liz Carroll 1:15 - 2:30	Liz Carroll 1:15 - 2:30	Liz Carroll 1:15 - 2:30	Liz Carroll 1:15 - 2:45
Irish Fiddle Bowing Techniques	Liz Carroll 3:15 - 4:30		Liz Carroll 3:15 - 4:30	Liz Carroll 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Ballads	John Doyle 1:15 - 2:30	John Doyle 1:15 - 2:30
Irish Fiddle Tunes on the Guitar	John Doyle 3:15 - 4:30		John Doyle 1:15 - 2:30	John Doyle 1:15 - 2:30	John Doyle 1:15 - 2:30
Irish Bouzouki					John Doyle 3:15 - 4:30
Unlocking the Mystery of Drop D tuning			John Doyle 3:15 - 4:30	John Doyle 3:15 - 4:30
Old Time Fiddle Bowing Techniques	Bruce Molsky 1:15 - 2:30
Old Time Guitar		Bruce Molsky 1:15 - 2:30
Old Time Fiddle Tunes	Bruce Molsky 3:15 - 4:30			Bruce Molsky 3:15 - 4:30	Bruce Molsky 3:15 - 4:30
Old Time Banjo	Pete Sutherland 3:15 - 4:30	Pete Sutherland 3:15 - 4:30	Bruce Molsky 1:15 - 2:30	Bruce Molsky 1:15 - 2:30 Pete Sutherland 3:15 - 4:30	Bruce Molsky 1:15 - 2:30 Pete Sutherland 3:15 - 4:30
Songs of Appalachia		Bruce Molsky 3:15 - 4:30
Old Time Banjo for Beginners	Pete Sutherland 1:15 - 2:30	Pete Sutherland 1:15 - 2:30
Old Time Songs			Pete Sutherland 1:15 - 2:30
Old Time Fiddle				Pete Sutherland 1:15 - 2:30	Pete Sutherland 1:15 - 2:30
Mandolin	Pascal Miousse 1:15 - 2:30	Pascal Miousse 1:15 - 2:30	Pascal Miousse 1:15 - 2:30	Pascal Miousse 1:15 - 2:30	Pascal Miousse 1:15 - 2:30
Acadian Tunes		Pascal Miousse 3:15 - 4:30	Pascal Miousse 3:15 - 4:30		Pascal Miousse 3:15 - 4:30
Acadian Dance I, II, III, IV (Progressive)	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlance 1:15 - 2:30	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlance 1:15 - 2:30	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlance 1:15 - 2:30	Emmanuelle & Pastelle LeBlance 1:15 - 2:30
Acadian Song/Voice					Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30
Bodhran		Emmanuelle LeBlanc 3:15 - 4:30	Emmanuelle LeBlanc 3:15 - 4:30
Piano
Piano Accordion		Pastelle LeBlanc 3:15 - 4:30	Pastelle LeBlanc 3:15 - 4:30
Beginner Bodhran			Chuck Donnelly 3:15 - 4:30
Chuck Donnelly, Music Theory 101	Chuck Donnelly Day/Time TBD
Tunes of County Clare	Padraig Rynne 1:15 - 2:30	Padraig Rynne 1:15 - 2:30	Padraig Rynne 1:15 - 2:30	Padraig Rynne 1:15 - 2:30	Padraig Rynne 1:15 - 2:30
Beginner Concertina	Padraig Rynne 3:15 -4:30
Irish Whistle					Padraig Rynne 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Music Arrangements		Padraig Rynne 3:15 - 4:30		Padraig Rynne 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Flute for Classical Players	Nicole Rabata 1:15 - 2:30	Nicole Rabata 1:15 - 2:30
Music Theory 101			Nicole Rabata 1:15 - 2:30	Nicole Rabata 1:15 - 2:30
Irish Flute	Nicole Rabata 3:15 - 4:30		Nicole Rabata 3:15 - 4:30	Nicole Rabata 3:15 - 4:30	Nicole Rabata 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Dance I,II, III (Progressiv)	Pauleena MacDougall 3:15 - 4:30	Pauleena MacDougall 3:15 - 4:30	Pauleena MacDougall 3:15 - 4:30
Cape Breton Style Step Dance				Bob McCormick 3:15 - 4:30	Bob McCormick 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Harp.	Danielle Paus 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30	Danielle Paus 1:15 - 2:30
Irish Songs for Harp Players.	Cancelled for this year
Whistle Making.				Chuck Whitney 3:15 - 4:30
Irish Whistle	Chuck Whitney 3:15 - 4:30		Chuck Whitney 3:15 - 4:30
Beginner Whistle		Lizza Backes 3:15 - 4:30	Lizza Backes 1:15 - 2:30	Lizza Backes 3:15 - 4:30
Playing Contradance Music		Julia Plumb& Baron Collins-Hill 1:15 - 2:30		Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill 1:15 - 2:30
Beginner Fiddle Tunes	Julia Plumb 1:15 - 2:30		Julia Plumb 1:15 - 2:30		Julia Plumb 1:15 - 2:30
Beginner Tunes on the Mandolin	Baron Collins-Hill 1:15 - 2:30		Baron Collins-Hill 1:15 - 2:30		Baron Collins-Hill 1:15 - 2:30
Chord Theory for stringed instruments		Baron Collins-Hill 3:15 - 4:30		Baron Collins-Hill 3:15 - 4:30
Tenor Guitar	Baron Collins-Hill 3:15 - 4:30
Tenor Banjo	Richard Backes 1:15 - 2:30		Richard Backes 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30	Richard Backes 1:15 - 2:30
Scandinavian Fiddle		Katie Trautz 1:15 - 2:30
Cajun Fiddle			Katie Trautz 1:15 - 2:30	Katie Trautz 1:15 - 2:30
Old Time Songs	Katie Trautz 1:15 - 2:30	Katie Trautz 3:15 - 4:30
Shape Note Singing	Julia Plumb & Katie Trautz 3:15 - 4:30			Julia Plumb & Katie Trautz 3:15 - 4:30
Crooked Tunes		Julia Plumb 3:15 - 4:30			Julia Plumb 3:15 - 4:30
Uilleann Pipes	Chris Gray 3:15 - 4:30	Chris Gray 3:15 - 4:30
Highland Pipes					Chris Gray 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30
Quebecois Harmonica		Ray Lambert 1:15 - 2:30	Ray Lambert 3:15 - 4:30
Intro Ukulele I & II				Frets Halligan 1:15 - 2:30 & 3:15 - 4:30
Jonathan Cooper, Fiddle/Violin Making Lecture/discussion	Available during the day at the registration lobby	Jon Cooper 3:15 - 4:30 Also available during the day at the registration lobby
Harry Richter, Fiddle/Violin Making disucssion			Available during the day at the registration lobby
Making Scottish Pipes, Chris Pinchbeck, disucssion				Available during the day at the registration lobby