Irish/Old-Time Music Week July 1 - 5
Students who are staying on campus may arrive on Sunday June 30th after 2:00PM. Dinner on Sunday is provided with your package. Checkout is Saturday, July 6th, no later than 9:00AM (breakfast is not available on Saturday).
Students are encouraged to bring along other instruments. Additional workshops may be added for other instruments if there are enough students to fill a workshop slot. Whistles and Harmonicas will be available for purchase at the school.
This schedule is still under development and subject to change. During the course adjustments will be made as needed.
Morning schedule
(Afternoon schedule varies each day.)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast | |||
| 8:30-9:00 | MONDAY ONLY ORIENTATION | |||
| 9:00-10:15 | Advanced or Intermediate Irish Fiddle (Kevin Burke) | Advanced or Intermediate Old Time Fiddle (Bruce Molsky) | Advanced or Intermediate Irish Fiddle (Pat O’Connor) | Advanced/Intermediate Guitar (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/Mandolin (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Advanced/Intermediate Uilleann Pipes (Cillian Vallely) | Advanced/Intermediate Irish Button Accordion (Eoghan O’Sullivan) | ||
| 10:15-10:45 | Break | |||
| 10:145-12:00 | Advanced or Intermediate Irish Fiddle (Kevin Burke) | Advanced or Intermediate Old Time Fiddle (Bruce Molsky) | Advanced or Intermediate Co. Claire Irish Fiddle(Pat O’Connor) | Advanced/Intermediate Guitar (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner fiddle (Julia Plumb) | Advanced/IntermediateUilleann Pipes (Cillian Vallely) | Advanced/Intermediate Irish Button Accordion (Eoghan O’Sullivan) | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch Break |
Monday Afternoon (electives)
| 1:15-2:30 | Irish Tunes (Kevin Burke) | Beginner Whistle (Lizza Backes) | Old-Time Strings, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar (Bruce Molsky) | Guitar as a back-up Instrument (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/ Mandolin Tunes (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Whistles (Cillian Vallely) | Tunes of West Ireland (Pat O’Conner and Eoghan O’Sullivan) | Beginner Fiddle (Emma Walsh) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00 (Sessions) | Open Session with Kevin Burke, Cal Scott and Cillian Vallely | Open Session with Pat O’Connor, Emma Walsh, and Eoghan O’Sullivan | Open Session with Bruce Molsky, Lizza Backus, and Chris Brinn | Beginner Session with Julia Plumb & Baron Collin-Hill |
| 4:15-5:30 (Self Organizing Sessions) | Beginner Jam Session | Intermediate Jam Session | Advanced Jam Session | |
| Evening activities to be scheduled |
Tuesday Afternoon (electives)
| 1:15-2:30 | Irish Tunes (Kevin Burke) | Beginner Whistle (Chuck Whitney) | Old-Time Strings, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar (Bruce Molsky) | Music Theory (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/ Mandolin Tunes (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Whistles (Cillian Vallely) | Tunes of West Ireland (Pat O’Conner and Eoghan O’Sullivan) | Irish Dance I (Pauleena MacDougall) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00 (Ensembles) | Ensemble with Kevin Burke and Cillian Vallely | Ensemble with Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan | Ensemble with Bruce Molsky and Lizza Backus | Ensemble with Cal Scott and Chuck Whitney |
| Ensemble with Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill | ||||
| 4:15-5:30 (Self Organizing Sessions) | Beginner Jam Session | Intermediate Jam Session | Advanced Jam Session | |
| Evening activities to be scheduled |
Wednesday Afternoon (electives)
| 1:15-2:30 | Irish Tunes (Kevin Burke) | Beginner Whistle (Lizza Backes) | Old-Time Strings, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar (Bruce Molsky) | Song Writing (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/ Mandolin Tunes (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Whistles (Cillian Vallely) | Tunes of West Ireland (Pat O’Conner and Eoghan O’Sullivan) | Irish Dance II (Pauleena MacDougall) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00 (Ensembles) | Ensemble with Kevin Burke and Cillian Vallely | Ensemble with Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan | Ensemble with Bruce Molsky and Lizza Backus | Ensemble with Cal Scott and Chris Brinn |
| Ensemble with Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill | Irish Ceili Dance with Pauleena MacDougall | |||
| 4:15-5:30 (Self Organizing Sessions) | Beginner Jam Session | Intermediate Jam Session | Advanced Jam Session | |
| 7:00-9:00 | Wednesday evening concert Gates Auditorium (performers to be announced) |
Thursday Afternoon (electives)
| 1:15-2:30 | Irish Tunes (Kevin Burke) | Beginner Whistle (Chuck Whiteny) | Old-Time Strings, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar (Bruce Molsky) | Music Theory (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/ Mandolin Tunes (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Whistles (Cillian Vallely) | Tunes of West Ireland (Pat O’Conner and Eoghan O’Sullivan) | Beginner Fiddle (Emma Walsh) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00 (Ensembles) | Ensemble with Kevin Burke and Cillian Vallely | Ensemble with Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan | Ensemble with Bruce Molsky, Lizza Backus, Emma Walsh | Ensemble with Cal Scott and Chuck Whitney |
| Ensemble with Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill | ||||
| 4:15-5:30 (Self Organizing Sessions) | Beginner Jam Session | Intermediate Jam Session | Advanced Jam Session | |
| 6:30-8:30 | Thursday evening student ensembles concert Gates Auditorium (AcTS Students will perform this evening) | |||
| 9:00 | Fourth of July FIREWORKS! |
Friday Afternoon (electives)
| 1:15-2:30 | Irish Tunes (Kevin Burke) | Beginner Whistle (Lizza Backes) | Old-Time Strings, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar (Bruce Molsky) | Song Writing (Cal Scott) |
| Beginner Fiddle/ Mandolin Tunes (Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill) | Whistles (Cillian Vallely) | Tunes of West Ireland (Pat O’Conner and Eoghan O’Sullivan) | Beginner Fiddle (Emma Walsh) | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | |||
| 3:00-4:00 (Ensembles) | Ensemble with Kevin Burke and Cillian Vallely | Ensemble with Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan | Ensemble with Bruce Molsky, Emma Walsh | Ensemble with Cal Scott, Lizza Backus |
| Ensemble with Julia Plumb & Baron Collins-Hill | ||||
| 4:15-5:30 (Self Organizing Sessions) | Beginner Jam Session | Intermediate Jam Session | Advanced Jam Session | |
| 7:00-9:00 | Friday evening concert Gates Auditorium (performers to be announced) |