Instrumental and singing courses are offered to adult students and invited youth including: … read more about Core Courses

Teaching Traditional Irish Music
Instrumental and singing courses are offered to adult students and invited youth including: … read more about Core Courses
A variety of sessions are held every evening at our music camp after the instructor concerts that … read more about Nightly Sessions
The O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat offers a number of activities related to Irish dancing including … read more about Dancing Activities
Student or guest-led workshops are an important part of our music camp targeting your musical … read more about Workshops
A variety of topics related to Irish music ranging from history to current events to technique to … read more about Enrichment Classes
Some of our instructors offer "informances" where they will perform, demonstrate, and discuss Irish … read more about Informances
Ian Varley
Lisha Haughton & Jeremy Welch
Mark Kenneth
Susan & Harold Fain
Therese Honey & Larry Mallette
Jack Dingler
Diana Havlin
Patricia Wilcox
Kenny Tweedy
Perseus Aryani
Joseph Beckey
Nancy Bessent
James Bradley
Howard Browers
Erica Braverman
Clare Cason
Shawn Cayson
Chuck Chandler
Tom Connor
Betsy Cummings
Fiddles on Wheels
Ron Foster
Laurence Furr
Elizabeth Gowan
Vanessa Gordon
Louvain Guiomard
Michael Harris
Barbara Ingram
Michael Keyes
Catherine Koehler
Jim Langley
Mitch Lowery
Dana Lusk
Tom McArdle
Edward McCreary
John McGuire
Carl Robin Morrissey
Cliff Moses
Edwin Neese
Patrick & Carmel Pace
Tim Parmley
Cheryl Patterson
Laura & Cappy Phipps
Evan Powell
Tom Purvis
Jay Puryear
Jeffrey Quinn
Kendall Rogers
Marjorie Sandor
Victor Selin
Edmund Sheehy
Nancy Smith
Janet Strolle & John Whelan
Anne Summers
Marj Troyer & Trae Hamilton
Erik Tullberg
Matthew & Angela Vanecek
Steve Wilson
This event was the most fun I’ve had all year. I can tell you really take the musicians’ needs to heart.
Every year I am impressed with the talent and dedication at the retreat. The instructors are really interested in mentoring the students and approaching the music with generosity of spirit and an appreciation for the full context. I learned a great deal!
This was my first time to attend the Retreat. I was highly impressed with how well run it was, how well organized it was and how friendly and helpful everyone was. I have attended other Irish music schools in Milwaukee and Elkins, West Virginia and the O'Flaherty's Retreat was "top notch" from start to finish.
It was my first retreat and I thought the whole weekend was absolutely fabulous. I had sort of lost my connection to Irish music and I came away from the weekend refreshed and re-energized and very present to why I love this music so much.
Well worth the travel time and money spent - I learned more about why Irish music sounds the way it does in three days than I ever knew before. Now I have a 'gold standard' to use as I develop my own performing skills with that style of music.
What a lovely, refreshing weekend. I learned a lot, and met some great folks. I feel very lucky to have gotten to go.
Overall, I think the retreat was great. It truly is a 'retreat', i.e., you get a chance to get away from it all for a good solid weekend and enjoy learning new things, meeting new people, and having a great time. Good job to the organizers and the people that put the effort into this thing. Keep it up!
I really appreciated the welcoming tone of the retreat. It is a very safe place for beginners to be, and all of us have been and will again be beginners on new instruments. This came through in the attitudes of the instructors, organizers, session leaders. It seems to me that this is the core, the soul of this retreat.
In a word – outstanding! This is something I’ll look forward to attending every year from now on.
INCREDIBLE and FANTASTIC, words that just don’t quite reach high enough!
Without parallel! Never been to anything like this before that was as intense, well-organized and personalized.
I look forward to this retreat now every year. It keeps growing and getting better! Items that were on my wish list were added this year and that shows me that you guys really do want this to be something long lasting and special.
Of all the wonderful aspects of the retreat, though, I think the most wonderful and the most memorable was seeing the effect it had on my son. Andrew really got into the music and into playing in a way that I have never seen in him. When we got home, he and I told the rest of the family about our experiences and then went right out into the front yard and started playing music. No amount of money can buy that kind of experience and your retreat, to a large extent, helped make that happen.
The enthusiasm, knowledge, friendliness and warmth of everyone was incredible. It helped me keep my passion for the music alive.
The enthusiasm, knowledge, friendliness and warmth of everyone was incredible. It helped me keep my passion for the music alive.
Traditional Irish Music Education Society (TIMES)
1320 Navaho Trail
Richardson, TX 75080
(469) 215-1840
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