O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat

Teaching Traditional Irish Music

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2015

Isaac Alderson

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Isaac Alderson grew up in Chicago listening to his father play blues and jazz. At the age of 12, he discovered Irish traditional music and began obsessively practicing the uilleann pipes, learning from such players as Al Purcell, Patrick Cannady, Kieran O'Hare, and many others. At 14, he began to study the flute and whistle with Laurence Nugent from Co. Fermanagh. Many trips to Ireland over … [Read more...] about Isaac Alderson

Siobhan Butler

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Siobhan Butler is a traditional dancer, dance researcher, and founder of the online irish dance education platform: Bánóg. Informed by decades of field work in traditional percussive dance, Siobhan’s work as a performer and educator has taken her to stages and institutions around the world where she has been privileged to collaborate with music and dance artists such as Nuala Kennedy, Steve … [Read more...] about Siobhan Butler

John Carty

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John Carty is one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003. He was appointed Sligo Traditional Musician in residence 2019. Born in London, fiddle and banjo player John Carty has established himself among the elite in Irish traditional music and as a staunch supporter of its preservation. Carty … [Read more...] about John Carty

Anna Colliton

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Anna Colliton’s distinctively buoyant and imaginative playing has made her one of the leading exponents of the bodhrán, the traditional Irish frame drum. Anna has appeared with Eileen Ivers, Cherish the Ladies, Comas and the Paul McKenna Band among others, worked as a sub with the original company of the Broadway hit “Come From Away,” and completed a three-year residency at Walt Disney World in … [Read more...] about Anna Colliton

Ashley Davis

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Ashley Davis is an international recording artist and songwriter whose unique style and blending of genres has drawn acclaim throughout the music world. She has performed on NBC's Today Show and prominent venues and festivals throughout the U. S. and abroad. As both writer and performer she has collaborated with traditional music greats such as Paddy Moloney, Cathy Jordan, Sara Watkins, John … [Read more...] about Ashley Davis

Sean Earnest

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Bouzouki player and guitarist Sean Earnest's eclectic musical stylings have taken him far from his native central Pennsylvania. He is among the most in-demand American Celtic musicians today and can be heard on stages up and down both coasts of the United States and all points in between. Having cut his musical teeth in the vibrant session scenes of Baltimore and New York, Sean honed his guitar … [Read more...] about Sean Earnest

Niamh Fahy

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Niamh Fahy’s passion for everything musical has been apparent since a young age. Originally from Ireland and now living in Austin, Texas, Niamh learned her trade from renowned fiddle player Antoin MacGabhann in her native County Meath.  Niamh performs and tours with Austin based Irish band The Here & Now alongside Chris Buckley, Rob Forkner and Joseph Carmichael. … [Read more...] about Niamh Fahy

Dylan Foley

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Dylan Foley is one of the great fiddle players of our time, a four-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, delighting audiences from Lincoln Center to Irish Television channels RTE and TG4.  Dylan was recently featured in a Television series "Mr. Mercedes" starring Brendan Gleeson. Foley travelled with Mick Moloney in 2013, to Vietnam as part of Irish Aid.  He teaches and performs at the major Irish … [Read more...] about Dylan Foley

Seán Gavin

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 A master of the uilleann pipes, Irish flute, and tin whistle, Seán Gavin is a leading performer and teacher of traditional Irish music. He is known both for his recordings, including The Boys of 25, Music From the Lost Continent, and Home Away from Home, and for his work with Bua, Téada, and Séamus Begley. He leads the active touring concert series Shore to Shore, which has featured James … [Read more...] about Seán Gavin

Dan Gurney

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Dan Gurney, born in upstate New York to artist parents, first picked up an accordion by chance in a toy store. He learned Irish music from Galway-born concertina player Father Charlie Coen. Over the years, he has also been heavily influenced by Billy McComiskey, Jimmy Noonan, John Whelan, Joe Derrane, and John Nolan, among many others. After graduating from Harvard University in 2009, he lived … [Read more...] about Dan Gurney

Testimonials

Former Student

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.

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