The Center for Irish Music

836 Prior Ave North, Saint Paul, MN 55104

(651) 815-0083

Who We Are

CIM is a community of like-minded artists who have been sharing our love of Irish Music together since 2004. A full-fledged 501c3 since 2008, The Center for Irish Music is more than just a music school. We provide cultural education and context for the music. Through our activities the Center is invigorating the Twin Cities community with direct links to our students' heritage or areas of interest.

We are dedicated to handing down traditional music and song in various ways including weekly instruction, monthly group sessions, recitals, master classes and concerts with visiting and regional musicians, and student performance opportunities. We offer a community with the singular focus of bringing the worldwide Irish music scene to Minnesota. Together we are helping make Minnesota into an even stronger center for Irish music and cultural activities.


Banjo
  • Tom Lockney

Button Accordion B/C
Button Accordion C#/D
  • John McCormick

Bodhran
Children's Classes
Concertina (English)
English / Irish Song
Fiddle
Guitar (standard & dadgad tuning)
Harp (nylon– and wire-strung)
Irish Flute
Piano
  • Sean Egan

Piano Accordion
  • Cormac O’Se

Theory
Tin Whistle
  • Kate Dowling
  • Treasurer, Ruth McGlynn
  • At-large, Mimi McManus Hasselbalch
  • At-large, Carillon McBurnie
  • At-large, Jeanne Morales
  • At-large, Natalie O'Shea


Center for Irish Music Board of Advisors
  • Noel Rice, Founder, Dean: The Academy of Irish Music, Chicago
  • Brian & Eithne Vallely, Founders: The Armagh Pipers Club, Armagh, N. Ireland
  • Dr. Fintan Vallely, Lecturer, Traditional Irish Music: University of Dundalk, Ireland


Dedicated to Handing Down the Tradition