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Midwest Fleadh

Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark 1 S Broadway St, St. Louis, MO, United States

Center for Irish Music students are headed to St. Louis, MO to compete in the Midwest Fleadh Cheoil!

The Midwest Fleadh Cheoil (pronounced 'flah') is the main regional traditional Irish music competition, hosted annually by a Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branch that is based in the Midwest. In 2022, the fleadh will be hosted by St. Louis Irish Arts at the Ballpark Hilton hotel in St. Louis, Missouri on May 13-15th.

Free

Financial Aid Deadline

Deadline for financial aid applications for Summer Term and Minnesota Irish Music Weekend.

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Event Series Common Tunes Outdoor Session @ Regular Speed

Common Tunes Outdoor Session @ Regular Speed

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Join fully-vaccinated flute player Norah for an opportunity to play the 2020 and 2021 Common Tunes outside, at regular session speed. Formalized as a class for safety and structure, we'll meet outside the Celtic Junction on Tuesdays from 8-9pm (max 10 musicians). Musicians will lead the group on one set each week, so this is a great way to practice leading sets at a session. Accompanists and melody players at an intermediate to advanced level are welcome! Meeting dates are April 26, May 3, May 10, and May 17.

$66
Event Series Spring Youth Recitals

Spring Youth Recitals

Celtic Junction Arts Center 836 Prior Ave N, St Paul, MN, United States

Recitals will be hosted in person at the Celtic Junction Arts Center's Main Performance Studio. Masks will be required for attendees. Performers may remove their masks when they are performing.

Each recital will be livestreamed, so you can invite family and friends from all over the world to watch!

Free

Basic Steps to Improve Your Rhythm

Online Event MN

This class is for musicians interested in improving their rhythm, dancers interested in understanding the music they dance to, and for anyone interested in learning some basic Irish dance steps. In this intensive, two-hour workshop Danielle will discuss jig, hornpipe, polka, and slide rhythms. As a dancer, Danielle knows how vital it is that these tune types are played with *a* right swing and emphasis. This workshop will begin to explore what that means. Danielle will introduce a few tunes, discuss their phrasing, and teach some basic steps to practice to feel the nuance of the tune type in your body. You can dance with your feet, seated with your hands, or watch and learn.

$33

Uilleann Pipes Workshop with Colm Broderick

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Colm is a multiple All-Ireland champion piper and was selected by Na Píobairí Uilleann as the inheritor of Liam Ó Floinn’s pipes, on Liam’s death in 2018. Having recently been awarded the Gold medal at the Seán O’Riada Bonn Oir competition in Baile Mhuirne, Co. Cork, Colm was invited to a private reception in Áras an Uachtaráin hosted by the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins. While here Colm performed a private concert for the president.

$35
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Minnesota Irish Music Weekend

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Join us for for the 14th annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend! Presented by the Center for Irish Music, Minnesota Irish Music Weekend is a unique festival that pairs world-class traditional Irish musicians and teachers with learners of all ages for a weekend of workshops, lectures, sessions and concerts.

Each of our visiting artists is recognized for their musical mastery, and will offer insights and techniques to help learners tap into the deep roots of traditional Irish music.

The 2022 event will be held in person at our home at the Celtic Junction Arts Center, with opportunities for virtual participation. We plan on offering a limited virtual workshop program for adults. The Saturday Night Master Artists Concert will be broadcast live.

MIM Kickoff Celebration

Urban Growler Brewing (Barrel Room) 2325 Endicott St, St. Paul, MN, United States

Gather at 7pm to enjoy live music from the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend visiting artists. At 7:45pm, there will be a brief program including an introduction of the 2022 MIM visiting artists, the Fitz Scholarship recipients, and an unveiling of the Center for Irish Music's big plans to expand our space at the Celtic Junction. A session will follow the program. Bring your instruments!

$10

Great Session Experience

Celtic Junction Arts Center 836 Prior Ave N, St Paul, MN, United States

The Great Session Experience brings together the Twin Cities Irish music community with multiple sessions happening simultaneously at the Celtic Junction Arts Center. Our goal is to fill every corner of the Celtic Junction with Irish traditional music. Bring your instrument, your musical pals and family members, and join in a session or start one of your own! You may even want to simply relax and enjoy listening to the music over a drink with a friend. Non-musicians are most welcome.

Free

MIM Master Artists Concert

Celtic Junction Arts Center Outdoor Stage 836 Prior Avenue North, St. Paul

Presented by the Center for Irish Music, the Master Artists Concert is the signature event of the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend. Don't miss this rare chance to see Kathleen Conneely (whistle), Seán Clohessy (fiddle), and John Coyne (bouzouki/song) play from their recently released album “All Jokes Aside”. “Their music is simply top shelf and if you’re a traditional music lover it’s one you’ll absolutely have to have to hear for yourself.” says the Irish Echo. In addition, visiting artists Ivan Goff (Danú) on uilleann pipes and flute, award-winning singer and fiddle player Eimear Arkins (Clare), accordion and banjo player Natasha Sheehy (Limerick), and multi-instrumentalist Sky Kelsey (Alaska) will perform together on one stage at the Celtic Junction Arts Center’s Outdoor Stage!

$25
Event Series Open Sky Adult Ensemble

Open Sky Adult Ensemble

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Open Sky Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022! We have a great variety of instruments right now but are always happy to add more. If you know many tunes and have a fair amount of CIM instruction under your belt, come join this fun Monday evening adult ensemble!

$105
Event Series Learning to Play Together – CANCELLED

Learning to Play Together – CANCELLED

Online

If you are a student who has learned a few tunes, but still feel like you are in over your head when playing with a group, this is the class for you!

You don’t have to be able to play “at speed” or perfectly, the class will accommodate the participants’ skill levels as they progress to the inherent joys of playing music with other people. While our lessons are being conducted online, we will focus on playing with an accompanist or following another melody player. Melody instruments only.

$149
Event Series Combined Intermediate Ensemble (Redwing & Osprey)

Combined Intermediate Ensemble (Redwing & Osprey)

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Directed by Mary Vanorny and Hannah Flowers, students will learn tunes and arrange them in sets to perform together as a group. This class has a strong focus on building ensemble skills including playing fluently, adding variations, listening to each other, maintaining excellent rhythm, using simple harmonies, preparing for performance, increasing knowledge of traditional Irish music, and having fun with each other and the music!

$126
Event Series Uisce Gorm Adult Ensemble

Uisce Gorm Adult Ensemble

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Experience the enjoyment and challenge of playing music with others in a mixed instrument ensemble! Together, the group works on new and old repertoire, with Dáithí Sproule, a world-class instructor and performing musician, as mentor.

$123
Event Series Wren Intermediate Ensemble

Wren Intermediate Ensemble

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

This ensemble is for learning to play together with fellow musicians, challenging one another to learn new tunes and belt them out with great rhythm and style. This ensemble will meet in person and will focus on playing together with other accompaniment and melody players. As a group, the Wren Intermediate Ensemble is non-competitive. Taught by flute player and guitarist Iain Dove McAfee.

$162
Event Series Introduction to Tin Whistle for Kids

Introduction to Tin Whistle for Kids

The Center for Irish Music 836 Prior Avenue North, Ste. 400, St. Paul

Join Iain Dove McAfee this summer for a continuation of Norah's beginning tin whistle class! The tin whistle is a rewarding Irish instrument and a great fit for young musicians with small hands. We will help your child learn to play jigs, marches and polkas! Parental support of a regular practice routine is expected.

$113
Event Series Irish Myths & Legends

Irish Myths & Legends

Online Event MN

We are lucky enough to have an abundance of old stories preserved in manuscripts dealing with Otherworld creatures and legendary kings, queens and heroes. In this class Dáithí and students will be reading translations of the old myths and legends — these always give rise to fascinating and entertaining conversations, often with lessons for the present. This class will be dealing with stories not covered in previous sessions.

$150