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Concertina Maestro – Cillian King

As we start revealing the wonderful summer school tutors we have in store for you for this July, we would like to welcome this year Concertina maestro Cillian King!

Limerick native King is currently one of the most in demand multi-instrumentalists in Ireland today. As well as being an accomplished concertina player, he is also proficient on guitars & keyboards and has toured the world with many acclaimed bands & artists including Ulaid and Duke Special, Ímar, Aldoc, Pauline Scanlon and Moxie. He is a member of both Notify and Atlas with whom he has released successful albums to critical acclaim.

Fond of a challenge, here he is tackling the daunting “Moto Perpetuo, Op.11” written by Niccolo Paganini! One for our concertina students to get practicing!

Don’t forget to register for this year’s summer school:
https://ceolnacoille.ie/summerschool/
8th-12th July in Letterkenny Co. Donegal

Hamish Napier & Jarlath Henderson

Two familiar and most welcome faces returning to teach at Ceol na Coille again this summer! First, on pipes we have Jarlath Henderson who will be returning to teach our advanced pipes class. Secondly on Piano, Hamish Napier will be joining us again this year!

The youngest ever musician to win the prestigious BBC Young Folk Award, Jarlath’s music has alwas been met with high acclaim! He has released several well-received albums with his duo partner Ross Ainslie Music as well as his solo album in 2015 not to mention a second solo album in the works. A three time All-Ireland champion by age 19, Henderson has gone on to perform alongside household names such as: Mike McGoldrick, Capercaillie, Paddy Keenan and Phil Cunningam.

Napier brings an eclectic musical heritage with him to Ceol na Coille. Deeply rooted in the music of his local Strathspey, Hamish went on to study Jazz Keyboard and composition at Berklee in the US. He is much sought after as a composer, performer and tutor and has released two incredibly successful solo albums to date with “The Woods” (his third solo effort) on the way.

Here are the boys in fine fettle at Ceolchoirm le Ceol na Coille last year performing one of Hamish’s compositions!
Hamish Napier Music

Book to join us this summer here:
https://ceolnacoille.ie/summerschool/
July 8th-12th, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Ceol na Coille Summer School 2019

8^th-12^th July

The Letterkenny based Ceol na Coille Summer School has quickly become one of the ‘must-visit’ weeks of traditional music in the calendar year and its reputation continues to grow.

Situated in the traditional stronghold of Donegal, visitors learn from the highest calibre of tutors in stunning surroundings. A harmonious mix of local and visiting tutors offer classes across a wide range of instruments at several levels. This year will see the likes of Paul O’Shaughnessy (fiddle), Jarlath Henderson (Uilleann Pipes), Hamish Napier (Piano), Dale McKay (Bodhrán) and Deirdre Scanlan (Traditional Singing) joined by a host of other tutors for flute, whistle, piano and button accordion, harp and guitar.

A family-friendly summer school with an emphasis on the Irish language, the school also offers: Trad Camp for kids, “An Club Gaelach”, Improver classes and Irish Language classes for adults.

For teachers, there’s a weeklong CPD course in traditional music approved by the Department of Education and Skills, delivered by Dr Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain of the Univeristy of Limerick.

Building on the success of last year’s diverse series of concerts and album launches, the summer school welcomes the addition of four new venues throughout the town as part of the extensive ‘session trail’ offering an opportunity to play with the finest visiting and local tutors.

In addition, there are fantastic, and free to public, afternoon recitals and concerts each day, making Ceol na Coille the place to be this July. Bígí ann!

For more information see: www.ceolnacoille.ie

Classes are back in Full swing here at Ceol na Coille. If interested in starting a new instrument or returning to music, there are a limited number of places still available. Feel free to get in touch

Reminder!! Enrollments will be taken tomorrow (Saturday 30th June) between 12 and 2pm in Coláiste Ailigh, Knocknamona. Enollments will be taken for Taithí Gaeltachta – Gaeltacht experience for 10-13 year old, Adult Irish Class, CPD course for teachers and the traditional music summer school also. Feel free to call in if you have any questions. Spaces are limited, so be sure to book your place to avoid disappointment. More information can be found at ceolnacoille.ie

This year, further to workshops in Irish Traditional Music, Ceol na Coille Summer School is offering a unique opportunity for 10-13 year olds to experience all the fun of the Gaeltacht on their own doorstep.

“Tá Bliain na Gaeilge á céilúradh i 2018 agus tá sé spesialta dúinn gur féidir linn an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn mar seo inár gclár i mbliana. The Irish language has always been central to Ceol na coille but even more so this year as we celebrate Bliain na Gaeilge nationally.” explains Úna Ní Bhriain who is coordinating Irish language activities at this year’s summer school.

“The Taithí Gaeltachta or Gaeltacht Experience offers morning classes in the Irish language, coupled with a host of other fun activities through the medium of Irish will ensure that this group of young people will be ‘Gaeltacht Ready’ when their time comes to reside for three weeks with the ‘bean a’ tí’ in their chosen Gaeltacht course. It will really boost the participants’ confidence in speaking Irish and is a great opportunity to enjoy the language with young people who are the same age and who share some of the same interests. We are delighted to be able to have it as part of our program this year with support from Foras na Gaeilge and Líonra Leitir Ceanainn.”

Music, sport and art are only a few of the activities that will be included throughout the week.  A fun, friendly staff will be supervising and teaching the group.

The group will participate in many team activities so that they can get to know each other and build long-lasting friendships. Of particular interest is a media workshop which will be facilitated by Letterkenny’s Caoimhe Ní Chathail who works in the Irish language media, for Meon Eile, TG4 and Raidió Fáilte.

“Caoimhe is a past pupil of Coláiste Ailigh, where all the week’s activities will take place, so this will be a homecoming of sorts for her. Using i-Pads provided, the workshop will centre around blogging and tweeting as Gaeilge, as well as looking at how to use camera when filming. Caoimhe is a real pro and full of energy and I’m certain this will be a high point of week’s activities.”

Ceol na Coille’s Summer school offers a host of Irish language opportunities, including adult comhrá classes and Club Gaelach for 6-9 year olds.

Bookings now being taken for all courses and classes. For more information visit www.ceolnacoille.ie

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Ceol na Coille Summer School 9-13 July, is again offering our CPD course for teachers. The course is DES approved and participants can take part in classes on a wide range of instruments and also Traditional Singing over the week. Morning sessions consist of the instrumental and singing instruction with the afternoon session taking the form of workshop/Lecture, delivered by Dr. Orfhliath Ní Bhriain – University of Limerick – followed by daily recitals by some of our fantastic line up of Tutors. A music filled week of classes, workshops, recitals, concerts, sessions and festival Club. More details can be found on the website www.ceolnacoille.ie

Séamus McGuire and John Lee will be launching their highly acclaimed new album ‘The Legacy of Stephen Grier’ at this years Ceol na Coille Summer School 9-13 July. The Launch will take place at 3.30pm on Tuesday 10th July in Coláiste Ailigh. The daily recitals and launches are free and open to the public. More info on Ceol na Coille Summer School at ceolnacoille.ie  For more info on Séamus McGuire and John Lee and The Legacy of Stephen Grier  click here