Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School

THE PERFECT IRISH FEST PRIMER - AUGUST 12 - 17, 2007

IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO MAKE YOUR VACATION PLANS! Join the thousands of people who have enjoyed classes provided by the Irish Fest Summer School taking place the week leading up to the festival itself.

Add your name to the Irish Fest Summer School mailing list by calling
UW-M Liaison Barb Breed-Heidt at 262 227-6538, or e-mail her at joheidt@uwm.edu.

Click here to download the 2007 brochure. . Following are additions and/or revisions to the printed brochure:

Women in Celtic Music - Mick Moloney
Philip Brennan's class will be "View the landscape and naturtal life of the Burren and County Clare through the eyes of an artist"
Travel Potpourri (Wednesday) Tour Ireland - Marie McKown of Tourism Ireland will be joining Irish travel agent Jim Burke
Tea and Talk (Wednesday) Micheal DeMordha of Heritage Sites of Ireland will join us to add another dimension to your Ireland trip
Friday - Additional Friday Sampler lecture 9:00 to 10:30. Muiris O Rochain, founder and director of the famed Willie Clancy School, will talk about the musical heritage of County Clare. He says his school was founded in 1973 is known worldwide as the forerunner of all traditional music summer schools. In 2006, the school had students from 41 countries and a tutor/lecturer staff of 300!
The campus of the Irish Fest Summer School is located within the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. It is there that you will be able to take classes in music and song from the musicians who perform at Irish Fest, learn Irish dancing (both social and competition level), or wrap your tongue around Gaeilge, the Irish language.

2007 CLASS LIST [subject to change]

Celtic Women in Irish Music - Mick Moloney
"Contemporary Ireland" Friday Sampler talk by Ireland’s new Consul General, Sean Farrell
a master guitar class taught by John Doyle
a Genealogy class for beginners and novices
advanced bodhran class featuring the new "top end" style
an intermediate/advanced piano accordion class
a cultural class discussing the "calamitous" 17th century
a look at the flora and fauna on Ireland through the eyes of an artist
The Flora of Ireland - Philip Brennan (see above)
"The Calamitous 17th Century" - Kathy Callahan, PhD
Travel in Ireland (passports, car rentals, hotel types, weather, photography, travel journals, etc.)
Sugan Weaving, Quilting, Calligraphy, Illumination - Grant Taylor, Julie Revane, Linda Lubner
Genealogy for Beginners and Novices - Patricia Geyh
Beginning Irish
Beginning Tin Whistle - Elaine Comrican*
Intermediate & Advanced Flute - Steph Geremia*
Piano Accordion - Deidre Chawke*
Sean Nos Harmony – Sile Denvir*
Advanced Fiddle - Liz Carroll
Intermediate Fiddle – Claire Dolan and Valerie Casey*
Intermediate & Advanced Bodhran - Rob Forkner
Beginning Bodhran - Patrick Roe
Celtic Women: Myths, Legends & History of Irish Women - Nancy Walczyk PhD, Christine Hamlin PhD, Colleen Booker

* part of Liadan, performing at Irish Fest 2007

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