Weekend Intensives are a great opportunity
for remote students to get in-person instruction in the company of a
small group of players looking to take their playing to the next level,
and have some fun in the process!
The Intensive Includes:
* 9 group classes (75-90 minutes each) over two days
* A 30-minute private lesson for each participant
* Lunch on Saturday & Sunday, coffee, tea and snacks are included
* Tuition $300
Classes focus
on understanding and developing techniques for playing the many forms
of Irish dance music on the mandolin - jigs, reels, slip jigs, hop jigs,
polkas, slides, hornpipes, marches, waltzes and barn dances. Recordings
of tunes are provided well in advance so that we can focus on advanced
techniques rather than on tune-learning.
Develop the necessary skills for playing Irish music on the mandolin...
We
work on both picking and fingering hand techniques to express the
distinctive rhythmic forms, deliver the pulse of the music, and improve
tone production and sustain on our instruments. We'll highlight the
unique things that the mandolin brings to the music.
Explore phrasing, ornamentation and variation...
We
focus on musicality, how to give life and lift to the tunes you learn,
how to take them from a series of notes into joyful, gratifying
expression in Irish music!
Enrollment is limited to 9 participants - intermediate level and above. Email me (mfibish@gmail.com) for more info, or to sign up!
