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First Trad Workshop

Géza, Heidi, Pirrko

2012

If 2011 was a period of stabilisation then 2012 was when thing took off in multiple directions. We had 2 exceptional masterclasses in trad music with Martin Hayes and John Carty in the spring time that were followed by beautiful concerts where we were humbled by the craft and musicianship of these two masters.

By summer time we were reaching out to our international contacts to invite them to come
and work with us. Karen McKenzie who was the head trainer for Colourstrings international came to Galway for the first of many visits. Her work has left us a legacy that continues to this day. We also got to travel to London that year to begin studies with the three musketeers as we nicknamed them… Géza Szilvay, Heidi Vikstein and Pirrko Simoyoki. That one visit alone changed the direction of so many careers and reshaped our vision of what excellence in teaching could become.

But for the little ones we had the chance to partner with Music for Galway and from that we had in-school performances for the students by artists such as Marianne Thorsen from Norway.

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