Mondays - Learn an Novice/Intermediate Tune from the Berkshire Strings 4th Edition and “5th Edition” and review recent tunes
6:00pm - 7:15pm at Dewey Hall
Spring Session is 6 Weeks and begins on April 27th
NO CLASS MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY
Zoom will be available for all classes. Registered students will receive a link via their Reminder.
$25 per class drop-in
Three Steps To prepare for Class
1) print out the music (download the pdf.) and then bring it to class with a pencil
2) find recordings from the Student Hub, on YouTube or your favorite streaming service to listen to
3) compare recordings with each other and with your music; sing-along to them, daily, at least two listens at a time
4) now go practice your other tunes
Spring Session:
April 27 New: Brian Boru’s March - Review: Ookpik Waltz, Banish Misfortune, Robertson’s Reel, Steamboat Quickstep, The Ashgrove, Wood’s Hornpipe
May 4 New: Off She Goes - Review: Steamboat Quickstep, The Ashgrove, Wood’s Hornpipe, Fisher’s Hornpipe, Galopede, Curly Headed Ploughboy
May 11 New: Pols från Bergen - Review: Fisher’s Hornpipe, Galopede, Curly Headed Ploughboy, Hen’s Feet and Carrots, Lambingfold, Jenny Lind Polka
May 18 New: March of the Men of Devon - Review: Hen’s Feet and Carrots, Lambingfold, Jenny Lind Polka, Bluemont Waltz, Speed the Plow, Whiskey Before Breakfast
May 25 NO CLASS FOR MEMORIAL DAY
June 1 New: Breaking Up Christmas - Review: Bluemont Waltz, Speed the Plow, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Red Wing, Sadie at the Back Door, Midnight on the Water
June 8 New: Pete’s March - Review: Red Wing, Sadie at the Back Door, Midnight on the Water, Squirrel Hunter, Jaybird, Kitchen Girl
New Year and Winter Tunes:
Siege of Ennis, Inisheer, Christmas Day I’da Mornin’, Banish Misfortune, The Rights of Man, Siege of Ennis, Coleraine, Foxhunter’s Jig, Sheebeg and Sheemore, Cooley’s Reel Doon the Brae, Swinging on the Gate, Spootiskerry, Planxty Irwin, Robertson’s Reel, Ookpik Waltz, Finnish Waltz, Fig for a Kiss, Gloomy Winter, Back Up and Push, Kevin McHugh’s Jig #1, River John Sunset Waltz, Cooley’s Reel, Jimmy’s Favorite, Stompin’ Tom, Bill Darrah’s Jig, Rannie MacLellan, Robertson’s Reel, East Hill Two-Step, Crooked Stovepipe