Eliot Grasso

Flute

This course offers nuances of style and repertoire associated with Irish traditional dance music played on the flute. The repertoire taught here will be used as a point of departure to introduce new techniques and improve upon such that are already familiar. Other points of focus will include breathing and tone production in an effort to explore the sound-producing potential of your specific instrument. In short, I will teach how to play rhythmic danceable music on the flute. Each tune will be taught by demonstration. Any sheet music, in conjunction with your tape recorder, is meant to serve as a memory aid for outside of class and for after the festival ends.

This course offers nuances of style and repertoire associated with Irish traditional dance music played on the uilleann pipes. The repertoire taught here will be used as a point of departure to introduce new techniques and improve upon such that are already familiar. Other points of focus will include ornamentation and articulation in an effort to explore the sound-producing potential of your specific instrument. In short, I will teach how to play rhythmic danceable music on the uilleann pipes. Each tune will be taught by demonstration. Any sheet music, in conjunction with your tape recorder, is meant to serve as a memory aid for outside of class and for after the festival ends.