Celtic Music School - Irish Song Workshop with Karen MacLeod

In the 2021 IRL Festival Irish Song workshop, we will fully embrace technology to learn two songs of the Irish Immigrant experience in Canada, through stories of Irish Famine emigrants’ arrival in Canada at Grosse Ile, PQ.  It’s likely that one of the two songs will be in Irish or French so between learning music and a foreign language your brain will get a good workout! Karen breaks down the components of new songs in ways that are learner-friendly and do not require formal musical training or previous experience. Lyric sheets and videos of the songs will be provided, but do not have to be learned before the workshop. 

The melodies are learned “by ear”.  We will also discuss different styles of Irish song, and how to craft your own version to make it personal and more enjoyable to sing. 

Using the Zoom platform means while we sing that you…