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Button Accordion w/ David Munnelly
Saturday, December 18, 1:00-3:00 pm
*This workshop is open to novice-intermediate players. David will be teaching on a C#/D accordion. Button accordion wizard David Munnelly was born and raised in Co. Mayo. He is considered the most exciting young button accordionist to have emerged from Ireland in generations. David was the accordion player for The Chieftains from the age of 21 to 25, He also toured and performed with De Danaan and other legendary Irish artists before forming his own band in 2002. David was honored with the 2005 Composer of the Year Award and named Best Traditional Artist 2005 by LiveIreland.com and the Irish American News. In 2006, his band received the Concert of the Year Award from Irish American News. Â |
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This informal and informative workshop will place a strong emphasis on learning repertoire, both Irish tunes and others. According to the instructor, "We also hope to explore technique and ornamentation: to fully use ornamentation to its best capacity, we must first learn to recognize what it is and how we are doing it. It will be good fun for all!" 
