Hello!
I come from a GHB background and piping retreats are fairly common throughout the USA, I've been looking for something similar for whistling and haven't been able to find any. Basically I'm looking for a 2-5 days of focused practice in a group or individual setting. Basically something to force me to get good . Any suggestions?
Whistle Retreats?
- Steve Bliven
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
Where are you located?
Best wishes.
Steve
Best wishes.
Steve
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
Swananoa Gathering has a whistle track with Cillian Vallely and Shannon Heaton. https://www.swangathering.com/catalog/cl/classes/
Acadia Trad School has a whistle track with Hanz Araki and Shannon Heaton https://acadiatradschool.org/festival/classes/
Portal Music Week has whistle with Kevin Crawford https://portalmusicweek.com/
O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat has Kevin Crawford and Grey Larson https://oflahertyretreat.org/instructor ... e-classes/
That's a start...
Best wishes.
Steve
Acadia Trad School has a whistle track with Hanz Araki and Shannon Heaton https://acadiatradschool.org/festival/classes/
Portal Music Week has whistle with Kevin Crawford https://portalmusicweek.com/
O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat has Kevin Crawford and Grey Larson https://oflahertyretreat.org/instructor ... e-classes/
That's a start...
Best wishes.
Steve
Live your life so that, if it was a book, Florida would ban it.
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
Have you looked at the top of this whistle forum at the Whistle Instruction thread?
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108161
The Catskills Irish Arts Week (depending upon your location).
https://www.catskillsirishartsweek.com/ ... structors/
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108161
The Catskills Irish Arts Week (depending upon your location).
https://www.catskillsirishartsweek.com/ ... structors/
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
I'm in Utah, anywhere in the USA / Canada is fine though.
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
Seattle area:
http://www.ceolcascadia.org/
Texas:
https://oflahertyretreat.org/
If you're on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Annual-Utah-Ir ... 943121912/
There must be local traditional sessions where you could meet players and get further local information. Enjoy your whistling.
http://www.ceolcascadia.org/
Texas:
https://oflahertyretreat.org/
If you're on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Annual-Utah-Ir ... 943121912/
There must be local traditional sessions where you could meet players and get further local information. Enjoy your whistling.
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Re: Whistle Retreats?
Interesting, I've been playing Highland pipes for over 40 years and I can't recall hearing of such a thing as a piping "retreat".
In the Highland piping world there are large gatherings based around competition, the biggest one here in the USA being Winter Storm.
https://mhaf.org/
Then there are piping summer schools, run by The College Of Piping/National Piping Centre, Balmoral School of Piping, and other organisations.
https://balmoralschoolofpiping.org/balm ... bagpiping/
What the Highland piping world doesn't seem to have is something equivalent to the uilleann pipe Tionol, an informal gathering taking place over a weekend including socialising, workshops, concerts, and reedmakers trying to get everyone's pipes going.
(BTW in Highland piping a "gathering" and a "retreat" are tune-types.)
In the Highland piping world there are large gatherings based around competition, the biggest one here in the USA being Winter Storm.
https://mhaf.org/
Then there are piping summer schools, run by The College Of Piping/National Piping Centre, Balmoral School of Piping, and other organisations.
https://balmoralschoolofpiping.org/balm ... bagpiping/
What the Highland piping world doesn't seem to have is something equivalent to the uilleann pipe Tionol, an informal gathering taking place over a weekend including socialising, workshops, concerts, and reedmakers trying to get everyone's pipes going.
(BTW in Highland piping a "gathering" and a "retreat" are tune-types.)
Richard Cook
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle
c1980 Quinn uilleann pipes
1945 Starck Highland pipes
Goldie Low D whistle