1st PADDY KEENAN UILLEANN PIPE GATHERING

~ The aim of The George Carruthers Irish Music School and The Paddy Keenan Uilleann Pipe Gathering is to gather instruments or donations to support kid's musical educations that may not otherwise be possible. ~

This charitable event will be hosted by Paddy Keenan.

Update 03/24/12:  BANBA Ireland has recently completed refurbishing a beautiful set of Rowsome pipes, free of charge, which will be donated by Paddy Keenan to the non-profit school, established  by Pat Kelly at Naturfreundehaus, Elmstein.

Please consider joining along and donating instrument(s) or cash to this beautiful school and it's students.

Teachers:

John McSherry - Uilleann Pipes

Bernd Klippert - Uilleann Pipes

Alan Doherty - Flute

Sabine Pichler - Fiddle

Donna Harkin - Tin Whistle

Ekhart Topp - Guitar - Standard Tuning

Brian Haitz - Guitar - DADGAD

Guido Plüschke - Bodhrán

Francis Lynn - Banjo and Mandolin

Concerts will be held Monday night through Friday nights.  See website for details.

The price includes full board including workshops - 400 Euro
Full board without workshops - 350 Euro

Naturfreundehaus Elmstein Esthaler Str. 63-67, 67471 Elmstein

E-mail - pat.kelly@web.de

~ Please see link below to website for more information on how to donate musical instruments or how to make any charitable donations. ~

Event information:

http://www.reverbnation.com/PatKellysIrishTradSessions#!/page_object/page_object_bio/artist_674785 

or see Paddy's FaceBook page.

Video links for Paddy Keenan's concert in Germany (August 2011) (Concert sponsored by The George Carruthers Memorial Irish School):

'Kitty O'Neils' and 'The Kerry Jig':

http://tradconnect.com/video/paddy-keenan-brian-haitz-germany-2011

'Johnny's Tune ~ For the Avalon'

(original composition by Paddy Keenan):

 http://tradconnect.com/video/paddy-keenan-air-kirchheimbolanden?xg_source=activity

 A photo of uilleann Piper Father and Son ~ John Keenan, Sr. and Paddy Keenan.

Link to Paddy Keenan's website:

http://www.paddykeenan.com/