Upper Potomac Music Weekends
Very Tentative 2021 Weekend Schedule
Friday, January 15, 2021
3:00-5:00 pm: Zoom Class: Maintenance tips from our favorite pipemakers
Scottish smallpipe and Uilleann pipes Maintenance tips with Brian Bigley, Nate Banton and Robert Felsburg
YouTube Repertoire Explorations
7:30- 9:00 pm: French and Irish Pipes and Flute Showcase Concert
9:30-11: Pipers Round Robin
An “Open Mike” / Show & Tell Introduction and play along session. BYOB
Saturday, January 16, 2021
9:00-9:30 am: Zoom Greet and tech session
10:00-12:00 am:Class 1 Zoom Sessions
Joey Abarta: Uilleann Pipe Foundations
Michael Roddy: Exploring Irish Repertoire on Scottish and Irish Pipes
Alice Robinson: Quintessential Northumberland Repertoire
Fin Moore: Advanced Strathspeys for Border and Smallpipes
12:00-1:00 pm:Lunch Break
1:00-1:30 Alice Robinson Showcase concert
2:00-4:00 pm:Class 2 Zoom Sessions
Brian Bigley: Intonation and Performance on Irish Pipes (Brian Bigley
Sean Gavin: Irish Flute Technique
Barry Shears: Jig Playing from the Cape Breton Perspective
Michael Roddy: Exploring the C natural on SSP and Border Pipes
Nicolas Gerardin: Exploration of Central French Repertoire
4:00-6:00 pm: Mini Classes & Repertoire Workshop time
6:00-7:00 pm: Dinner Break
7:30-9:30 pm: Scottish Pipes Showcase Concert
Sunday, January 17, 2021
10:00-12:00 am: Class 3
Joey Abarta: The Incredible Uilleann Piping of Tommy Reck
Michael Roddy: Repertoire from Outside the Box... Music from Shetland, Sweden, Ireland, French Canada, and more!
Fin Moore: Strathspeys Demystified... and Introduction to the Strathspey
Alice Robinson: Here and Now: Contemporary music on the Northumbrian Smallpipes
12:00-2:00 pm: Lunch Break
2:00-4:00 pm: Class 4
Sean Gavin: Express Yourself, Tools for better playing on the Uilleann Pipes
Tim Cummings: Scotland Meets Appalachia: Old Time Music on the Smallpipes
Barry Shears: The Music of Alex Curry
Nicolas Gerardin: Technique and Aproach to the Central French Bourree
YouTube Repertoire offerings can be pursued in time off or during the 3 weeks following our weekend.