Time, Date & Location:

10.30am-1.30pm, Saturday April 5th, 2025, Music Department, Stranmillis University College

The Tutor:

Steve Cooney is a force of nature in Irish traditional music.He was born in Melbourne, Australia and came to Ireland in 1980 where he developed an influential style of guitar accompaniment to traditional Irish dance music in West Kerry and also became an innovative and masterful interpreter of Irish song and the music of the Irish harp.Steve has participated in the making of more than 250 CDs either as a guitar or bass player, or as producer and engineer. Steve is also a poet, a songwriter, and a music theorist and educator. He casts a very wide net and has worked with many iconic international artists in rock and country music but his primary focus is Irish traditional music and fusions of that genre.

The Workshop:

This is an upper intermediate/advanced accordion workshop where Steve will teach his approach to accompaniment of traditional instrumental music and songs. Also on the day there will be an accordion workshop with Nia and Dermot Byrne. All the students and tutors will join together at the end of the workshop for a short session. The trio of tutors will be fperforming in concert the same evening in An Droichead.

Cost and booking:

Registration is £25. Places are limited and booking is essential.