Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2025
Read Music The Trad Way
A brand new method designed to get traditional musicians reading music – FAST!
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5
Approved for EPV Days (Primary Teachers)
Certified by the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Learn to read music in ONE week at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Milltown Malbay, July 7-11th, 2025, 10am-2.30pm (Mon-Fri). Dr Liz Doherty’s brand new method created with traditional musicians in mind!
Description
Traditional musicians don’t need to read music.
Think again! Being able to read and write music can be a game-changer for traditional musicians and teachers. Don’t let outdated myths hold you back! This is the transformative course you’ve been waiting for – the key to unlocking your potential in the world of traditional music!
Our brand new sight-reading method is 100% designed for the traditional musician.
Say goodbye to generic music reading methods that seem irrelevant to your unique musical journey – our system speaks your language!
This course is perfect for:
- Traditional musicians who play any instrument.
- Any traditional musician who would love to be able to read to read sheet music confidently and fluently.
- Traditional music teachers keen to add this skill to their teaching toolkit.
- Schoolteachers who want to upskill.
A Brand New Method
In this course, traditional musician and education expert, Dr. Liz Doherty, takes you on a transformative journey through the fundamentals of music notation. Whether you’re a performer, a student or a teacher, this course is designed to all traditional musicians on any melody instrument.
- Demystify music notation and learn everything you need to know to get you reading and playing tunes fast.
- Use our brand new method and follow 4 simple step to help you master sight-reading quickly and easily.
- Read tunes fluently straight off the page.
- Learn how to write down tunes for yourself.
Key Points
- Become a more confident and versatile musician.
- Expand your repertoire by unlocking access to books and other notated resources. you master sight-reading quickly and easily.
- Deepen your understanding of music theory.
- Enhance your ability to teach traditional music – and share this skill with students.
- Efficiently notate tunes and songs, old and new.
- Collaborate and communicate more confidently with musicians from other genres.
- Explore new performance opportunities due to your enhanced skillset.
- Continue your own lifelong learning journey as a traditional artist.
Course Overview
Why Choose This Course?
- A BRAND NEW method for learning to sight-read, built around traditional music.
- Designed, developed and delivered BY a traditional musician FOR traditional musicians.
- Enjoy an interactive learning experience.
- Newly composed tunes and exercises to get you reading and playing right away!
- Certified by the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Instructor
Dr. Liz Doherty
Teacher Training Expert
This course includes:
- 5 Workshops
- Newly composed exercises & tunes for practice
- Part of the Willie Clancy Summer School
- Professional Development Certificate from RIAM
Testimonial
What our graduates say about us
“Every traditional musician should do this course!”
Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh
ALTAN
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Our Courses are certified by the Royal Irish Academy of Music
I Teach Trad’s courses are certified by the prestigious Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Ireland’s oldest conservatoire, and ranked one of the top 50 institutions in the world for performing arts.
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