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Spring 2008 - Classes, Seminars, and Workshops
If you are a current Celtic Arts Center member, click on the link for member enrollment. If you wish to become a member to get the discount class rate, you can go ahead and enroll online as a member, and we will process your membership application at the first class. Credit cards can now be accepted for memberships and tuition as well as checks or cash.
WARNING: A credit card processing fee has been added to online web orders only. The charge is reflected in the price on the CCNOW order form.
Pre-registration is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all classes.
Some of these classes will not be held unless a minimum number of registered students is reached.
To enroll by phone call 818-760-8322 (unless otherwise specified).
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Introduction To The Irish Mythological Tradition
Tuesday Nights -- April 1st, 8th, 15th, and 29th
Time: 7 – 8:30PM
Location: T.U. Studios/Theatre Unlimited
Tuition: $10/class for general public
($8/class for ACS/CAC Members)
Read, discuss and contemplate the Irish mythological tradition in this four-week survey class designed to help participants learn about and create a personal relationship to the ancient tales that formed the cultural foundations of Gaelic Ireland and Scotland for over a thousand years.
Each week the class will explore a major tale from each of the cycles of Irish mythology:
THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE
The Second Battle of Moytura, in which the Tuatha De Danann (the ancient gods and goddesses of Ireland) battle against the monstrous Fomorians from beneath the sea.
THE ULSTER CYCLE
The exploits of the great warrior Cuchullain in the national epic poem of Ireland, the Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley).
THE FENIAN CYCLE
The adventures of the most widely-known Irish hero Fionn MacCumhal and his band of fellow warrior-poets known as the Fianna, in the fairy Otherworld of the Sídhe.
IRISH FOLKLORE
The beloved folk and fairy tales of Ireland about leprechauns, changelings, banshees and ghosts, in a world where the ordinary and the magical live side by side.
Teacher - Michael Sean McGuinness is an actor and playwright (Christmas O' Carol), as well as a teacher and independent filmmaker (The Question). He has a BFA in Acting from NYU, an MFA in Cinema from National University and has taught acting for New York University, The Stella Adler Studio, and the Los Angeles Unified School District's Arts Education Branch. He inherited the tales, poems and songs of the Gaelic oral tradition from his Irish father and Scottish mother, and wants to share these treasures with as wide an audience as possible through film, theatre, and education.
Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.
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History Of The Celtic Nations
Tuesday Nights -- April 1st, 8th, 15th, and 29th
Time: 8:30PM – 10PM
Location: T.U. Studios/Theatre Unlimited
Tuition: $10/class for general public
($8/class for ACS/CAC Members)
A survey of the development of the Celtic nations: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. The class will start with the earliest roots of Celtic language and culture and proceed through the development of the nations' identities and their struggles to achieve and maintain independence.
Teacher - Todd Covert is a longtime member and former President of the Celtic Arts Center (1999-2000 and 2006-2007). He is the founder of The Druid Academy, a proprietary teaching project, and has been a member of the Celtic League American Branch for over ten years.
Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.
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UNIQUE MUSIC HISTORY CLASS OFFERED ONE NIGHT ONLY
“An Introduction to Irish Song & Music — from Sean-Nos to Jazz”
with instructors Melanie O’Reilly & Seán O’Nuallain
Tuesday Night - April 22nd
Check-in: 7PM & Class Begins: 7:30PM - 9PM
Location: T.U. Studios/Theatre Unlimited
Tuition: $40/student
Pre-registration required.
A minimum of 8 students enrolled for the class to happen.
To register for this class, please call 818-392-8102 or e-mail us.
This one and a half hour class will introduce students to Irish song and music, tracing the roots of Irish music from the 12th Century, its suppression following the Tudor invasion and its preservation underground through oral tradition. It will then explore Irish music's renaissance in the 20th Century and the breathtaking development of the years 1960-1985 through works of artists such as Seán O Ríada, Donal Lunny, Clannad, Kila, and Nuala Ni Dhomnhaill's poetry collaborations with songwriters. The course then ends with new fusion genres — such as the Celtic folk-punk played by the Pogues, and O'Reilly's own Gaelic jazz interpretations.
Instructors
Melanie O'Reilly: Dublin-born Melanie O'Reilly tours extensively throughout the US, Ireland, Scotland, England and Europe and is a member of the band "Aisling". She now resides in Berkeley, where she is Musician-in-Residence at UC Berkeley in their Celtic Studies program.
Seán O'Nuallain: Sean O Nuallain holds an M.Sc. in Psychology from University College, Dublin (UCD), Ireland and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He holds a visiting scholar's position at Stanford and directs the independent non-profit Nous Research. For years he acted as Science and Technology convenor for the Irish Green party, and published the first IT policy paper in the history of the State. He is the author of "The Search for Mind: Third Millennium Mind", "Stone Circles of Ireland (Irish Treasures)" and "Spatial Cognition: Foundations and Applocations."
Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.
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Irish Céilí Dance Instruction
Tuesday nights
7PM - 8PM
Location: Madilyn Clark Studios - Studio D
10852 Burbank Blvd. (just east of Vineland)
in North Hollywood, CA
Tuition: $10/class
($7/class for ACS/CAC Members)
Continuous enrollment
The class will teach both the simple party dances such as Walls of Limerick, Haymaker's Jig, Fairy Reel, as well as the more advanced dances like Eight-Hand Jig and High Cauled Cap. This class strives to go beyond the basics taught in our Monday night free céilí dance workshop and even offers a chance to choreograph new and unique dances. Emphasis will be placed on learning proper form and footwork throughout the course.
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Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) Study Group
** Now also enrolling NEW beginners **
Sunday Afternoons
2 – 4PM
Location: T.U. Studios/Theatre Unlimited
Tuition: $5/meeting for non-members
but FREE for ACS/CAC members!
Emphasis is on pronunciation, conversation and reading. In the first part of each class, we usually review very basic material, and in the second hour, we work at a more advanced level, for continuing study group members. (Beginners are welcome to stay, of course.)
The textbook is Teach Yourself Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor (readily available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, or Amazon). Students are advised to purchase the complete "Teach Yourself Gaelic" course which includes the book as well as a CD/tape invaluable for ongoing listening practice. We will also include some Gaelic songs and practical conversation (Gaelic tea & biscuits, etc.).
Teacher - Eva Gordon has been studying Scottish Gaelic in books, online and via human interaction for the past 15 years. She has attended a number of workshops sponsored by ACGA (An Comunn Gàidhealach America/Gaelic Society of America) at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, and at the Gaelic College, St. Ann’s, Cape Breton, N. S. A member of ACGA , she was the winner of ACGA's Distance Mòd Prose Competition (advanced) in 2002, ACGA’s Advanced Gaelic Scholarship, 2005, and winner of the Great Lakes Gaelic Mòd 2005. An active member of The Celtic Arts Center, she sings in the An Cór Ceilteach, the Center's choir.
Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.
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