Workshop Flyer - Steafan Hannigan
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Workshop Flyer - Steafan Hannigan
Saskia Tomkins and Steafan Hannigan have a wide range of skills in the Performing Arts, which they can bring to your Festival School or Homeschool setting. Between them they have over 40 years experience in music and education. They can tailor their workshops in music and performance skills to bring out the best in learners of all ages. TRADITIONAL MUSIC WORKSHOPS Steafan and Saskia run Irish Traditional music workshops at venues. venues, festivals and specialist events in Canada, Canada, U.K. U.K. , , Ireland and Europe Europe. The following are workshop possibilities: Instruments used in Irish music: a hands on guide with Uilleann Pipes, Fiddle, whistles, Flute, Bodhran, Bouzouki, Harp, Guitar. www.steafan.com www.myspace.com/steafan www.myspace.com/saskiatomkins [email protected] [email protected] 905 924 1252 Playing Together - Tune selection, instrumentation, arrangements, and accompaniment. Suitable for Guitars, bouzoukis and any other instruments Fiddles Flutes, pipes, etc. Specific instruments Bodhran: both single and double style Irish or Uilleann Pipes, Whistle and Low Whistle, Flute, Fiddle, Flute, Bouzouki, Banjo, Mandolin, etc EDUCATION Was born in the UK and began playing the violin at 7 years old, giving her first public concert in the local church shortly after. Because of her mixed heritage, Eastern Woodlands Aboriginal ancestors, Black American, British, Irish and Romany, she enjoys exploring and connecting to each of these through the music. Discovering folk music at 11 years, she had 2 teachers covering folk, classical and technique. She holds a B.A.hons Degree in Performing Arts/Jazz & popular Music. Saskia has 15 years experience as a music teacher and freelance session musician and performer. Saskia was formally a lecturer at Northampton College , a leading performance art College in England. An all Britain champion fiddler she has given workshops all over the world including Jordan, Cuba, France, Turkey, Austria and the U.K. Within the last couple of years Saskia has played with the Chieftains at Massey Hall in Toronto, and with people such as Uriah Heep, Crispin Mills (Kula Shaker), the English Shakespeare Company, Sonja Kristina (Curved Air), Sin E, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Laurie Anderson and created workshops for festivals and Comhaltas groups in the U.K and Canada. Her workshops include improving technique and performance skills , putting a performance together and trying out new styles from Irish Country and Jazz. Working in in schools we devise an exciting and challenging range of workshops and teaching experiences which will excite and motivate people, while helping to fulfill many areas of the schools Curriculum Reading Writing Oral and Visual Communication Music Drama and Dance Heritage and Citizenship WORKSHOPS - A SHORT SAMPLE Storytelling - Learners experience the wonders of storytelling and learn how to do it themselves from developing the first ideas right through to the public telling. Instrument building - Using everyday objects and scrap recycled material, learners are guided to make and play a variety of unusual playable instruments and not plastic cup shakers! Discover Ireland its people, culture and heritage - . using Storytelling and music. Find out about the magic of Fionn McCool and the legend of the Gold Ring. OUR COLLECTION We have over 600 instruments collected from all over the world including Northern and Eastern Europe, India, Turkey, Greece, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, and U.K. These instruments unusually, c a n be touched, stroked, struck or played with by participants ,which is really useful for a huge variety of workshops Steafan is also a qualified instrument maker specializing in woodwind and percussion instruments. is a Belfast born award winning Musician, Storyteller, Author and charismatic Educator, who has just spent the last few years teaching in England . His music career has led him to work with many top class musicians including The Chieftains, Il Divo, Julian Lloyd Webber, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Gary Barlow, Uriah Heep, Loreena McKennett, Jeff Martin, The Afro-celts, and Michael Flatley. He has t.v credits on shows like “Friends”, ”M.T.V. unplugged”, “Earth Final Conflict , “Relic Hunter”, “Black Harbour”, “How Music works” etc. His teaching books and D.V.D.s covering Irish Traditional Instruments are worldwide bestsellers. He has used these books as source material for his very popular workshops. He is a qualified teacher and works with groups and individuals of all abilities and talents from entry level through to Postgraduate work. having tought at a number of schools, universities and colleges. In the U.K Steáfán specialized in working with learners with a range of special needs and also disaffected Learners with challenging behavior .He rewrote the delivery system within one college to enable the group to exceed the national targets in achievement and retention by over 100% within a year. Steafan likes to focus on learner led work and his experience in teaching, music and storytelling will help you to find new and challenging ways to work with learners.