I Teach Trad Teach Traditional Music & Song (Foundation Certificate)October 23 Teach Traditional Music & Song (Foundation Certificate)October 23 Do you want to become a CERTIFIED traditional music/song teacher? This new course from I Teach Trad in collaboration with The Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) is must for Irish traditional music/song teachers looking to improve their teaching skills and commit to their professional development.  It is designed for existing teachers and for those musicians/singers who are considering teaching traditional music/s ..read more

I Teach Trad 5 Reasons why Reading Music can Help Traditional Musicians Yes, I know. We are traditional musicians. We do not need to be able to read staff notation in order to perform, or to learn. And, we can, of course, rhyme off a list of legendary musicians who never learned to read music, and managed just fine, thank you very much. So why are we even having this conversation? Here’s why. Becoming musically literate – in other words, being able to read and write down music using staff notation – is a skill that can help us in so many ways, as traditional musicians, singers and teachers. An ..read more

I Teach Trad Why CPD should be part of your plan as a traditional music teacher Why CPD should be part of your plan as a traditional music teacher [Note: for the purposes of this blog, the term ‘music’ refers to instrumental music and song.] Knowing how to play traditional music is not the same as knowing how to teach music. And just as we access all kinds of support and expertise in order to learn and develop as players it makes sense that we do the same to help us learn how to teach. Teaching traditional music can be quite daunting when you have to design, plan and deliver all kinds of lesso ..read more

I Teach Trad 5 Reasons to become a certified traditional music/song teacher 5 Reasons to become a certified traditional music/song teacher If you teach Irish traditional music/song and want to gain professional certification for your teaching practice here’s an exciting new opportunity for you! I Teach Trad is collaborating with The Royal Irish Academy of Music to offer a new certified course for traditional music/song teachers. Teach Traditional Music & Song (Foundation Certificate) is now open for registration. Why become a certified traditional music/song teacher? #1 Gain professional c ..read more

I Teach Trad Teach Traditional Music & Song (Foundation Certificate) Teach Traditional Music & Song (Foundation Certificate) Do you want to become a CERTIFIED traditional music/song teacher? This new course from I Teach Trad in collaboration with The Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) is must for Irish traditional music/song teachers looking to improve their teaching skills and commit to their professional development.  It is designed for existing teachers and for those musicians/singers who are considering teaching traditional music/song in the future.&n ..read more

I Teach Trad Online Community for Trad Teachers Goes Live The world’s first online community for Irish traditional music teachers has gone live today. Innovative online CPD platform, I Teach Trad has opened the doors to trad teachers from all corners of the globe. The announcement was made by leading Irish traditional music figure, Dr Liz Doherty, who developed the  initiative. “This is whereteachers of traditional music can gather, be inspired, motivated, learn from each other, share tips and ideas.” “Often traditional music teachers feel like they are on their own. Everyone feels like t ..read more

I Teach Trad Teach Traditional Music? Join New Global Online Community… Do YOU teach traditional music? Then let me ask you a few questions…. Have you ever felt bored and uninspired, teaching the same things week in, week out? Have you ever had a question and were unsure who to turn to for advice and guidance? Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome? Yes, that niggling self-doubt that you don’t really know what you are doing and one day you’ll be found out. Have you ever wondered if this is what you want to be doing at all? You are not alone. I promise.   Challenges You Face i ..read more

I Teach Trad Prix CIRCOM Award for Samhlú 2020 Donegal music producer, and traditional music expert, Dr Liz Doherty has welcomed news that TG4 won a prestigious international media award.  ‘Samhlú 2020’ has won a Prix CIRCOM for “Most Original and Innovative” production. Liz Doherty’s Role in Samhlú 2020 Liz was music producer for the programme, which is an eloquent and atmospheric cultural showcase, celebrating how art and creativity in Ireland endured the pandemic. “Samhlú was a joy to work on from start to finish,” says Dr Doherty. “As soon as I read the script, I know that this was g ..read more

I Teach Trad 5 Tips on Teaching Traditional Music Online Teaching Traditional Music Online. What do those four words mean to you? In my last blog on teaching traditional music, we started the conversation about teaching online. We raised the possibility that the problem may not all be wrapped up in the ‘online’ part of that phrase. I suggested that you stop trying to shoehorn your old, pre-Covid, in-the-room teaching practices into your new virtual teaching room. Instead, I recommended that you embrace this virtual space for teaching traditional music as a blank canvas. This presents an opport ..read more

I Teach Trad Teaching Traditional Music Teachers – Positive Course Results I’m delighted to have successfully completed a short course for traditional music teachers in Laois, Offaly and Westmeath. I was invited to run the course by Laois Offaly ETB, Music Generation Laois and Music Generation Offaly-Westmeath. Details of the Traditional Music Teachers Course The course was delivered over 6 Saturday mornings during February and March. Here’s how we got on. During our first session we discussed and decided on what we all hoped to get out of the course. Together, we co-created this list as our s ..read more