HANDS ON! DRUMMING: Brian Fleming (4 – 7 YEAR OLDS)

Hands On! is Éigse’s series of workshops for children that take place on both Saturdays of the festival. Children from the ages of 4 – 13 are invited to take part in artist-led workshops, designed to develop their spirit of creativity.

The workshops are age-related so that participants get the most from the programme. Workshops are limited to a maximum of 15 pupils per workshop.

The Drumming Hands On! workshop will be given by well known drummer Brian Fleming. Brian Fleming plays percussion from around the world, specialising in the traditional Irish percussion instruments the bodhrán and bones and West African percussion. He has recorded on some 30 albums, produced 3, played on several soundtracks for film and tv. He has played with many of the best known innovators in Irish music and dance, including Davy Spillane, Emer Mayock (Afro Celts), Anuna, Michael Flatley, Cormac Breathnach, De jimbe and Kila. He has taught bodhran and percussion in schools, music schools, universities and festivals all over Ireland, including UCD, UCC, TCD and Waltons School of Music and abroad, in the US, Singapore and Cuba. He is credited in the Guinness Book of World Records 2001 as one of the designers of the Millennium Drum, the world’s largest drum, built for the millennium Drum Carnival, which he directed. He is co-director, with Robbie Harris, of the Big Bang Festival of Rhythm.

Buy tickets for the Drumming Workshops on Sat. 11th June (4 – 7 year olds) by clicking the button below or book by phone:+353 (0)59 9172400

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