Belfast TradFest presents in association with Sound Of Belfast a fiddle workshop with Laura Kerr.
Laura Kerr is a highly-accomplished fiddle player from Lurgan, Co. Armagh. In 2018 she released a widely acclaimed duet album, Castor Bay, with her brother Barry and has recorded as a guest musician on a long list of traditional Irish music albums. Whilst living in Dingle, Co Kerry for almost ten years, she was a member of Séamus Begley’s Síbín Orchestra, a band named after Séamus’s infamous Síbín in Baile na bPoc, West Kerry. Laura has toured extensively with various bands over the years and she has appeared on and indeed presented TV and Radio programmes on RTÉ, TG4 and BBC.
The primary means of teaching and learning will be ‘by ear’ with an emphasis on assisting pupils to develop oral/aural skills in addition to instrumental competency and developing core repertoire. This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced (minimum 2 years instrument experience) adults and children over 10 years of age.