Tuition

Virtuoso lyre player, teacher and composer, Mr John Billing, is our consultant on technical construction and tonal quality of the Celtic Lyre.
Tuition
Tuition
 John offers private and group tuition, his work encompasses all grades and John specializes in therapeutic music workshops with "special needs" adults and children. He will lead music workshops on a daily or weekly basis. John is also available for concert performances and he travels worldwide teaching and playing.

In response to the worldwide demand and interest in the Celtic Lyre - and the further questions regarding Lyre Tuition - we decided the only answer was to run an international summer school. The first Celtic Lyre Summer School took place in the last week of July 2002 and the following nationalities were represented - Japan, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany. This was a truly international event - and covered all abilities - beginners, intermediate, and more experienced players.

There were 3 groups lead by some of the most experienced lyre teachers in the world - John Billing, Anna Cooper, and Peter Rebbe. This was a truly remarkable week of teaching, rehearsing, artistic and social activities - culminating in two performances - one at the Fiddlers Green International Festival in Rostrevor and one at the Kingdom of Mourne Festival in Kilkeel.

Due to the outstanding success of this summer school it will certainly be repeated in 2003, probably in the late Autumn - details on request.


We are very interested to formulate a seminar which can be a foundation on which to encourage and propagate a network of lyre teachers. If the lyre is indeed to manifest itself into world music, then we need teachers who can give an introduction to basic lyre playing techniques. This will probably be based in Dublin - details on request.

   
We can offer lyre sheet music, lyre tutor video and book. Also available are the following compact discs.
"A New Perspective" - the healing, meditative sounds of solo celtic lyre.
"In The Company of Friends" - the Celtic Lyre playing a selection of Irish tunes accompanied by uilleann pipes, whistles, fiddle, mandolin, concertina, bodhran etc.
Available soon
"The Celtic Lyre Orchestra" - Live at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, including special guests John Sheehan (Dubliners), Phil Coulter, Brendan Monaghan and Lynn Hilary (Anuna).