I am a new Irish traditional music player (I play the fiddle and the concertina). I'm still new to both instruments having only been playing the fiddle for about a year and the concertina for about 2 years and I'm trying to find people in the greater Trenton area that are in the same situation. I've been to a few sessions (seisiún) at Irish pubs and coffee houses and realized that most of the times the tempos are a bit fast for a beginner. I'm looking to get together with a few other musicians w …

Are you or your family from a different country? Do you love to travel and visit other areas of the world? Do you like learning about cultures other than your own? Do you enjoy food from other ethnicities? Do you like to participate in or attend multi-cultural events, such as dances, performances, or foreign films? Do you speak, or are you learning to speak, any other languages other than English?   If you answered "yes" to any of the previous questions then this group is for you! Feel free to …

This group is for people who want to learn Irish or improve their Irish using a combination of lessons I create, children's books and traditional textbooks. The lessons will be loosely based on the book and CD set, Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners (NY: Routledge, 2008, ISBN-13 978-0-415-38130-7). However, I'll be customizing some of the themes in the book, to make it pertain to life in the U.S., especially the Delaware Valley, where most of us live. So we'll be emphasizing sen …