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Traditional Celtic Music/Ceol Traidisiúnta Ceilteach
Welcome
to my website! We are currently under construction and hope
to be
able to bring you more offerings as time goes on. In the
meantime
please feel free to contact me at:
Phone:
(303) 582-1313Email: cait@caitreed.com
About Cáit
Cáit
Reed plays
and teaches traditional Celtic music on fiddle, transverse flute, tin
whistle, mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhrán (Irish drum),
back-up guitar and cittern as
well as back-up accompaniment and arrangement. Through her
school, The
Gold Ring™ School of Celtic Music, she teaches:
Cáit has been playing The Music since 1970, when she had the good fortune to meet and learn music from Joe Cooley of Peterswell, County Galway. Joe was known for his dramatic and heartfelt playing style and is considered by many to be one of the important Irish traditional dance musicians of his era. Joe introduced her to Seán Reid of Ennis, who took her around to meet and play with many of the finest musicians in Ireland. Cáit counts Kevin Keegan, Joe and Maureen Murtagh, Willie Clancy, Vincent Griffen, Paddy Murphy, Paddy Carty and Martin Rotchford (all masters of traditional Irish dance music from Clare and Galway), among her earliest influences. Cáit is co-founder of Lark in the Morning, purveyors of rare and unusual instruments. During those same years, she studied with Buddy McMasters of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and Alasdair Fraser of Scotland.
Week-Long Music
Retreats;
Celtic Ensemble Classes;
Fiddle Classes in Celtic and
American Mountain Styles;
Parent and Child Duo classes;
Irish Singing; and
Beginning Fiddle.
Celtic Ensemble Classes;
Fiddle Classes in Celtic and
American Mountain Styles;
Parent and Child Duo classes;
Irish Singing; and
Beginning Fiddle.
With
over 35 years experience as a teacher and performer of Celtic music,
Cáit considers her own style to be influenced and inspired
by
the older generation of musicians. Many of her students have
gone
on to become professional musicians and recording artists in their own
right. When she teaches and performs, she focuses on
technique,
ornamentation, regional styles, phrasing, creating variations, playing
"by ear" and having fun.
Cáit has been playing The Music since 1970, when she had the good fortune to meet and learn music from Joe Cooley of Peterswell, County Galway. Joe was known for his dramatic and heartfelt playing style and is considered by many to be one of the important Irish traditional dance musicians of his era. Joe introduced her to Seán Reid of Ennis, who took her around to meet and play with many of the finest musicians in Ireland. Cáit counts Kevin Keegan, Joe and Maureen Murtagh, Willie Clancy, Vincent Griffen, Paddy Murphy, Paddy Carty and Martin Rotchford (all masters of traditional Irish dance music from Clare and Galway), among her earliest influences. Cáit is co-founder of Lark in the Morning, purveyors of rare and unusual instruments. During those same years, she studied with Buddy McMasters of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and Alasdair Fraser of Scotland.
© 2007 by
Cáit Reed. All Rights Reserved.
Photo:© 2001 Clifton W. Reed, Jr. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Photo:© 2001 Clifton W. Reed, Jr. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.