Irish World Academy of Music and Dance

Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance June 22nd – July 3rd, 2015. www.blas.ie

The Blas Summer School is delighted to announce the continuation of the Paul Brady Blas Bursary for 2015. The recipients of the scholarships benefit from master classes and tuition from Ireland’s most distinguished traditional artists. The value of each bursary covers a portion of tuition only for the 2 weeks of the programme.

The Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance returns to the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick for the 19th successive year this June 22nd – July 3rd, 2015. The summer school will be launched on Monday June 22nd where students attending the course at the University’s Irish World Academy will benefit from the wisdom and tutelage of eminent figures of the Traditional World such as Dónal Lunny, Steve Cooney, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, John Carty, Colin Dunne, Louise Mulcahy, Michelle Mulcahy, Ryan Molloy, Kieran Munnelly, Siobhan Peoples, Niall Keegan, Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain, Mats Melin, Aileen Dillane, Sandra Joyce and Jim Higgins with more being added all the time.

For further information on all aspects of the Blas Summer School, contact Ernestine Healy, Director, Blas Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance, Irish World Academy, University of Limerick at Tel: 061 202653.