Right after Thanksgiving, we received a generous grant from a donor. That's allowing us to continue to build out the instrument library AND bring our young musician session back for 2025! Check out all of our updates here on our socials!

We're excited to announce that Celtic Hall/Capital District Celtic Cultural Association has awarded us funding to expand our instrument library. We've added SIX new instruments, and this generous contribution will allow us to add as many as four new instruments. In addition to the fiddle and accordion, we're also expecting an Anglo concertina to join the lineup. What else would you like to see?

Thanks to a recent grant by the Albany County Legislature, we've added two MANDOLINS and two lap HARPS to our instrument library! The Epiphone A Mandolin is great for smaller musicians who are interested in a guitar or have played violin - it is tuned the same (G-D-A-E).  Our new Harpsicle Harps are great for beginners; it is primarily played in the key of C. We make the instruments available at our young musician sessions and to those learning with one of our programs. We're also happy to bring these to local schools so our young people can explore the wonderful world of traditional Irish music and its instruments!

Join us monthly for our Irish Trad Session for Young Musicians when we return this fall! Find the date of our next session on our events calendar or on our Facebook page. Sessions start at 11:00 a.m. and feature one or two adult musician mentors to help with young musicians at any level.  This is a slow session that focuses on learning and improving tunes.