Lessons

(updated 2024/12/5)

Adult dance – Ceili & Country Sets

Greater Washington Ceili Club Thursdays, 7 to 8 pm beginners 8 to 930 pm advanced Ann Marie Breheny email	Argyle Park Bldg Forest Glen Rd Silver Spring, MD	set dances and ceili dances
Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers Tuesdays, 7 to 845 pm instructor tbd email	Ridgeview Middle School Gaithersburg, MD	ceili dances and set dances
Tuesday Night Ceili Club Hugh Conway email	Green Acres Center 4401 Sideburn Rd Fairfax City, VA	set dances and ceili dances
Irish Set Dance lessons Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm Anne Marie Russell email	Baltimore County Arts Guild Clubhouse 10 St Timothy Lane Catonsville, MD	set dances	new

Irish Music – Traditional Instruments

(updated 2024/12/5)

Group Classes

Washington Conservatory of Music 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 Irish fiddle, Irish flute, tin whistle, Irish banjo/mandolin, guitar, bodhran, Irish folk songs	DC metro area
Baltimore Irish Music School All classes are at St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue in Hampden unless otherwise noted. lessons for children under 18	Baltimore metro area
Sligo Creek Hedge School hammered dulcimer. Irish tin whistle	DC metro area	301-655-0103
Baltimore Irish Arts Center	Baltimore metro area	443-629-8699
The Clubhouse in Catonsville 10 St. Timothy’s Ln Catonsville, MD Join fellow musicians to explore new tunes, new techniques and new ideas	Baltimore metro area

Individual Classes

Keith Carr	private lessons on bouzouki and Irish tenor banjo in Falls Church, VA	703-969-6909
Tina Eck	private lessons on Irish flute and tin whistle in Cabin John, MD Zoom classes available.	202-812-8614
Mitch Fanning	private lessons on fiddle in Silver Spring, MD	301-565-3657
Elise Kress	Private lessons on Irish flute and tin whistle in Alexandria, VA	703-522-2866
Pauline Lerner	private lessons on fiddle in Rockville, MD	301-770-0973
Alex Caton	private lessons on fiddle in Charlottesville/Gordonsville area	434-989-4591
Brian Conway	private lessons on fiddle Zoom classes	New York City

Stepdance lessons

(updated 2024/12/5)

Boyle School of Irish Dance	3 Northern VA locations	Alannah Boyle Sweeney, ADCRG and Ellen Boyle Gibbons, ADCRG.	703-791-0800
Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance	Glen Echo and Rockville, MD	Sean Culkin, TCRG	301-593-9600
District Irish Dance Academy	Washington, DC	Joe Duffy. TCRG	202-525-6091
Foley Academy of Irish Dance	Reston, VA	Shannon Foley Dilles, TCRG	703-375-9369
Hunt School of Irish Dance	Crofton, MD	Sheila Hunt Murray, TCRG	410-212-7955
Maple Academy of Irish Dance	Vienna, VA and Annapolis, MD	Bill Maple, ADCRG and Marnie O’Callaghan-Maple ADCRG
McGrath Academy of Irish Dance	7 VA and MD locations	Lauren McGrath Dutton, ACDRG	703-772-1236
McHale School of Irish Dance	Lutherville, MD	Linda McHale Poggi, TCRG	410-252-8459
Doherty Petri School of Irish Dancing	Parkville, MD	Lisa Petri, ADCRG Karen Petri, ADCRG Casey O’Connor Kelly, TCRG
O’Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance	Owings, MD	Joanie Feeney Ohrt, TCRG
O’Neill-James School of Irish Dancing	Arlington and Falls Church, VA	Laureen O’Neill James ADCRG TCRG	703-241-1978
Teelin School of Irish Dance	Columbia, MD	Maureen Berry, TCRG and Kathleen Young, TCRG	443-629-7808
Baltimore Irish Music School	Baltimore, MD	Catherine Marafino Brice (Sean-nós and old style)
Kate Spanos Irish Dance	Rockville, MD	Kate Spanos