Brian Hart Teaching Irish Music and Language
Here’s a nice article in the Columbia Missourian on Brian Hart.
We’ve talked about Brian Hart’s sean nós singing before of course, and over in Columbia, Missouri this article focuses on his current teaching of the Irish language and Irish music:
Hart doesn’t spew facts left and right. He has a method that keeps his students interested and wanting to learn more. In his Irish culture class, Hart uses his iPod to play recordings of Irish singer Joe Heaney. After listening to his songs, Hart explains that Heaney died in 1993 and was buried in a small, “pretty and serene” graveyard next to the ocean.
“The class is full of sad music,” student Carolyn Martin says. “Brian said in America, we don’t know real Irish music. This was new to me.”
In September Brian Hart will teach Irish language literature and translation at St. Xavier University in Chicago.
See Also:
• Learn Irish in Kansas City?
• Irish Language (Gaelic/Gaelige) Course in Kansas City
• ‘Craic’ or ‘Crack’: Is it Irish?
• Ban the Irish Language