Irish Arts Center
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The IAC has a great staff and support structure - and James was a fantastic teacher. Excited to take up Fiddle II!

Ben was amazing, very nice and patient teacher, he got us playing and was always encouraging and upbeat! We learned three songs, amazing! Can’t wait to sign up with him again!

I like the sound of Irish. The thing I enjoyed most about the class was hearing a native speaker. The teacher introduced the Ranganna site, and I think this approach is the best for me. Seems that a real problem for me learning the language is that the spoken language is not immediately evident from the written. A good example is the phase, "thank you." The teacher captured my interest in learning Irish, and I'll stick with it. Not as an obsession, but as something interesting to do.

Unfortunately one of the only affordable introductory harp classes available in NYC. You get what you pay for, which isn't much. Mia plays well and you can tell she has trained for years, however she is not a good teacher at all. She does not explain things well and admits to copying techniques from other teachers. She spends most of the class talking about herself/her life, events she has played and parties she attended with other harpists. She does not give you enough time to practice in class so you can remember when you get home. She just has you take a video of her playing it and says to learn it on your own at home. OR! She recommends watching random youtube videos to learn, which I could have done without paying for the wasted travel time. If you actually want to learn, pay more for another class with absolutely ANYONE else.

Great exposure to the language. It would be better if the teachers took charge of the class more actively and did more directed drills, especially on orthography and pronunciation which were difficult for all the students.

Yvonne is great, and really helped me stay motivated with my writing!

Yvonne is a great writer instructor! I learned a lot and really enjoyed the course!

By the end of the class, we were able to play all three sections of a song that sounded very impressive. Mia helped break it down into easy to understand parts. I'd happily recommend this class to all! Though I will mentioned that it might be more challenging for people who haven't ever taken a music class before.

James was great in introducing fiddler! Will definitely continue... totally recommend it!

What a wonderful group of people. I love the instructor and the material - both were top knotch and oozing with authenticity and joy. A pleasure!

I loved this class, I want more from Bridget!

Loved this cozy, hands-on class. The instructor, Yvonne, is knowledgeable and encouraging and provided useful frameworks for thinking about dialogue, conflict, plot and more. The students, many of whom were part of her prior class, were also a pleasure to write with and listen to!

John was realllly great and hilarious tutor with good quality material.

It was very constructive.

A terrific teacher and a wonderful class of students. I had not been in a writing class for several decades. Yvonne really knows how to teach the craft. I will continue studying with Yvonne.

Fun and casual. Loved it!

I thought it was okay - the teacher doesn't really "teach", I think she is a good bodhran player but not much of a teacher - we mostly just listen to a piece and practice. She does not really instruct individually. Not bad, but I was expecting something more. Still, recommended.

I learned more in this class, with Barry teaching, than in all the other Irish classes I've taken. Thank you, Barry!

The class was good and the instructor very nice. For absolute beginners I felt he rushed a little bit I was injured and couldn't complete the course and missed some so I'm not really one to judge. I did like he sent out instructive videos which helped so one could practise I would recommend it.

Jerry Kelly is great, as he can help with any problem you're having. He did plenty of grammar, spelling, dialogue, sentence structure & history of the words & language. Wonderful teacher......