Welcome to my website! We are entering the later stage of the year in Minnesota with beautiful autumn weather and lots of golden leaves. I wonder will we have more snow this winter than last year — I hope so! The main event for me in the last couple of months was teaching and playing at the O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat. I’ve been there twice before and it’s a really classy affair with a great roster of instructors including this time Liz Doherty, Gerry O’Connor, John Coyne, Danielle Enblom and Billy and Sean McComiskey. I had a class of about twenty guitarists and had a great time with them. On the Minnesota front I just completed another semester of “Irish Poetry in Translation” at the Center for Irish Music — always a treat for me — and am just starting a course teaching fingerstyle guitar pieces — variety is the spice of life! I’ll end with a quote that I just saw in Ireland from “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” — now run along and don’t get into mischief!
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“Lost River, Vol. 1” is the long-awaited second song album of Dáithí Sproule. Featuring songs in Irish and English, exquisitely arranged and accompanied on guitar, the album includes guest performances by Seamus McGuire, Peter Ostroushko, Tom Schaefer, Randal Bays, Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey, Danielle Enblom, Laura MacKenzie, John Wright, Dean Magraw, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien, and Altan. (more…)
Courses
At Center for Irish Music in St. Paul
Fall Session 2025
- Online classes:
- Irish Poetry in Translation
- Pieces for Fingerstyle Guitar
- In-Person classes
- Session Playing
- Individual lessons (in-person or online)
Summer Session 2025
- Online classes:
- Irish Poetry in Translation
- In-Person classes
- Session Playing
- Individual lessons (in-person or online)