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Cait Reed
San Francisco, CA
Cáit Reed plays and teaches traditional Celtic music on fiddle, transverse flute, tin whistle, mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhrán... More About Me »
About Me
Cáit Reed plays and teaches traditional Celtic music on fiddle, transverse flute, tin whistle, mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhrán (Irish drum), back-up guitar and cittern as well as back-up accompaniment and arrangement. Through her school, The Gold Ring™ School of Celtic Music, she teaches:
Week-Long Music Retreats;
Celtic Ensemble Classes;
Fiddle Classes in Celtic and
American Mountain Styles;
Parent and Child Duo classes;
Irish Singing; and
Beginning Fiddle.
With over 35 years experience as a teacher and performer of Celtic music, Cáit considers her own style to be influenced and inspired by the older generation of musicians. Many of her students have gone on to become professional musicians and recording artists in their own right. When she teaches and performs, she focuses on technique, ornamentation, regional styles, phrasing, creating variations, playing "by ear" and having fun.
Cáit has been playing The Music since 1970, when she had the good fortune to meet and learn music from Joe Cooley of Peterswell, County Galway. Joe was known for his dramatic and heartfelt playing style and is considered by many to be one of the important Irish traditional dance musicians of his era. Joe introduced her to Seán Reid of Ennis, who took her around to meet and play with many of the finest musicians in Ireland. Cáit counts Kevin Keegan, Joe and Maureen Murtagh, Willie Clancy, Vincent Griffen, Paddy Murphy, Paddy Carty and Martin Rotchford (all masters of traditional Irish...
Cáit Reed plays and teaches traditional Celtic music on fiddle, transverse flute, tin whistle, mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhrán (Irish drum), back-up guitar and cittern as well as back-up accompaniment and arrangement. Through her school, The Gold Ring™ School of Celtic Music, she teaches:
Week-Long Music Retreats;
Celtic Ensemble Classes;
Fiddle Classes in Celtic and
American Mountain Styles;
Parent and Child Duo classes;
Irish Singing; and
Beginning Fiddle.
With over 35 years experience as a teacher and performer of Celtic music, Cáit considers her own style to be influenced and inspired by the older generation of musicians. Many of her students have gone on to become professional musicians and recording artists in their own right. When she teaches and performs, she focuses on technique, ornamentation, regional styles, phrasing, creating variations, playing "by ear" and having fun.
Cáit has been playing The Music since 1970, when she had the good fortune to meet and learn music from Joe Cooley of Peterswell, County Galway. Joe was known for his dramatic and heartfelt playing style and is considered by many to be one of the important Irish traditional dance musicians of his era. Joe introduced her to Seán Reid of Ennis, who took her around to meet and play with many of the finest musicians in Ireland. Cáit counts Kevin Keegan, Joe and Maureen Murtagh, Willie Clancy, Vincent Griffen, Paddy Murphy, Paddy Carty and Martin Rotchford (all masters of traditional Irish dance music from Clare and Galway), among her earliest influences. Cáit is co-founder of Lark in the Morning, purveyors of rare and unusual instruments. During those same years, she studied with Buddy McMasters of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and Alasdair Fraser of Scotland.
