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A collection of beloved poems in English and Irish that I've set to music for voice, piano, and harp. In addition to the CD, please feel most welcome to download my resource book which contains the texts of the poems, biographies of the poets, and questions and ideas to spark your own poems. FREE: my gift to you! -
A brand new book of poems! These are short, readable, image-rich, and lyrical. If you'd like me to sign your book, just let me know in the buying notes and tell me to whom you want your book inscribed. It will be my pleasure. -
Songs of folklore and festivity that celebrate the Irish traditional year
Want a digital download of my brand new CD to listen to on your favorite devices? Here it is! In this bundle, you'll receive a digital copy of A Celtic Blessing Year. You'll also receive my beautiful e-book of folk tradition, scholarship, and suggestions for celebrating these Irish feast days. After your purchase, you'll receive an email with two links - one marked Album and one marked Book. Click on those links and the music and book will download onto your device.For complete details about the songs and the ebook, just look below. -
HOORAY! Here is my brand new ebook of "Novemberish" stories, poems, and seasonal delights, including Irish folklore, a taste of etymology, a recipe for a truly wonderful cake, a good riddle, and a cast of characters that includes giants, hags, ghosts, foxes, owls, magical musicians, mermaids, a mysterious baker, and many more. The accompanying audiobook, which includes everything in the ebook, opens the door for you to three hours of warm, intimate, company-keeping with me. It sounds like a dream because it was professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered by the amazing Lauren Passarelli. If you've ever wanted my voice in your ear, well, here it is - and you know that I LOVE to do all the voices and savor every inflection. Your purchase receipt includes three download links - the ebook itself, and the two parts of the audiobook. Please note that this is a virtual offering (rather than a physical CD or printed book). The contents of this book are in many ways the contents of my heart. I am so grateful to you for your interest in "meeting" it and me in the bleak and beautiful world of November. -
A collaboration with Berklee College of Music Guitar Professor and Recording Studio Wizard, Lauren Passarelli! Ten original songs with lush, sparkling arrangements - including vocals, guitar, piano, harp, drums, accordion, flute, bass, melodeon, and a host of midi instruments. Danceable, singable, soul-lifting pop rock with heart and groove! (This listing is for the digital download) -
Songs of folklore and festivity that celebrate the Irish traditional year
Want my brand new CD to come in the mail to your home? I’d love to send one to you! In this bundle, I’ll post a physical CD to you and a little note, too (because I love snail mail). Also, as soon as you order, you’ll receive by email a link to download my beautiful e-book of folk tradition, scholarship, and suggestions for celebrating these Irish feast days. (So, just to be clear: the book is not a physical book, but an e-book that you’ll read on your laptop, phone, or tablet, and of course you're welcome to print it out). For complete details about this recording, just look below. -
A collaboration with Berklee College of Music Guitar Professor and Recording Studio Wizard, Lauren Passarelli! Ten original songs with lush, sparkling arrangements - including vocals, guitar, piano, harp, drums, accordion, flute, bass, melodeon, and a host of midi instruments. Danceable, singable, soul-lifting pop rock with heart and groove!
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A one-hour poetry workshop with Kate Chadbourne on the subject of Inspiration:- You'll create three poems in an atmosphere of fun, ease, and pleasure with my loving guidance
- You'll investigate your connection with the life-giving energy of Inspiration
- You'll spend a beautiful, creative hour with yourself
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Welcome home, the new home says Though you are new I feel I know you Welcome to my hearth, she says Come fill my rooms with love and light and joy
from "Welcome Home," a song commissioned to encourage a friend who was moving away to a new homeWould you love a beautiful and one-of-a-kind song to celebrate a milestone in your life or in the life of someone you love?
Would you love a song to bless and encourage yourself or a friend?
It is my JOY and honor to create commissioned songs that express love and care, that celebrate important achievements or life moments, and that offer blessing, protection, and encouragement. I love to use my gift for music and songwriting to help foster love and connection. I consciously weave blessing and Reiki energy into every song I make - so there's even more to these songs than words and music! They carry love and spirit, and YOU are woven into the song, too. This is a very special and meaningful gift to share with the people you love. Anne M, who commissioned "Welcome Home," writes,"Thank you from every corner of my heart for the beautiful, perfect blessing song for my friend. You caught the exact spirit I wanted, more than I ever knew. I know she will love it, too!"
To find out more about the process of creating your song, see the note below.I will love creating something beautiful for you!
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Grow wiser, braver. and more useful this winter in this Celtic Wisdom School course - mentored by the world-building Cailleach and the world-healing Bean Feasa!
Join us to learn about the Cailleach, the hag of Irish tradition, and her human counterpart, the Bean Feasa or wise woman, whose insight and compassion save the day in many Irish tales. With their excellent example, we'll endeavor to become wiser, more discerning, clearer, more creative, and more deeply useful to our friends, families, and communities. We will conspire with the Cailleach in her world-building and world-tending, and as a group we'll become a conspiracy of Cailleachs as we embody her fierce vitality on our way to becoming as wise and useful as the Bean Feasa. Our time together combines video lessons and storytelling, materials drawn and translated from Irish folklore and mythology, and a weekly 90-minute gathering where the real fun, learning, and transformation happen. In addition, you'll be invited into a one-on-one correspondence with Kate centered around each week's powerful question. At the end of the course, you'll receive a pdf booklet of all of the course materials to keep. 9 January - 26 February 2023 Find out more about the course below. -
Become an Irish speaker this fall!
Join us to learn the essentials that will transform you into an Irish speaker quickly and joyfully.
Our course includes:- 8 fun weekly class meetings on Zoom where you'll practice, laugh, and learn in a warm community of Irishy people
- weekly teaching videos that introduce the week's phrases and guide you to speak them with confidence
- weekly resource sheets with everything you need and nothing you don't: you won't be overloaded in this course!
If you have always wanted to learn the language of Ireland - a language that calls to you through the poetry, stories, and songs you love - this course is for you!
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Continue your journey as an Irish speaker this winter!
Join us to practice and learn more Irish in a class that gets you speaking and communicating joyfully, easily, and with great confidence and fun.
Our course includes:
- 8 fun weekly class meetings on Zoom where you'll practice, laugh, and learn in a warm community of Irishy people
- weekly teaching videos that introduce the week's phrases and guide you to speak them with confidence
- weekly resource sheets with everything you need and nothing you don't: you won't be overloaded in this course!
What distinguishes the successful Irish learner? One main thing: keeping going. Join us in January and lean ar aghaidh - keep going!
16 January - 18 March 2024
Find out more about the course below.
