Lori Madden
Director and Dance Instructor. Lori is a founding member of BRIMS and has been teaching dance and leading Trad Ensemble since the beginning. As Administrative director, Lori in charge of all bookings, fundraising, and public relations for BRIMS. She is also a member of the dance troupe Humorous Abandon, and has taught and performed at the Lake Eden Arts Festival near Asheville, NC.

Cleek Schrey
BRIMS is fortunate to have Cleek back to Charlottesville as the Traditional Ensemble musical director. Cleek is a BRIMS alumnus and has gone on to distinguish himself in the world of Irish musicon fiddle and piano. He will be teaching both instruments and is available at cleekschrey@gmail.com or call 434-409-5409.

Tes Slominski
Co-founder and current advisor to BRIMS, Tes is pursuing her PhD in Ethnomusicology with a fellowship at NYU. She taught fiddle and led the Traditional Ensemble for many years, and has distinguished herself in international music competitions, American music camps and as a performer.

Kevin Donleavy
Trad Scoil Staff

Alex Caton
Fiddle Instructor

Amanda Balestrieri
Singing Consultant

Paige Hartsell
Singing Apprentice

Marie Borgman
Fiddle Instructor, BRIMS Trad Ensemble Apprentice

Carol Lash
Set Dance Instructor

Kara Lochridge
Flute and Tinwhistle Instructor

Fiona Balestrieri
Flute and Tinwhistle Instruction Apprentice

Marina Madden
Dance Instruction Apprentice

2006 BRIMS Board Members:
Cheryl Borgman (president), Stu James (treasurer), Alex Caton, Carol Lash, Kevin Donleavy, Jennifer Berkeley, Bob Keenan (secretary), Anne Williams (vice-president) and Mark Rough.

 

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