Performer, teacher and adjudicator. Trained through St. Louis Irish Arts and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, with an M.A. from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick.

“Learning a new instrument is challenging, but Zohra meets you exactly where you’re at as a student and breaks down everything you need to know.”

Anglo concertina

Anglo, or Anglo-German, concertinas gained popularity from the early 1850’s through about the 1910’s. They were played by many working and middle class people in Europe to accompany songs and in dance settings, for tunes such as waltzes, polkas, schottisches, and quadrilles. The instruments were used for dances in houses, barns and community halls in rural Ireland, England, the Australian and New Zealand Bush, the South African veldt, and the American Prairie.

These instruments have a diatonic ‘push-pull’ keyboard system, where each button plays a different note when pulled or pushed, which gives the music a bounce and drive. The instrument is also diatonic meaning each row can play a major scale; the middle row is the scale of C and the inside row is the scale of G.

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Lessons are on FaceTime, Zoom, or Google Meet, whichever suits you best. The link arrives with your Square confirmation.

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Students should have a concertina in the key of C/G with 30 buttons. If you need suggestions on where to purchase a concertina, reach out to Zohra.

“She was also helpful with Zoom settings. Signing up was a breeze.”

Book a lesson with Zohra

Book a lesson with Zohra