Dancer Hannah Reichenbach, 20, of Inver Grove Heights, dances and teaches with Rince na Chroi. Now a college student, Hannah decided she wanted to join “those big girls wearing the […]

Harpist Hannah Flowers of Forest Lake feels that the harp chose her at birth. Born prematurely, Hannah “lived” in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for a very long time, where […]

Dancer, Musician and Teacher Danielle Enblom of Minneapolis used her IMDA Educational Grant for travel expenses for Camp Souches a Oreilles in Quebec, Canada. Following are her comments about the […]

Irish dance is a family affair for Sophia, Sarah, and Sydney Wahl of St. Louis Park. The sisters study with North Star Irish Dance in Eden Prairie. According to their […]

Uilleann piper Ryan Behnke of Hastings is a professional performer as well as teaching the fine art of playing the iconic Irish pipes. Ryan began playing uilleann pipes here in […]

Musician Morien McBurnie, 16, of Minneapolis has been playing guitar since he was 6 years old. Morien tells us that he is fortunate to have grown up surrounded by traditional […]

Michael Breidenbach of Saint Paul is using his IMDA Educational Grant to help with the purchase of a new bagpipe. Mike first became interesting learning the bagpipes when he came […]

Bagpiper Kent Kaiser of St. Paul discovered the pipes as an adult. Growing up in a musical family in Silver Bay, Kent played organ and euphonium as a young person […]