Dean Karres
Champaign, IL
http://www.pipers-hut.com/concerts/
Dean plays and teaches bodhrán. He also plays whistle and uilleann pipes, might sing on occasion, and is currently in love with ceili drumming. He won first place in the adult bodhrán competition at the 2005 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil and went on to compete in that year's All-Ireland event. He plays in sessions and bands in East Central Illinois and Chicago and has been playing drums with the Nashville Ceili Band since 2012.
Dean has led bodhrán clinics at the Kansas City Irish Festival and other Midwestern music festivals since the late 1990s. He has led beginning whistle clinics at events in the last few years.