Join Highland-based acclaimed Gaelic singer, Brian Ó hEadhra, to learn Scottish Gaelic songs each week online. You will learn traditional and new Gaelic songs in an enjoyable and informative manner. Course material includes òrain luaidh (waulking songs), port-à-beul (mouth music), ballads, and more. Bidh fàilte bhlàth romhaibh / All very welcome!

The course is aimed at both Gaelic learners and fluent speakers. We will concentrate on pronunciation, musical delivery and song/cultural provenance. Students are encouraged to ask questions and we use online resources such as Tobar an Dualchais to research the material and hear archive recordings.  

You will sing on mute (don't worry!) and lyrics will be provided on screen for you to follow under guidance from Brian.  The class is delivered in both English and Gàidhlig and made accessible to all (whatever your knowledge of Gaelic).  

You might also be interested in purchasing my book Òrain Cèilidh Teaghlaich | The Family Cèilidh Gaelic Song Collection which is available in audio and book format (physical & digital).  

Classes are usually in blocks of 4 and held each week in the evening at 7:30-8:30pm (UK time).  Classes start back in late August 2026.  Autumn semester to be announced in late June 2026. 

Each class is an hour long on the Zoom platform.  The Zoom link will be emailed before the first class starts and you use this same link for each class. 

You can access current and past song resources here.

Please email me if you have any questions and I look forward to meeting you at the first class!

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"Because of your online classes in both Gaelic song and conversation, I have taken the plunge and joined both Stirling Gaelic choir and An Cùrsa Inntrigidh (immersion course) at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Gaelic College).  Without first having participated in your classes, I doubt I would have had the confidence to try these new things, and so thank you very much." 

"I haven’t sung for many, many years and have never consider myself to have a good voice (despite coming from a musical family where singing was the norm) - but I’m finding your classes are just perfect. You have such a warm and supportive teaching style. I’m very pleased to be on mute but actually suspect I’m improving - I think! It’s definitely helping with my Gaelic pronunciation. I wish other courses used song as an approach to pronunciation instead of the rather dreary pronunciation classes."

"I want to thank you so much for the Gaelic singing course. Your knowledge & method of discussing & analyzing each song for us was brilliant. It was as interesting  & beneficial as singing the song itself, and I feel, as important. My level of Gaelic is very very basic, but that did not  hinder my interest & enthusiasm to want to learn as much as I could. Your method of delivery is very pleasant & non intimidating, so that is a wonderful environment in which to learn." 

"I really enjoyed your Seinn Air Loidhne Online Gaelic Song class.  I thought it was taught in such a way that it was accessible to those with no, little or fluent Gaelic."