
Mel Birch
Music Instructor
Mel Birch has played music for over 60 years. He has performed extensively in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, and has had an increased interest in Celtic music for the past several years. Mel plays guitar and mandolin, and has added tin whistle and Irish Bouzouki to his tool kit in recent years. Mel has released two albums of original songs. His book, Casually Celtic: Twenty Original Tunes in the Celtic Tradition, was published in April 2024. Besides performing and writing music, Mel has given private lessons to guitar, mandolin and ukulele students from ages 5 to 80. |