Skip Healy's Curriculum Vitae
2010 - present | Living in Wohlen, Switzerland |
1976 - 2010 | Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corps, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World. Instrument-maker, clinician, and performer. |
2002 - 2008 | Founder and Artistic Director, Wind on the Bay Flute Symposium. |
1985 - 2005 | Lecturer/Performer on Colonial American History, Rhode Island and Connecticut school systems |
2000 - 2008 | Fife-Major, Varnum Continentals Fife and Drum Regiment. |
2000 - 2008 | Curator, Varnum House Museum (historic residence of General James Mitchell Varnum, Continental General under George Washington). |
1993 - present | Owner and instrument-maker, Healy Flute Company |
1980 - present | Irish flute Concerts, Workshops, Masterclasses at various locations throughout the U.S. |
1984 - 1992 | Concurrent residency in county Tipperary, Ireland and Basel, Switzerland; toured, taught and performed extensively in Europe and the U.S. |
1980 - 1983 | Flutemaking apprenticeship to Chris Abell, maker of Abell wooden orchestral flutes and Irish whistles (then located in Concord, MA). Made the wooden whistle on which James Galway currently performs. |
1979 - 1980 | Connecticut Blues Fife and Drum Corps. Undefeated season in all categories. |
1976 - present | Ancient Mariners Fife and Drum Corps. |
1976 - 1977 | Sons of Liberty Fife and Drum Corps, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World. |
1966 - 2000 | Charter Member, Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps (3rd oldest continuously active chartered militia in the U.S.; October 29, 1774 - present). |
Throughout his decades long career hundreds of photographs have been taken of Skip Healy. You can find the few that are fit for public viewing on these pages ;-). These include both "in concert" and posed shots of Skip in addition to the cover artwork for his recordings. Images are presented in web-friendly formats as well as high-resolution images ready for print publication. Click on the links directly below for the images!
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458 KB | skip flute 01 Foto: Benno Hunziker® |
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458 KB | skip fife 02 Foto: Benno Hunziker ® |
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458 KB | skip flute 04 Foto: Benno Hunziker ®/a> |
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458 KB | skip fife 06 Foto: Benno Hunziker ® |