Skip Healy's Curriculum Vitae

1966 - 2000 -- Charter Member, Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps (3rd oldest continuously active chartered militia in the U.S.; October 29, 1774 - present).

1976 - 1977 -- Sons of Liberty Fife and Drum Corps, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World.

1979 - 1980 -- Connecticut Blues Fife and Drum Corps. Undefeated season in all categories.

1976 - present -- Ancient Mariners Fife and Drum Corps.

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.

1984 - 1992 -- Concurrent residency in county Tipperary, Ireland and Basel, Switzerland; toured, taught and performed extensively in Europe and the U.S.

1993 - present -- Owner and instrument-maker, Healy Flute Company, East Greenwich, RI.

1993 - present -- Irish flute Concerts, Workshops, Masterclasses at various locations throughout the U.S.

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).

2000 - present -- Lecturer/Performer on Colonial American History, Rhode Island and Connecticut school systems

2002 - present -- Founder and Artistic Director, Wind on the Bay Flute Symposium.

2004 - present -- Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corps, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World. Instrument-maker, clinician, and performer.