Instruments:
- Irish Harp – Professional
- Piano – Professional
- Tin Whistle – Good command
- Guitar – Some knowledge
- Voice – Some knowledge
Genres:
- Traditional Irish – Harp & Piano
- Popular – Harp & Piano
- Classical – Piano & some Harp
- Jazz & Blues – Some Piano
Music Education & Qualifications:
Instrument Examinations:
Pianoforte:
- Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Grade VIII
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade VII
- Scrúdú Ceol Tίre (SCT) [accredited by RIAM] Junior V (equivalent Grade V)
Irish Harp:
- Scrúdú Ceol Tίre (SCT) [accredited by RIAM] Senior IV (equivalent Grade VIII)
Theory Examinations:
- Music Theory: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade V
- Secondary School Music:
– Junior Certificate, Higher Level A Grade
– Leaving Certificate, Higher Level A Grade
Recital Examinations:
- Pianoforte: Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Advanced Piano Recital (Gold Medal)
Courses & Workshops attended:
Irish Harp:
- Granard Harp Festival Workshop 2005
- Scoil Éigse, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Letterkenny 2006
- Scoil Éigse, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Tullamore 2007 – 2009
- Meitheal Summer School 2008
- Scoil Éigse, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Cavan 2010
Qualifications & Experience:
- Adjudication: Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Fleadh (competition) adjudication course completed 2015
- Tuition: 6 years experience 2008 – to date (individual lessons; group lessons; workshops)
- Performance: 8 years professional experience 2006 – to date (weddings; funerals; functions; TV & radio; corporate events)
Employment History:
Tuition:
Harp (Irish): Self-employed 06 / 2008 – to date
Céilί Band (Irish): Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Craobh Seán Treacy, Dublin 9 09 / 2016 – 05/2016
Piano (classical) Self-employed 01 / 2016 – 07/2016
Orchestra (Irish): Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Craobh Seán Treacy, Dublin 9 09 / 2014 – 05/2016
Harp (Irish): Ceoltόirί Cluain Tarbh Fairview, Dublin 3 01 / 2014 – 06/2014
Harp (Irish), Tin Whistle: Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Craobh Seán Treacy, Dublin 9 09 / 2009 – 06/2016
Piano (Irish): Workshop for Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Clasac, Clontarf, Dublin 3 05 / 2013
Piano (classical): Self-employed 09 / 2012 – 12 / 2012
Keyboard (Irish): Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Craobh Seán Treacy, Dublin 9 01 / 2009 – 05 / 2009
Performance:
Carol & Associates Corporate Entertainment Consultancy 05 / 2015 – to date
Performances include:
- Measuring Behaviour Conference Clontarf Castle, Dublin 3 05 / 2016
- Irish Grocer’s Benevolent Fund Ball 2015 The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin 2 06 / 2015
Freelance 06 / 2006 – to date
Performances include:
- Radio Performance: “The Sunday Sequence” BBC Radio Ulster, live 03 / 2016
- “Turning of the Sovereign Seal” State Event Mansion House, Dublin 2 01 / 2012
- Opening Ceremony for the ICA Centenary Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 01 / 2010
Comhaltas Ceoltόirί Éireann Concert Tours 09 / 2012 – 10 / 2013
- “Macalla na hÉireann” Tour of Ireland 09 / 2012
- “Echoes of Erin” Tour of Britain 02 / 2013
- “Echoes of Erin” Tour of North America 10 / 2013
Awards:
Personal
Pianoforte: Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) High Achiever’s Award 2012
Irish Harp:
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann (All Ireland)
- Over 18 Duet (3rd Place) 2012
- Over 18 Duet (3rd Place) 2011
Fleadh Cheoil Laighean (Provincial)
- Over 18 Harp (1st Place) 2014
- Over 18 Duet (1st Place) 2012
- Over 18 Trio (1st Place) 2012
- Over 18 Duet (1st Place) 2011
- 15-18 Harp (2nd Place) 2009
- 15-18 Trio (1st Place) 2009
- 15-18 Harp (1st Place) 2008
- 12-15 Harp (1st Place) 2007
- 12-15 Harp (1st Place) 2006
Fleadh Cheoil Átha Cliath (Dublin County): Numerous Prizes 2005 – 2014
- Harp
- Duet
- Trio
- Accompaniment
- Orchestra
- Céilί Band
Granard Harp Festival
- Novice Harp (1st place) 2005
- 12-15 Harp (2nd place) 2005
Keadue Harp Festival
- Novice Harp (1st place) 2005
- 12-15 Harp (1st place) 2005
Nobber Harp Festival
- 15-18 Harp (3rd place) 2008