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 (3^rd Place) 2012
• Over 18  Duet (3^rd Place) 2011

Fleadh Cheoil Laighean (Provincial)

• Over 18 Harp (1^st Place) 2014
• Over 18 Duet (1^st Place) 2012
• Over 18 Trio (1^st Place) 2012
• Over 18 Duet (1^st Place) 2011
• 15-18 Harp (2^nd Place) 2009
• 15-18 Trio (1^st Place) 2009
• 15-18 Harp (1^st Place) 2008
• 12-15 Harp (1^st Place) 2007
• 12-15 Harp (1^st Place) 2006

Fleadh Cheoil Átha Cliath (Dublin County):  Numerous Prizes 2005 – 2014

• Harp
• Duet
• Trio
• Accompaniment
• Orchestra
• Céilί Band

Granard Harp Festival

• Novice    Harp   (1^st place)    2005
•  12-15       Harp   (2^nd place)   2005

Keadue Harp Festival

• Novice    Harp   (1^st place)    2005
• 12-15       Harp   (1^st place)    2005

Nobber Harp Festival

• 15-18       Harp   (3^rd place)    2008