Musician Team

Callum Jeacle

Violin - Keyboard - Choral Conducting

Currently undertaking the Bachelors of Music Performance programme at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Callum Jeacle began his studies there in 2018 on Violin with Sarah Sew and Maeve Broderick.

Callum’s wide range of musical interests has led him to perform concerts all over Ireland and abroad as a choral, orchestral and chamber musician. As a result, he has worked with internationally-renowned conductors such as Gerhard Markson, Lilla Gábor, David Brophy, and Gavin Moloney. In addition to regularly performing from the western classical canon, he has been part of a number of exciting contemporary music projects which have included the Irish première of the opera Banished by Stephen McNeff, and multiple world premières of orchestral and choral works as both a violinist and a singer.

Callum is also a passionate music educator. Since 2018, he has been part of the music team of Dublin Youth Choirs where he has assisted Director Lynsey Callaghan for the DYC Junior and Training choirs. In the same year, he joined the panel of educators for Music Generation – Ireland’s National Music Education Programme and provides weekly instrumental tuition. Callum was enabled to further his pedagogical studies upon becoming a recipient of the inaugural Colum Ó’Cléirigh Memorial Scholarship awarded by Kodály Ireland in 2019 and has since applied Kodály-inspired principles to his teaching.

Callum now studies Choral Conducting for his degree at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and is exploring his interest in composing, having been mentored by Irish Composer Laura Shiels as part of the DYC Young Composers Programme.

Conor McGowan

Keyboard

Hi my name is Conor McGowan I am a keyboardist with Music Generation I completed grade 8 with the Royal Irish Academy when I was 16. In 1997 I completed a full year with the Dublin Music College Rathmines to go on to the Cork School of Music to which I studied piano for two years. I have written and composed a lot of music the past 3 years in my home studio and have released 3 singles.

I have also played keys on RTE Projects. I am also the keyboardist with The No Commitments choir in Firhouse and my sister is the musical director so we invite anyone to join for plenty of fun.

Having lost all work due to covid I wrote a song for all the frontliners which I released a few   weeks ago, now working with Music Generation South Dublin is a great experience in the new world of zoom.

Grace Corrigan

Early Years

Based in Dublin, Grace has been playing traditional Irish music on flute and whistle for many years.  She has been teaching in branches of Comhaltas Ceolteoirí Éireann  and is currently teaching in the Diswellstown branch, where she also facilitates the pre-instrumental music programme. Grace is part of the MGSD Early Years team, teaching in primary schools and in libraries where she works with children from birth to 4 years of age. She has attended many professional development opportunities with early years music professionals such as Anna Newell and Thomas Johnston. 

Grace also facilitates music classes from time to time with adults in mental health recovery settings.  In 2019 Grace introduced the first pre-instrumental music classes in the Scoil Acla Summer Music School.  She holds a Diploma in Community and Group Music Teaching from the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Hannah Lee

Hannah Lee

Early Years

Hannah has been teaching the Early Years programme with Music Generation for the past four years. She began her music studies on the cello at Cork School of Music, furthered her studies at the Conservatoire de Versailles and has recently been awarded both ARSM and DipABRSM performance diplomas.

As well as playing with conservatoire orchestras, Hannah has been a member of the Dublin Orchestral Players for twelve years, performing in a wide variety of venues including the National Concert Hall. She is on the DOP committee as librarian and venues organiser. She has also enjoyed singing with the University of Dublin Choral Society and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir. 

Hannah attended the Kodály Society of Ireland Summer Course 2021. An advocate of the Kodály concept, she has been involved in children’s musical education for many years, facilitating ensembles and holding Early Years workshops for Cruinniú na nÓg. 

The CPD training opportunities provided by Music Generation, including the Orff approach, playing the ukulele and a multisensory music workshop, enhance Hannah’s enjoyable Early Years classes.

Kellie O'Neill

Violin - Viola

Kellie began her music studies at age nine in St. Agnes Primary School, Crumlin under the tutelage of Nicole Hudson, completing both her grades in both violin and viola,

Kellie is currently studying her BA in Composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under the guidance of Dr. Kevin O'Connell and Jonathan Nangle, having previously studied Viola with Simon Aspell, Violist of the RTE Vanburgh quartet.

Kellie was a member of the Dublin Youth Orchestras, Ulster Youth Orchestra, and National Youth Orchestra of Ireland for many years, and plays regularly with the RIAM Philharmonia, City of Dublin Chamber Orchestra, and Dublin Symphony Orchestra. Kellie is also a keen chamber musician and often performs with smaller string ensembles/chamber groups across Ireland.

Kellie has had the opportunity to play with some incredible musicians such as Nicola Benedetti (violinist) Michael McHale (pianist) Daniel Rowland (violinist) and Nils Mo¨nkemeyer (violist) to name a few.
In 2019, Kellie made her solo debut performing Telemann's viola concerto in the National Concert Hall.
Along with her love for classical music, Kellie has an interest in modern music and has played at multiple festivals across Ireland such as Electric Picnic, All together now, Metropolis, and Forbidden Fruit.
Kellie is also a reciever of multiple awards such as RIAM High achiever (silver and gold) and the Richardson Smith memorial cup 

Currently, Kellie is working on some exciting projects, which she hopes to release in the coming months.
 

Orla Dwyer

Guitar - Ukulele - Recorder

Orla is a musician and educator from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. She has been working as a session musician and music teacher for over 10 years. She graduated from Maynooth University in 2012 with a Bachelors of Music, specialising in Composition and Piano Performance. In 2015, she graduated top of her class with a Higher Diploma in Music Education from Griffith College Dublin and studied at Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain.

She has given performances in many establishments including the National Concert Hall and Cork Opera House.
Orla has been a member of the Music Generation South Dublin team since 2018, working as part of the Ready Steady Play program. She has been teaching in primary school classrooms, delivering lessons in Ukulele, Guitar, and Recorder.

'Giving everyone an equal opportunity and access to education is very important to me so I am delighted to be working with Music Generation. Music is a massive part of my life; I love being able to share it and pass my skills onto the next generation.'

Rebecca Murphy

Violin

Rebecca, originally from Co. Mayo, is a violin tutor for Music Generation South Dublin. She also works with the Music Generation Wicklow programme. Rebecca started learning the violin at a very young age and grew up playing with various orchestras in Co. Mayo. She went on to teach with Mayo Youth Orchestra where she developed a passion for music education and studied for a Diploma in Community and Group Music Teaching in the RIAM.

In 2010 Rebecca set up a whole school violin programme in Rathnew, Co. Wicklow which she still co-ordinators today. Every student in the school from Junior Infants upwards receives a weekly class violin lesson. Her passion and knowledge of the violin, combined with her ability to win rapport and communicate effectively with pupils, have played a vital part in the programme's success.

Rebecca designed and faciliates a Dept of Education online music course for primary school teachers which runs for 8 weeks of the summer.

Stephen Fagan

Guitar - Ukulele

Stephen Fagan has over 40 years of playing experience.

A native of Clondalkin his love of Irish music was fostered by sessions with Muintir Chronan, later to evolve into Áras Chronan. Regular trips to the west, and Doolin in particular, where he was encouraged and helped by fellow Clondalkinite Eoin O Neill cemented that love. Back in Dublin, he studied guitar with Mark Kelly (Altan).

Alternative Entertainments in Tallaght provided a wonderful opportunity to study with the great Guitarist Jimmy Faulkner (rip) which broadened his musical horizons and from which he went on to play with The Talafornian Mandolin Band. He continues to play, sing and present often at concerts, both at home and abroad with the Irish House Party, and the Musical Pub Crawl .

Stephen has been teaching Guitar and Ukulele since 2005 in schools in South Dublin and with Music Generation SD since its inception. He is delighted to see so many of these young Musicians go on to have careers in music themselves.

Lughaidh Armstrong Mayock

Guitar - Ukulele 

Rathfarnham Parish National School

Based in Dublin city, Lughaidh is a diverse guitarist and songwriter who works with some of the most prominent acts in the Irish music scene today. He is currently a member of David Keenan’s band and has toured both in Ireland and the UK. Lughaidh is the recorded guitarist on David’s live EP ‘Alchemy & Prose’, and his latest album 'What Then?'. Other artists he has worked with include Kíla, Harry Fenell, David San Clair, and Sky Atlas.  For the past four years, he has been teaching in music schools, rockschool camps, workshops, and national schools. He has achieved a 1st class honours in Music, completing modules in Music Business Studies, Music Teaching, Composition and Analysis, and Project Management.

Bryan Fleming

Musician - Producer - Sound Engineer

Bryan works as a Music Producer, Sound Engineer & Guitar Tutor and is primarily active in his project studio in Rathfarnham, South Dublin. He’s currently a Music Educator for Music Generation and the Des Carty School of Music with over 16 years teaching experience.

He has recently completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Music Production in IADT Dún Laoghaire & in the Sound Training Centre Temple Bar receiving a First Class Honours 2020. 

Awarded Creative Music Production Student of the Year.

As a Lead Guitar player and Sound Engineer for the Irish Band TouchWood (2007-2015), Bryan has toured Ireland playing top venues and the biggest music festivals, from Dingle's Other Voices trail to Kildare's Oxegen, supporting acts like Kodaline, Aslan, Walking on Cars and The Coronas. He has over 14 years of Sound Engineering experience having worked with artists and acts such as Finbar Fury, James Nelson, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Paddy Casey, Kirkos Ensemble & Ishii Shuho.

Graduated from the Contemporary Music Performance course in the Ballyfermot Rock School in 2009. 

Karl McCrone

Guitar - Ukulele - Bass

Kingswood Hub, Clondalkin Hub, and Suburban Sounds

Karl is a session musician that specialises in modern popular music. Gaining experience in pit orchestras for musicals as a teenager, he has spent the last 10 years performing in some of Ireland's and the UK's top venues and festivals. (Electric Picnic, RTE's Saturday Night Show, and the O2 Forum Kentish Town London). Karl graduated from BIMM Dublin in 2015 where he studied electric guitar. He teaches guitar, ukulele, bass and is also a Suburban Sounds mentor.
 

Lara Jardim Fleming

Based in South Dublin, Lara began her musical journey as a child with singing, ukulele, guitar, and songwriting. Lara has been teaching for the last five years with different music schools teaching all of these instruments. She was once a participant in the SubSounds programme and is now a mentor. She has also been working as a session musician recording vocals and harmonies for other musicians.  

She joined the Music Generation team in 2021 and is currently working as the lead vocal instructor with 'The Hangout Sessions', teaching guitar and ukulele for 'Ready Steady Play' and as a songwriting and vocals mentor for 'SubSounds'.

James Mahon

James Mahon - Ukulele, Percussion, Bodhran, Traditional Music

James Mahon is an award-winning musician and composer who has performed globally as a solo artist and with internationally recognised bands such as Afro Celt Sound System and Kíla. His work as a composer has recently been recognised with an IFTA award for the score of the Irish film Arracht and with an Oscar Nomination for his work on the score of Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers. He is in high demand as a tutor doing master classes globally. 

Musician Team

• Aine Gell
• David Day
• Elton Mullally
• Francesca White
• Joshua Murtagh
• Laura Walsh
• Lyndsey Lawlor
• Maeve O'Hara
• Martin Moran
• Mary Flynn
• Niamh Keane
• Nichola White
• Paula McCarthy
• Phillip McMullan
• Rachel Rose
• Rob Davis
• Sinead Finnegan
• Tracy Nagle