Lecturer

Email: ciaran.oconnell@TUDublin.ie

MPhil LTCL

Ciarán O’Connell is a lecturer in flute performance at the TU Dublin Conservatoire where he has taught since 1988.  His early flute studies were with William Dowdall at the innovative wind band programme at CBS Westland Row.  He later participated in masterclasses and had private lessons with Geoffrey Gilbert.

Ciarán has performed with the RTÉNSO, RTÉCO, ICO, played for many theatre and opera productions, and has extensive experience as a chamber musician.  Performances include the Kilkenny Arts Festival, St. Stephens Church, the Peppercanister, NCH and more recently flute and organ concerts in Dun Laoghaire, Limerick, Galway Cathedral and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, Tullamore Cathedral and the Unitarian Church, Saint Stephens Green.

Ciarán has a special interest in the repertoire for wind quintet, flute and guitar, and flute and organ. He is in demand as a flute specialist and has tutored the flute sections of the NYO, DYO, IYWE and given masterclasses and workshops for among others the National Band Association. An enthusiastic and dedicated teacher his students range from beginners to masters level, many of whom have been prize winners at local and national level and some have successfully pursued careers in the music business. He is regularly invited to adjudicate and examine at music festivals and schools.

Ciarán has been awarded an M Phil for his research into the influences on Flute Performance and Pedagogy in Dublin, 1950 – 2000.