Assistant Lecturer

Email: john.hearne@tudublin.ie

John Hearne was born and raised in Dublin.

As a child, John was taught both, the piano and the recorder by his father William Hearne.

Later, he took up the bassoon and was taught by Michael Rogers before continuing his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Graham Sheen and Meyrick Alexander, and at the Scuola Musicale di Milano under Valentino Zucchiatti.

Since returning to Dublin in 2001, John has worked as a freelance player with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Irish National Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Opera Theatre Company, the Orchestra of St. Cecilia, Castleward Opera and various other ensembles.

A keen chamber musician, John is a member of Cassiopeia Winds, Musici Ireland and the Ficino Ensemble.

John has been teaching the bassoon at TU Dublin Conservatoire since 2004.