Harp Concert with Cormac de Barra

Cormac de Barra is a third generation harper in a family of traditional Irish musicians and singers from Dublin. He studied Irish harp with his grandmother, Róisín Ní Shé, and went on to study concert harp in the US with Leone Paulson.

Cormac has toured the UK, Europe, US, Japan and Australia as a solo artist, and performs regularly with harpist Anne-Marie O'Farrell. He has also toured and recorded with Moya Brennan, Clannad, Julie Feeney, Hazel O’Connor, the Irish Harp Orchestra, and Slide to name but a few.

As well as performing, Cormac presented the traditional Irish music series, Flosc and the arts series Imeall on TG4 .

Cormac is also part of a family trio, Barcó, with his brothers Fionán and Éamonn. Recordings to date include the CDs Barcó and An Caitín Bán with the De Barra family, the harp duo CDs Double Strung and Duopoly with Anne-Marie O'Farrell and the flute and harp recording Music of Great Irish Houses with Karin Leitner.

Other collaborations include a duo CD with Máire Breatnach on fiddle and viola, and three CDs Down By the Sea, Songs of the Celtic Winter and Night Travels with the Celtic singer songwriter Ashley Davis in the United States.