Performance
and workshops
I perform solo, and also in duos, trios and bands. I teach workshops in tin whistle and flute.
Forthcoming gigs
You can find a list of all my upcoming ceilidhs, performances, festivals and workshops here.
Ceilidhs
Find out about the types of calling I do, and the ceilidh bands I work with.
Solo performance and workshops
I deliver an entertaining solo performance, featuring Irish traditional music on tin whistle, low whistle and flute, and can also teach music workshops at your festival or event.
This video is from the Folkus music weekend at Waddow Hall in 2019, where I was the tin whistle tutor. I have also performed and taught workshops for Folkworks and at folk festivals including Ireby, Settle and the Lake District Folk Weekend.
Harp duos
I work with harp players in two separate duos: Eoin Feely (my son! A virtuoso harpist from an young age) and Celia Briar (an internationally known All-Ireland Champion harpist). The music we play is ideal for all kinds of venue/event, and is particularly popular for weddings.
Bands
I have worked with many bands over the years. Here is a sample of some of the more recent ones.
Hole in the Hedge play Irish traditional tunes and songs. Ben Farmer and Paul Beevers, my fellow band-mates, are both extremely accomplished professional musicians. We additionally work as a celidh band.
Stir Ye Girls This trio grew out of our work together as music teachers in Barrow-in-Furness, where Carolyn, Mary and I taught in schools and ran an after-school music project for children called ‘Folk First’.
Absolutely Legless are an Irish dance group from Edinburgh, who put on Irish dance shows and tour internationally.
Fly in the Porter are a high energy Irish band, featuring some of the best traditional musicians from Lancashire and Cumbria.
Black Sail play traditional music mainly from Ireland and Scotland, with music from other traditions thrown in. They are: Paul Beevers (bouzouki), Paul Ferguson and Ian Francis (fiddle) and myself (flute and whistles).
Bev Whelan Music 