Folk Bands and Artists
Cormac De Barra
https://www.harpireland.ie/member/cormac-de-barra
Cormac De Barra, a third generation harper raised in an Irish-speaking family of traditional musicians and singers in Dublin, first studied harp with his grandmother Róisín Ní Shé and went on to study concert harp in the United States.
With a reputation for being one of Ireland’s most innovative harpers, constantly exploring musical boundaries, he has travelled the globe performing and recording with some of Ireland’s best-known artists including Julie Feeney, Hazel O’Connor, Brian Kennedy, Moya Brennan and Clannad.
Cormac has been involved in music for theatre for over two decades, performing at The Edinburgh Fringe with Hazel O’Connor on five occasions between 1998 and 2016 and in the Dublin Theatre Festival with Rough Magic in 2010. He has released a total of 10 albums including his solo release Barcó (2002), two harp duo albums with harpist Anne-Marie O’Farrell, Tarraing Téad (2010) with Máire Breatnach, Voices & Harps (2011) and Affinity (2013) with Moya Brennan and See You Again (2017) with Hazel O’Connor.
