Siobhan Buckley

Siobhan Buckley is a harper from North Co. Cork. Siobhan began her music studies at the Cork County School of Music under Damhnit Nic Suibhne where she received many scholarships and awards before going on to study Music at third level in NUI Maynooth. Siobhan is a multi-instrumentalist and has collaborated and performed with various groups and musicians including The ConTempo String Quartet (Kanturk Arts Festival), The Clare Memory Orchestra (Currently known as the Irish Memory Orchestra) John Spillane and Jack L. Siobhan is a multiple prize-winner at the O’Carolan Harp Festival in Nobber, the ESB Feis Ceoil and at Fleadh Ceoil ná hÉireann where she won first place in the senior harp slow air competition in 2015. Siobhan is highly regarded as an arranger of music for traditional Irish music groups and her arrangements have been performed by groups at the final of the Siansa Gael Linn Competition (NCH 2014,2017,2018,2019) and at Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. In 2014, Siobhan joined Music Generation Laois, where she now leads 2 harp ensembles, a harp orchestra and directs the Music Generation Laois Trad Orchestra. In 2018 Siobhan composed a suite of music called ‘Turas’ for the MGL Harp Orchestra and under Siobhan’s leadership, both the harp and traditional music programmes in Music Generation Laois have flourished. Siobhan has travelled to New York, Spain, Monaco and Edinburgh with her ensembles to perform.