Mairéad Gallagher

Mairéad has always loved singing and has been a member of many choirs since childhood. She completed a BA in Music and English in UCC, followed by a Bachelor of Music degree and a Higher Diploma in Education. She sings with The Fleischmann Choir and Musicórum in Cork city and plays viola with Cork Concert Orchestra in Cork and KAOS in Kinsale. She first experienced Music Together^® as a parent attending one term with her daughter while living in California. She loved the classes so much she subsequently completed Music Together’s teacher training course and brought the first Music Together centre in Ireland to families in Co. Cork. Classes have been running since January 2006.

Mairéad is passionate about music and young children, and works to inspire a whole new generation of music-makers who can sing in tune, move in rhythm and participate with joy and confidence as they create music with family and friends throughout their lives. Her Wriggletto classes create a fun, informal social setting that spurs engagement of both adults and children and that supports each child’s musical development. You never know what she’ll play in class – accordion, ukulele, viola, tin whistle, guitar among others – and the children love to have their turn on most of the instruments at the end of class!