Chat 1: Mouth Whistling

Grace being presented with the award for the highest mark in the JC 2017 Music exam by Alison O'Connell (PPMTA)

Grace Minnock is a traditional Irish and Classical musician from Co Offaly. She has won numerous awards at the highest levels for her performances on tin whistle, harp and piano.

Link: Read about some of Grace’s musical achievements.

In this excerpt, Grace whistles a jig called The Handsome Maiden.

Grace chatted with us about traditional Irish whistling and demonstrated the information with extracts from her prize-winning performances.

Further Development

This activity is called ‘Whistling’ or ‘Feadáil’.

Click on Fleadh Cheoil 2023.

Make a list of the different musical activities presented in the competitions i.e., solo, group, vocal and instrumental.