Carmel Gunning International Summer School
In addition, Carmel is the organiser and director of music for the Carmel Gunning International Summer School Festival of Irish Music Song and Dance, which is held annually in August in Geevagh and Sligo Town. Gunning founded the festival in the 1990s and it attracts pupils from across Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.
She has also worked hard to pass on the Sligo musical tradition to younger players and recently celebrated her 25th anniversary as a music teacher. Alumni of her Carmel Gunning School of Music include flute and whistle masters Liam Kelly of the group Dervish, Olivia McTiernan and June Ní Chormaic, Kyle Moynagh, Aisling McPhillips, Loretto Clarke, Edel Giblin, Patricia Burns, Caroline Burns, Orlaith MacAuliffe among others.
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