Colm Fitzpatrick – Guitar / Ukulele
Colm studied classical guitar from a young age, completed his grades and achieving several performance based scholarships along the way. A two time consecutive prize winner at the Cork Folk Festival Contemporary Song competition, he is a prolific and dynamic songwriter and accomplished performer. He believes that music can have an incredibly positive impact on a child’s development by instilling the lessons of how discipline and practice can lead to a rewarding sense of enjoyment.
He has quickly established himself on the Cork music scene, having released three singles in 2015, performed to full houses in the city and pioneered a song-a-week project called The Dry Wall which reached 10,000 people. He teaches guitar and ukulele for Kinsale Music Academy, Music 4 Children and facilitates a song writing workshops for the Cork International Choral Festival and Cork City Council called ‘Composer in the Classroom’.
