Kieran is a music educator and folk musician known for his bombastic and lively playing style on octave mandolin with Monster Ceilidh Band, We Are The Monsters and Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening. He’s toured the world with his music and played at some of the UKs most prestigious festivals. He also plays a number of other instruments and works in music education bring folk music to children in the North East.

Kieran’s other projects include a dark duet called Hannah Rickard & Kieran Szifris; We Are The Monsters a quintet now featuring the saxophone talents of Evan Abel and on violin Cathy Geldard; Monster Ceilidh Band who now feature the amazing talents of John Lambeth on drums and the astounding Heather Ferrier on accordion.

Kieran’s educational work continues as he builds his private tuition and workshops for schools. After a successful Summer term showcasing and piloting the ceilidh workshops he’s been booked back into many schools from September.

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