Dave O'Neill

Dave O’Neill is an internationally recognized multi-instrumentalist and has been a professional musician and teacher for over 35 years. Based in Canberra, he plays fiddle, mandolin, guitar, ukulele and sings. Dave has played with a number of Australian artists such as Eric Bogle and the Bushwhackers, and has toured and recorded overseas with a number of internationally acclaimed artists in America and Europe. He is well known in the Australian folk scene, both as a musician and as a former Artistic Director of the National Folk Festival.

Dave’s passion is for helping adults connect or reconnect with music as something they can do to enrich their lives, find community, and have loads of fun.

Dave teaches Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 11 am and finishing at 6.00pm, in terms that roughly correspond with school terms (and sometimes around gigs and festivals)