Katie Jacques

Katie Jacques is a singer and music teacher based in Carlow and Cork. She started her formal musical training with the Carlow College of Music in 2014 where she trained in Musical Theater and Popular Singing. Katie also took part in the Irish Youth Music Awards as a teenager and her original songs were selected twice to represent Carlow up at the IYMAs National Day in both Liberty Hall and the Aviva Stadium. She graduated from the Cork School of Music with a BA in Popular Music in Voice in 2021. Subsequently, she completed her Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching with the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2022 and has been teaching and mentoring a variety of groups both under her own practice and with organisations such as Music Generation Carlow, Carlow College of Music, Carlow Regional Youth Services and Cork City Libraries.

She is also a seasoned performer and regularly tours as a singer with Mendandmakedo Theatre Company. Some of the most notable performances of her career were when she was touring with the show “Between Your Love and Mine” written by Leonard Cohen and produced and directed by John MacKenna. The production was invited to perform at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night in 2017 and was also staged in the National Concert Hall in 2019.

I would like to formally thank all of the wonderful creatives who have had such a massive part in cultivating my passion for music performance and teaching. Majella Swan, Mary Amond O’Brien, Ian Curran, Alison Behan, Michelle Byrne, John Threadgold, Anne Buckeridge, all those working on the music projects with Carlow Regional Youth Services and Music Generation Carlow.

I am so fortunate to have such amazingly talented family members who have uplifted me, mentored me and given me an abundance of opportunities to hone my craft and guide me on my journey. Thank you to Angela Keogh, Chris Jacques, Mairenn Jacques and John MacKenna for all of your unending support and love.