New Year’s Resolutions

by Mairéad Carey

I wrote this tune around the time of the New Year and decided to call it after the long list of resolutions people make every year. This tune was performed as part of the inaugural Quercus Scholarship Gala night in University College Cork.

Mairéad Carey is an Irish traditional musician from West Cork, Ireland, and plays the fiddle, flute, tin whistle and piano. She holds a BA degree in Irish and Music and an MA in Ethnomusicology from University College Cork. Highlights from her musical journey so far include teaching at Scoil Éigse at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, and performing at Rauland Vinterfestival in Norway, Music on the Brain in Brittany, France, and at Féile Séamus Creagh in Newfoundland, Canada.