Music CV
| Name: | Ruth (Mc Donnell) Hayes |
| Telephone: | Home 021-4543230 mobile 087-7957904 |
| 1970-1980 | Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Dublin: Studied Irish and Concert Harp under Denise Kelly and the late Anne Crowley. |
| 1999 -2000 | Cork School of Music: Concert Harp under Bonnie Shaljean |
| Awards | |
| 1973 | Awarded Junior Scholarship for Irish Harp RIAM |
| 1974 | Awarded Middle Scholarship for Irish Harp RIAM |
| 1975 | Awarded Senior Scholarship for Irish Harp RIAM |
| 1976 | Awarded H.K.Edwards Bursary for Strings RIAM |
| 1977 | Awarded Carolan Cup at Feis Ceoil (Irish Harp) |
| 1980 | First Prize, Feis Ceoil, for "Playing of Contemporary Irish Music" (Concert Harp) |
| 2000 | Scholarship in the Cork School of Music for Concert Harp |
| Singing | |
| 1974 | Awarded Gold Medal for Vocal Trio at the Feis Ceoil |
| Musical Work Experience | |
| Summer 1977 | Harpist at Knappogue Castle, Co. Clare and Dunguaire Castle, Co Galway |
| Summer 1978 | Harpist at Bunratty Castle, Co. Limerick |
| March 1986 | Harpist at Irish Festival in the Hilton Hotel, Seoul, South Korea |
| 1987 onwards | She has played at many receptions and dinners at home and abroad. |
