Sharon Treacy-Dunne

Sharon Treacy-Dunne was appointed to the Board of the Ulster-Scots Agency in December 2011.

A native of County Louth, Sharon taught at St. Louis Secondary School Dundalk for 14 years before founding the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) in 1995. Her goal was to develop the orchestra as an educational, creative and artistic means of building relations between communities North and South of the border.

Sharon has a special interest in the promotion on Ulster Scots music and culture, and has commissioned several works in the Ulster-Scots genre featuring Drum and Piping Corps with full symphony orchestra. This music has been performed in premier venues all over the world including Carnegie Hall, New York; Chicago Symphony Hall; Boston Symphony Hall; Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre; Shanghai World Expo 2012 and throughout Europe and Ireland.

Sharon is very involved in community development and has devised a music education programme called “Peace Proms” in which 7,000 children from all over Ireland participate annually. “Peace Proms” makes the Arts more accessible to young people, their school, families and the wider community, and provides a valuable opportunity for cooperation. Peace Proms provides outstanding cultural opportunities for young people while promoting peace, unity and tolerance through music.  

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