Ciara was born 1996 in Dublin, Ireland. As a multitalented blind musician playing several instruments she dedicated herself to her real love the bass guitar at the age of fourteen.
In May 2018 Ciara passed her Bachelor exams at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (major: bass guitar) with first class honours. She is currently involved in various band and studio projects and offers...
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Ciara was born 1996 in Dublin, Ireland. As a multitalented blind musician playing several instruments she dedicated herself to her real love the bass guitar at the age of fourteen.
In May 2018 Ciara passed her Bachelor exams at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (major: bass guitar) with first class honours. She is currently involved in various band and studio projects and offers online and in person lessons in bass, ear training, composition, music theory and more.
Beside taking part in many competitions and winning awards including for example the “Tara – Life goes on”-award or the “Woodshed-Network”-residency Ciara was a guest in various TV-Shows, radio-shows and podcasts like for example the well-known Austrian TV-Shows “Barbara Karlig” and “Vera”.
Ciara has taken part at the 5 Week Aspire „Women’s Performance Program“ at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA. She studied one semester in the Berklee undergraduate program and completed her masters at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute in December 2021 where she was mentored by John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington and many more. In addition to that she is finishing her masters degree in music education at the university of music and performing arts, Vienna. Since March 2019 Ciara has her own podcast called “Blind. So What?” in which she talks about daily life as a blind person.
Ciara performed with Patricia and Danilo Perez and did master classes at the Panama Jazz festival and the Chile Jazz Festival 2022 and has several other upcoming international shows around Europe and North and South America.
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