If you grew up in the shadow of Dublin's famed Pipers' Club, as Joe McKenna did, you would learn early on what makes a top piper. As a young man, McKenna proved he could play the pipes like the devil, winning two All-Ireland Championships. An experienced instrument maker, McKenna one day decided to branch out, and built himself a low whistle—using duct tape to connect a length of brass tubing with a mouthpiece he purchased from a London junk dealer. It didn't take long for McKenna's reputation as a whistle player to grow almost as large as his reputation as a piper. Joe McKenna frequently plays with and tours with his wife, harper Antoinette McKenna, and his sister-in-law, tin whistle player Mary Bergin. He is also highly regarded as a builder of uilleann pipes. From a distinguished piping family in Dublin’s Liberties, Joe Mc Kenna took lessons from one of the greatest pipers, Leo Rowesome (1903-1970), at the Pipers’ Club on Thomas Street. Joe was also influenced by the playing of Willie Clancy, Johnny Doran and Patsy Tuohy, and he developed not only a brilliant technique on the chanter and regulators, but also the ability to design and make his own uilleann pipes. As well as being a master uilleann piper, Joe is an accomplished tin whistle player, talented button accordionist, pianist, singer and composer and a pioneer of the low whistle. In 2001 Joe released ‘The Irish Low Whistle’, a solo album showing yet another side of his musicianship. With his wife, harper/singer Antoinette, Joe recorded four studio albums, plus a “Best of” compilation in 1997, and they also make ‘The Open Door’ with their band Slua Nua in 1993. That same year Joe received the “New Irish Music Composer of the Year” Award from IMRO and received an Artist in Residence to work on composition with a group of students in a secondary school in Bray. Joe continues with a tight schedule running Shanachie Records here in Ireland, touring worldwide, performing in schools and community care, giving workshops and master classes, produced albums (including Danú) and tours with Antoinette McKenna and her sister, tin whistle virtuoso Mary Bergin.
If you grew up in the shadow of Dublin's famed Pipers' Club, as Joe McKenna did, you would learn early on what makes a top piper. As a young man, McKenna proved he could play the pipes like the devil, winning two All-Ireland Championships. An experienced instrument maker, McKenna one day decided to branch out, and built himself a low whistle—using duct tape to connect a length of brass tubing with a mouthpiece he purchased from a London junk dealer. It didn't take long for McKenna's reputation as a whistle player to grow almost as large as his reputation as a piper. Joe McKenna frequently plays with and tours with his wife, harper Antoinette McKenna, and his sister-in-law, tin whistle player Mary Bergin. He is also highly regarded as a builder of uilleann pipes. From a distinguished piping family in Dublin’s Liberties, Joe Mc Kenna took lessons from one of the greatest pipers, Leo Rowesome (1903-1970), at the Pipers’ Club on Thomas Street. Joe was also influenced by the playing of Willie Clancy, Johnny Doran and Patsy Tuohy, and he developed not only a brilliant technique on the chanter and regulators, but also the ability to design and make his own uilleann pipes. As well as being a master uilleann piper, Joe is an accomplished tin whistle player, talented button accordionist, pianist, singer and composer and a pioneer of the low whistle. In 2001 Joe released ‘The Irish Low Whistle’, a solo album showing yet another side of his musicianship. With his wife, harper/singer Antoinette, Joe recorded four studio albums, plus a “Best of” compilation in 1997, and they also make ‘The Open Door’ with their band Slua Nua in 1993. That same year Joe received the “New Irish Music Composer of the Year” Award from IMRO and received an Artist in Residence to work on composition with a group of students in a secondary school in Bray. Joe continues with a tight schedule running Shanachie Records here in Ireland, touring worldwide, performing in schools and community care, giving workshops and master classes, produced albums (including Danú) and tours with Antoinette McKenna and her sister, tin whistle virtuoso Mary Bergin.
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