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Gerry started Irish fiddle in Manchester at the age of eight and was gigging as a paid musician by the age of eleven having developed prowess on a multitude of instruments including accordion, banjo, mandolin and guitar to name a few. These formative years saw him win numerous championship titles including the All Britain and ITV'S "Young Musician of the Year" titles.

Moving to Ireland at the age of fourteen Gerry went on to study music at University College Cork. It was during this period that he was filmed for the TV series "Bringing it all back home."

Gerry joined Irish/world music band Sin É in 1998 who caught the attention of Paddy Maloney (of The Chieftains). The band was consequently signed to his record label (Wicklow Records/BMG) to record the album "Deep Water Drop Off" which fused Irish, jazz, Asian and elements of Dance programming
As well as his own solo projects and his work with Sin É Gerry has also performed and recorded with the likes of Micheál Ó Súilleábháin, Laurie Anderson, Van Morrison and the Irish International Folk Ballet Company.

Gerry tours extensively and has performed all around the world including British council tours of Syria and Kazikhstan to performances in Moscow, Ukraine and Croatia with the Irish Folk Ballet company to work for the Disney corporation in Hollywood. Gerry has just completed recording on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Irish film "Conspiracy of Silence" (directed by John Deery)

Teaching has also been central to Gerry's career and since graduating from UCC with an honours degree in ethnomusicology he has taught classes in Irish music around the globe including seminars in the University of Damascus and the Jazz School in Almatti, "The Fiddle festival" in Belfast, and throughout the British Isles. Gerry currently teaches classes at Southwark Irish Centre, St Joseph's RC school in south London as well as maintaining a busy private teaching schedule.