Maria Rafferty is a Tin Whistle player, fluter and singer from Belfast.

 

Maria has been a part of the Traditional Irish Music scene in the city from 1987.

 

Primarily a session player in her younger years, she is also a past member of many local bands and groups, ranging from Folk, to Traditional Irish Music groups to singing groups/circles and choirs.

 

Trained through the McPeake School of Music, and having had the opportunity to spend many years in the company of well known and respected musicians from the locality, Maria says she is very thankful of the large repertoire of music she has acquired and now shares this with the many students she teaches in the greater Belfast area and beyond.