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Fergus O'Carroll
Fergus O'Carroll was born in Waterford, Ireland, into a musical family, settled on the French Horn after trying his luck on the violin and trumpet. He studied with Victor Malirsh in the Royal Irish Academy of Music under a scholarship from the Irish Youth Orchestra while finishing his schooling at St Finian's College, Mullingar, home of the Schola Cantorum. He then joined the RTE Symphony Orchestra as fourth horn until 1977, when he was appointed 1st Horn with the RTE Concert Orchestra. In the meantime, Fergus studied horn with Niko Gruger of the Munich Conservatoire of Music and Dale Clevenger of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He returned to the RTE Symphony Orchestra in 1985 (then re-named the National Symphony Orchestra) and has since been Section Principal First Horn as well as performing as soloist with most of the orchestras in the country.

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Gavin Maloney
Gavin Maloney has recently been appointed assistant conductor of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. He has participated in conducting master classes with George Hurst and Rudolpho Seglimbini in England. In 2001 he was selected for the International Conducting Course in Dublin presented by Dublin Master Classes and RTE. As a competition finalist, he conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Gavin studied with Gerhard Markson at the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum, Salzburg, where he was selected to conduct the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra.

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