Leah Bernini Cronin, PhD, MA, MA
Dr. Leah Bernini Cronin is an ethnomusicologist, Irish fiddle player, fiddle teacher, and President of the Irish start-up Cultural Roadmapp.
TEACHING & Performance
Leah has been teaching fiddle, violin, ensembles, master classes, and cultural lectures to students of all ages since 2003. Now living in the US, she teaches Irish traditional fiddle, leads the professional/teaching ensemble Celts Crossing, and teaches a community Irish Music Club at Granville Center for the Arts.
Cultural roadmapp
Leah is president of the Irish-based cultural tourism startup, Cultural Roadmapp, creating GPS-guided cultural audio tour apps for motorists on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. Their tour of County Clare is available FREE on the App Store and Google Play.
Academia
Her doctoral dissertation (2016) explored the neoliberalisation of professional Irish traditional music. She has delivered over 20 conference papers throughout Europe and North America, to great acclaim, and is a sought-after guest lecturer.