Well known Cork musicians Martin Vallely and Padraig Carroll have combined their talents to create the duo Adagio offering an eclectic mix of music for your wedding day.

Adagio offer a selection of classical and Irish music performed on guitar, mandolin, tenor saxophone, low whistle and bodhrán suitable for performance during the church wedding ceremony.

Adagio also offer a selection of well known jazz standards to augment your wedding day pre-dinner reception.

A selection of recorded pieces can be previewed in the player above.

We look forward to meeting the prospective bride and groom and will make every effort to ensure our music brings added enjoyment to your day.

Martin Vallely Biography:

Multi instrumentalist Martin Vallely is best known as a jazz composer having release 3 CDs of his own compositions to critical acclaim.

Martin's extensice career includes 3 years as a studio musician in Germany and Dublin, and has featured on 8 CDs.

Martin's musical versatility encompasses tenor saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, low whistle and bodhrán.

Padraig Carroll Biography:

Padraig Carroll is a guitarist and mandolin player, who graduated with a Bachelors in Music from U.C.C., where he studied under Prof. Aloys Fleischman and Michael O Suilleabhain.

His book; ”The Irish Mandolin”, has remained the definitive Irish Traditional Mandolin tutor for the last 18 years, and has never been out of print in all that time! He is also a former member of Anuna (the Riverdance choir ), and played guitar on their third album; “Omnis”.

As a member of Continental Shuffle, he played the Cork Jazz Festival for seven consecutive years, appearing in all the major venues including the Festival Club (Metropole Hotel), and performing a mixture of Gypsy Jazz, Eastern European folk, Bossa Nova, and Blues (of which he is a considerable guitar and vocal exponent). His Irish Traditional Group Bunnan Beo recently headlined at the Skatoy Music Festival in Norway.