Feargal King, guitarist, keyboardist, choral clinician and director, composer and recording artist, was born and raised in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland, a stone's throw from the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Tuam. He studied classical guitar under master guitarist John Feeley at the College of Music in Dublin for five years, and received an honors degree in Music (B.Mus) from University College Cork. After spending some time as a guitar teacher, he studied for a Diploma in Pastoral Liturgy at the Irish Institute for Pastoral Liturgy, after which he emigrated to the United States, in 1993.

Breda King (nee Barry), a gifted singer, pianist and flautist, grew up in the town of Kilkenny, Ireland. She learned to sing at her grandmothers knee, and sang in Church choirs from an early age, and with her father, a well known professional Irish accordionist and singer. She holds degrees in English, Music and Education from UCC. She graduated from the Irish Institute of Pastoral Liturgy at the top of the class!

A Long Journey . . .

Breda followed Feargal to the states and they both worked at St. Joseph Parish, Roseburg, Oregon, he as Director of Music & Liturgy and she as Director of Youth Ministries. They got married in 1995, and after the birth of their daughter Rioghna Rose made the move to Illinois.

Feargal works as full time Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Algonquin, Illinois, which at 3200 families is among the largest in the Diocese of Rockford. He directs 8 choirs and music ensembles and is responsible for the co-ordination of over 400 liturgical ministers in this very active parish. He is also the Director of the Rockford Diocesan Liturgical Chorale, President of the SW Chicago Chapter of Chorister's Guild (an organization that supports children's choirs), and a member of the National Forum of Liturgical Composers.

 

Breda is a Master Cantor, teaches piano and voice. As a singer, she has recently recorded with Rory Cooney, Theresa Donohoo, Gary Daigle and Fr. Liam Lawton. She has also performed with Jeanne Cotter and Tom Tomaszek.


Kingsfold Music Productions was founded in 1999 to promote Feargal's composing, Breda's singing, and their Irish Music performing. The name comes from the hymn tune 'Kingsfold', named thus by the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams after the town of the same name in Sussex, England. The tune is more commonly known as: 'I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say', or 'Star of The County Down'.