Flute player Jimmy Noonan hails from Cleveland, Ohio, but has been living in Boston since 1985. He is a two time US Western champion on both the tin whistle and concert flute. He has been playing Irish traditional music for over thirty five years. He has played and taught at many of the premier festivals in the United States and Ireland, most recently at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann this summer in Sligo.
Jimmy has been teaching Irish traditional music since 1980. He has been teaching at Boston College since 1996, and has been elected to the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Hall of Fame Northeast Region. He was recently awarded the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, and has recorded two albums: The Clare Connection(1993) and The Maple Leaf (2003).