Oona Grady

Oona Grady is a musician and educator living in Saratoga Springs, New York.  She performs with Winter Village faculty member James Gascoyne, as Drank The Gold. The duo specializes in creative arrangements of traditional Irish and American fiddle music, folk songs, and original compositions. Oona has other projects including The Grady Girls, Folk Club Kids, Carolyn Shapiro, and newest project The Millstone Rounders.  

Oona grew up in Ithaca, NY, nurtured by a family and community with a deep love of music.  After receiving a grounding in Suzuki violin and Irish fiddle, she began performing with her family band as a teenager, and moved to Ireland at age eighteen to continue her music studies at University College Cork, graduating with a B.Mus. in 2008.