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"Energy" and
"Beauty' are the two words that Máiréad feels best describe what she strives for
as a musician and as a person. A fiddle player since the age of 6, Máiréad 's
Loughmore, Co.Tipperary background is steeped in music in the way that only
those who grow up in a family of accomplished musicians can be.
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 Méav never imagined
that music could take her this far. Ireland has changed a lot in the few years
since I graduated from university she says. There was no sign of the Celtic
Tiger and I presumed that music for me would simply be a passionate hobby.
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 Orla has a saying:
its a long way from Knockananna to Carnegie Hall. The singer and harpist from
the tiny village in the South East of Ireland ought to know because shes made
the journey.
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 Lisa Kelly might best
be known to audiences as one of the soloists in Celtic Woman, but her
background is purely steeped in the world of musical theatre.
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 If 16-year old singer
Chloe Agnew ever writes a book she says that shell call it From Carnegie Hall
to Lunch Duty. Thats the way that my life turns anyway, she laughs. I
played Carnegie Hall in New York one week with Celtic Woman and the following
week I was back at school on lunch duty, cleaning off tables and mopping the
floor.
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 David Downes is a
graduate of Trinity College Dublin, where he studied music and composition.
Performing credits include concerts in Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall,
Wembley Arena, and on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, appearing with among others,
James Galway, Alan Stivell, Boyzone, The Washington Symphony, Moravian
Philharmonic, Hollywood Studio Symphony, and National Symphony Orchestras.
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Deidre Shannon
The Newest Member
of Celtic Woman!
The three years since the
release of Hayley Westenra's debut international album "Pure" have
been a whirlwind. Along with her second album "Odyssey" she has
achieved combined sales of over three million albums around the
world making her a household name in many countries and breaking
umpteen records along the way. 'Pure' is still the fastest-selling
classical album in the history of the UK charts and Hayley is also
the best-selling classical artist in Japan. Probably most important
of all, 'Pure' is the best-selling album of all time in New Zealand.
It also made the top 10 national pop charts in 11 countries. Even
more significant is that the young soprano achieved all of this
before her 19th birthday.
Despite all of this
success, Hayley still remains the same unaffected down-to-earth girl
from Christchurch, New Zealand (where her family from Monaghan
traveled on a maiden voyage from Ireland in 1848). Even though she
has an incredibly busy schedule, she still finds time to dedicate a
great deal of energy to her role as the youngest Unicef Ambassador
in the world. Her time in Ghana inspired her to initiate her own
UNICEF “Bikes For Ghana” campaign.
She also has a deep
interest in music therapy and is patron of the Raukaturi Music
Therapy Centre in Auckland. The Centre uses the Nordoff Robbins
method in using music as therapy for children with autism and other
severe physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities. Hayley has
appeared on both the BBC in the UK and CNN in the US with her own
news features aimed at raising awareness in the benefits of music
therapy. Coincidentally, in a recent survey on music therapy by a
British Medical Journal, Hayley's voice was described as having the
most "calming and therapeutic quality " of all music tested
(including Mozart!). Read
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Welcoming Our New Celtic Woman
Méav has decided to take a full time break from touring
with Celtic Woman to focus on recording a new solo album.
As a result of this we are very excited to introduce,
our wonderful new Celtic Woman,
Lynn Hilary.
Lynn
Hilary trained as a classical soprano at DIT College
of Music in Dublin, graduating with honours in June
2004. She has been a member of the renowned choir
‘Anúna’ for 5 years, performing with them as a
soloist on 'Songs of Praise', 'BBC Proms in the
Park', and numerous other television appearances.
With 'Anúna' she has traveled to all corners of the
world and features as a soloist on many of their
albums.
Lynn was the lead vocalist for 'Riverdance’ at the
Special Olympics opening ceremony, performing to a
live audience of over 85,000 and a television
audience of millions. She has also been the lead
vocalist for 'Riverdance' at the Gaiety Theatre in
Dublin for a ten week run and on tour in the USA,
Canada and Europe, including six consecutive full
houses at Radio City Music Hall, New York. She
features as a soloist on the 'Riverdance' 10th
Anniversary CD and DVD. Lynn has worked with many
artists such as Daniel O' Donnell, Luka Bloom, Jerry
Fish and the Mudbug Club, and Don Mescall, to name
but a few.
Lynn has already started working with
the Girls readying herself for her debut
performance on the 10th October 2007 in Estero,
Florida, USA.
At this time we would like to thank Méav
for her contribution to Celtic Woman over the
last three years. We know Méav will be missed by
Celtic Woman fans as much as she will be missed
by us. We wish her every success in her solo
pursuits and we look forward to working with
Méav in the future.
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