Meadhbh Boyd

Bio:

Méadhbh Boyd is a traditional Irish fiddle player, teacher, composer, and journalist from County Clare. She is a graduate of the School of Music, University College Cork, where she gained a Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology (2010) and an honors degree in Music (2009). As a member of several groups and as a soloist, she has toured in France, Spain, Finland, the U.K. and America, as well as appearing on television series, and various radio programs. As a journalist she makes regular contributions to both print and online publications. Meadhbh's compositions have been featured in events such as the Contemporary Music Centre's Composer's Symposium. She arranges, composes, and performs for studio recordings. She is an active collaborator and advocate for the Arts, having worked with Clare County Arts Office, Youth Arts Council of Ireland, and more recently, the Aloys Fleischmann Centenary audio-visual and archival project 'From the Sources' (curator Mel Mercier) at the Glucksmann Gallery University College Cork. ------------------ What you hear on this page is what I like to do (write songs...), but I also compose instrumental work. I have arranged string parts for various musicians/groups, organised events/exhibitions, teach traditional Irish music, appeared on Irish, Polish and Japanese television/radio, produced and presented radio shows, slept in Central Park West. Other than that, I am a member of the Turloughmore Ceili Band (fiddle), Cajole and Bully (electric fiddle) and guest for other groups/orchestras/projects. I teach Music Theory and Piano at the I.T.M.I (Irish Traditional Music Institute) in Co.Clare, as well as private one-to-one and group fiddle classes. I also make contributions to a few publications and I am a proud Hot Press representative. If you are interested in hearing more of my arrangements/work or want to collaborate please message me. .. ..

Member Since:

February 18, 2007

Members:

I am involved in a few groups:

Cajole and Bully:

..Daphne in the Attic:

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..The Turloughmore Céili Band:

The Shaskeen Céili Band:

The Irish Traditional Music Institute:

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Influences:

the list is endless.... you, the world, Chilly Gonzales, Matthew Dear, Mara Carlyle, Chet Baker, Keith Jarrett, Steve Reich, Daniel Johnston, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Tommy Potts, John Carty, Justin Carroll, Eric Biondo, Jeanne Lee, Stan Kenton, Raymond Scott, Kraftwerk, The Turtle Island String Quartet, Icebreaker, The Crash Ensemble, The Beatles, Nirvana, Tetsuhiro Daiku, New York, Liverpool, cats, sunrises, sunsets, love, hate, illness, more to follow.....

Sounds Like:

Progressive excessive contemporary pop Bleaurgh and kvetching Work in Prozac

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Record Label:

BadBoyd Records