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The Open Road

Debut Solo Album ~ Now Available

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Steph Geremia, traditional flautist and singer, is recognized as a vibrant and versatile emerging face on the traditional music scene. She has been described by Irish Music Magazine as “one of the most promising young flute players around”. Her recent debut album release, 'The Open Road', has received acclaim at home and abroad.

Steph has performed and toured extensively with critically acclaimed artists including The Chieftains, The Alan Kelly Quartet, with the internationally acclaimed dance show, Gaelforce Dance as well as up and coming traditional group, Líadan and has performed as a solo artist at renowned festivals such as the Galway Arts Festival. She has also joined forces with prestigious theatre companies from Edinburgh to Galway to the US including Galway's An Taibhearc and the New York based, award winning & avant-garde, Mabou Mines, in their production of 'Peter and Wendy', on the original score composed by the late Scottish fiddle player, Johnny Cunningham.

Though being a long-time Irish resident, Steph hails originally from New York where she first began playing traditional music. She left the States in her late teens and began traveling all over the world engrossing herself in different traditions of music learning first hand from local experts. She studied 'World Music' in America and worked with people such as the legendary experimental jazz hero, Anthony Braxton. She traveled to India and lived there for several months to study the Bonsuri (North Indian Flute) under PT Ginde, disciple of the legendary Panal al Gosh. Steph also lived in Italy in her youth and was greatly influenced by the salsa, jazz and folk scene there. When she was sixteen, she performed as a featured soloist with various young orchestras in America. She then moved to County Sligo and immersed herself in the Sligo/Roscommon style of flute playing. She was taken under the wing of several of the noted players from that area and spent many years surrounded by great traditional stalwarts, such as Peter Horan, with whom she played with regularly for several years. She holds a Masters Degree in Traditional Irish Music Performance which she completed at the University of Limerick and is now based in Galway where she teaches and performs on a regular basis as well as continuing to tour internationally.