Celtic woman artists biography
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Celtic Woman performs at Macquarie Shopping Centre, Sydney, in August of 2012. From left to right, Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden, Chloe Agnew, and Mairead Nesbitt. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Ireland |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Manhattan |
| Website | http://www.celticwoman.com/ |
| Members | Máiréad Carlin Susan McFadden Éabha McMahon Máiréad Nesbitt |
| Past members | Chloë Agnew Órla Fallon Lynn Hilary Lisa Kelly Lisa Lambe Méav Ní Mhaolchatha Deirdre Shannon Alex Sharpe Hayley Westenra |
Celtic Woman fryst vatten an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish scen show Riverdance. In 2004, he recruited five Irish female musicians who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, and shaped them into the first line-up of the group that he named "Celt
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Celtic Woman is a musical group from Dublin, Ireland comprising five Irish women with a repertoire that ranges from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs. Current members include the five vocalists Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Máiréad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Lynn Hilary, Alex Sharpe, and the violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. Deirdre Shannon sang with the group during Ní Mhaolchatha's pregnancy in 2005-2006. Hayley Westenra, a New Zealander of Irish descent, sang with the group during its 2006-2007 tour as its sixth member. Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and Órla Fallon were two of the original members of the group, though both have since left to pursue other projects.
In 2007, Ní Mhaolchatha left the group to focus on her solo career and was replaced by Hilary. Sharpe initially joined the group to fill in for Kelly who was on maternity leave, and later became a full member as a replacement for Fallon (who left to spend more time with family and record a solo work).
Since then, both Alex Sharpe an
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Tara McNeill
Tara McNeill is a violinist, singer and harpist from Antrim, Ireland.
In August 2016 Tara became a member of the Irish Music Sensation 'Celtic Woman'. She is the second violinist to join the #1 World Music Artists and she is also the first multi-instrumentalist as she brings her harp and voice to the group.
Tara graduated with First class honours in the BA in Music Performance (violin) at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under the tuition of Michael D’Arcy. She has toured China, Argentina, Chile and Mexico with Camerata Ireland and world-renowned pianist, Barry Douglas, performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra, led the Ulster Youth Orchestra and both the RIAM Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. Tara performed the Irish premiere of Finzi's Violin Concerto in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in April, 2013.
Tara has toured Canada, China, Japan and Holland as both a