May 5 7:30 PM
Gammage Auditorium Tempe, AZ
Celtic Woman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Woman
Celtic Woman is an all-female musical ensemble conceived and assembled
by David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance.[1][2]
His concept was to tap into the American marketplace's taste for Celtic
music and culture by creating a group that blended the Irish elements
of music and dance which Michael Flatley had successfully exploited with
the structure of all-girl pop groups such as Spice Girls and Pussycat
Dolls.[3] In 2004, he recruited an aggregate of five Irish female artists
who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew,
Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha,
and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, who became the first epresentatives
of Celtic Woman. Downes proposed a repertoire that would range from traditional
Celtic tunes to modern songs.
Over
the years, some of the group's members have changed; in 2009, the group
consisted of Chloë Agnew, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Alex Sharpe and
fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. Five albums have been released
under the name "Celtic Woman": Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A
Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman: A New Journey, Celtic Woman: The
Greatest Journey, and Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart. The group has
undertaken a number of world tours. Cumulatively, albums by Celtic Woman
have sold over 50 million records worldwide,[4] making it one of the most
commercially successful musical acts in the world.
Members
