Nollaig Casey

Nollaig Casey

Nollaig Casey is an Irish fiddle player ,and has an international reputation as one of Ireland's finest fiddle players. By the time she was eleven years old she could play violin, piano, tin whistle and uilleann pipes.[1] During her teenage years she learned to play in both the classical and traditional musical traditions. She won several All-Ireland titles for fiddle and traditional singing culminating in the award to her in 1972 for the best all-round performer.

Life

She graduated from University College Cork with a B-Mus degree at the age of nineteen, and started her career with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra where she remained for five years.[2] She performed with the band Planxty in 1980 and toured with them throughout Europe. Nollaig has recorded and toured with a variety of groups and musicians including, Moving Hearts, Liam O'Flynn, Frances Black' The Clancy Brothers and Elvis Costello.[3]

Her television appearances include the BBC TV series "Bringing it All Back Home" and "A River of Sound". Nollaig has also performed as a featured artist in Donal Lunny's Coolfin band with whom she has recorded and toured extensively. More recently She has performed as a soloist with the phenomenally successful 'Riverdance' as well as featuring in Shaun Davey's 'Granuaile' and 'May We Never Have To Say Goodbye' which was the theme song of the Special Olympic World Games 2003 which was hosted by Ireland.

Nollaig also performs regularly with her husband guitarist Arty McGlynn,[4] her sister harpist Máire Ní Chathasaigh and guitarist Chris Newman.

References

  1. ^ http://www.emirecords.co.uk/commonground/mi/casey/casey.html
  2. ^ http://www.taramusic.com/biogs/nolart.htm
  3. ^ http://www.obm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nollaig_biog.htm
  4. ^ http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_Casey_Nollaig_Music.html

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