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Celine Byrne – Soprano
Celine is currently studying
with Dr. Veronica Dunne at the Royal Irish Academy of Music,
Dublin. She has a Masters in Music from the Royal Irish Academy
of Music and an honours Music Degree from the Conservatory of
Music and Drama, Dublin, where she was also awarded the college
Gold Medal. She has participated in Master classes given by
Malcolm Martineau, Denis O’ Neill, Wolfgang Holtzmair, Tina Ruta
and Roberta Alexandra. In April 2007 Celine made her Carnigie
Hall Debut and in 2005 she participated in the artistic
development programme with Wexford Opera.
Celine has
received many awards both on a national and international
platform. She won the Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens, the
William Young Prize at the Veronica Dunne International Singing
Competition, Dublin, the Brabants Dagblad Press Prize at the IVC
International Singing Competition in s’Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands and was semi-finalist at the Belvedere International
singing competition in Vienna, Austria. Celine is also winner of
10 prizes at the Feis Ceoil, Dublin, the Bill Canning Bursary,
Waterford 2003, and the John Mc Cormack Bursary, Dublin 2003.
Celine has given
many recitals throughout Ireland and abroad and has sung at
concerts in The Hermitage (St. Petersburg), Belfast’s
Waterfront,
Waterford, Cork
Opera House and the National Concert Hall in Dublin. She has
performed as a soloist with several Opera Companies including
Lyric Opera, Anna Livia Opera. Opera Ireland and Wexford Opera.
Her television appearances include ‘The Late Late Show’, ‘Seoige
and O’ Shea’ and ‘Nationwide’ while her radio performances
include KFM, Anna Livia Radio, Lyric FM’s ‘Lyric Notes’, RTE
Radio One’s ‘Rattle Bag’, 2FM’s Pat Kenny show, and Holland’s
Radio.
Dearbhla Brosnan
was born
in Ireland and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of
Music, with John O'Conor. She received an honours degree in
music from Trinity College Dublin, before moving to London for
Postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, where her
teachers included John Streets and Iain Ledingham.
Dearbhla
has performed extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician
throughout Ireland, Great Britain, Europe and the United States
and, most recently, she made her debut at Carnegie Hall, New
York. She has frequently broadcast on both television and radio
and has worked as official accompanist for many music festivals
including the RTE Musician of the Future Festival, the John
McCormack Golden Voice of Athlone Competition and New York's
Lake Placid Summer School.
Dearbhla has worked as repetiteur with Opera Ireland, Opera
Theatre Company and Lyric Opera and she has played for
masterclasses with many distinguished musicians including
clarinettist, Michael Collins, trumpeter John Wallace, violinist
Igor Ozim, cellist Martin Lovett and soprano Celine Byrne.
Dearbhla
is currently resident accompanist at the Royal Irish Academy of
Music.
David
Martin
hails from the border town of
Dundalk in County Louth. He is a Lyric Tenor, possessing a truly
remarkable voice with incredible stamina, agility, and
flexibility, and once described as having " a beautiful Italian
quality in his voice”. He started his vocal training with
Geraldine McGee in his home town and in the years following, he
began to compete in various Feis Ceoil around the country with
great success. In 1999, after winning both The Tenor Solo and
the Joseph O' Mara Memorial Cup for Operatic Aria in Dublin, he
began his studies with Dr Veronica Dunne and Jeannie Reddin in
the Leinster College of Music and drama. David successfully
completed Il Corso Di Canto E Perfezionamento Lirico which was
held in La Chiesa di San Giorgio in Montalto Ligure in Northern
Italy. David has performed the lead tenor roles in the following
full stage productions, Hardress Cregan in "The Lilly of
Killarney", Barankay in "The Gypsy Baron", and Alfredo in "Pink
Champagne" (Die Fleidermaus). Most recently he performed the
tenor part in Mozarts Requiem K626 in the final concert of the
Mozart Anniversary series in the National Concert Hall. During
his career to date David has gained a wealth of experience in
concert performance, singing the tenor roles in excerpts from
opera such as La Boheme, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, La
Traviata, and many more. His repertoire is extensive.
Nicole Hudson, Violinist
A native of north Dublin,
Nicole began her Violin studies at the age of five in the
Loretto Nelson School of String Playing. She then furthered her
music studies accepting the B.A. in Music Performance degree at
the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Here she began her studies
with Prof. Eyal Kless and continued her degree under the tuition
of the renowned Ms.Maeve Broderick. Nicole has travelled
extensively throughout Europe and the U.S.A. as an orchestral
and chamber musician with the Viennese Youth Orchestra and The
McConchy project.. She has appeared as soloist in the John Field
Room, The National Gallery of Ireland, The Waterfront Belfast,
Cork Opera House, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre and The Space at
The Helix. She has undertaken master classes with distinguished
musicians such as Igor Ozim, Sally O'Reilly, Bogdan Sofei, Ernst
Kovacic and Yair Kless.> Currently, as a freelance Violinist,
Nicole travels with The Three Tenors throughout Ireland as
soloist while also teaching Violin and Viola in St. Agnes
School, Crumlin. She also enjoys deputising with the R.T.E.
Concert Orchestra on a regular basis. This year, Nicole was a
member of Wexford Opera Festival Orchestra. Outside of this
Nicole manages and performs regularly at corporate events as
part of Dolce String Quartet.> A diverse musician, Nicole has
just finished her 3rd season as violinist with "the Burlington
Irish Cabaret". She has also appeared on stage with Colm
Wilkinson, Brian Byrne, James Galway, Ronan Tynan, Cara
O'Sullivan, Declan O'Rourke, Tommy Fleming, Sinead O'Connor,
Paddy Casey, The Chieftains, Sharon Shannon, Carlos Nunez, Brian
Kennedy, Phil Coulter, Daniel O'Dpnnell and The Celtic Tenors.
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