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What critics are saying about Méav:

“Her voice was remarkably pure…she sang with a subtle, underlying passion”
(Don Heckman, LA Times)


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"Méav's tones ring with bell-like clarity, and she seems to effortlessly unspool sound."
(Paige La Grone, www.amazon.com)


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"A remarkably fine singer… her flawless technique makes the most technically difficult passages sound ridiculously easy and natural… utterly beautiful… entirely free of sentimentality and all the more powerful because of it."
(Alex Moffat, Irish Music Magazine)


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"Méav's voice is very special - I think the journalist who described it as 'the voice of an angel' put it perfectly. It is a voice of rare purity, clarity and sweetness, and I have seldom heard a soprano voice still so comfortably within its capacity at the highest registers."
(Annie Keller, Celtic Cafe)


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What fans are saying about Méav:

I love Méav because she is not just a super-star singer, but a real person who radiates so much positive energy and inspiration.
(Marie)


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I love Méav because with her rare ability to sing what she feels in her heart we are left in joyous wonder being touched by such a beautiful soul.
(Lester)


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I love Méav because she is absolutely awesome!
(Roger)


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I love Méav because her music is healing and appeals to all ages.
(Triana)


I just love Méav: I love her voice, I love her eyes, I love her smile...Meav is a lovely lady!
(Celtic_Lily)


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I love Méav because her music and the way she presents it touches a chord that is very deep and so much needed in our world today that is filled with so much junk music.
(Moscapoet)


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Méav is unconditional love to all who know her. And she shows this love in all that she does for each of us.
(Sandy, 2nd Grade teacher)


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The initial attraction was Méav's beautiful voice, but now that I've met her I know that there is a beautiful spirit behind all of her talent and that warmth shines through in her performances.
(Aria)


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I love Méav because she's aMéaving...to put it simply...I could go on and on and on!
(CandyGirl)


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Tell us why you love Méav's music. Email us at office@celticmeav.com and we will post your reply here!!!








A Time Line of Méav's Music Career




2011

September 2011: Méav makes her triumphant return to Québec for two concerts this September 29 - 30; performing with the distinguished and innovative Symphony Orchestra of Québec.

January 2011: Méav was nominated for Top Solo Performer in a conert (US,UK,IE) on the Irish Music Assoc. Website. She received the highest percentage of public votes (420 total. Placed second after members and public votes were tallied.

2010

December 15: Méav will be performed a sold out Christmas concert at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. This early evening concert was the first in a series showcasing the cream of Irish traditional music entitled Soilse na Nollag – a Traditional Irish Christmas.

September 17: Headlined the Quebec Celtic Music Festival and performed with Les Rhapsodes at Palais Montcalm

September 2: Filmed a PBS Celtic Christmas DVD in Nashville, TN. Méav was delighted to be invited to sing on Orla Fallon's Christmas Special.

March 17: Dr. Ronan Tynan invited Méav as his special guest for a benefit St. Patrick's Day Show at University of Buffalo Center for the Arts.

March 12: Méav's Carnegie Hall Debut with the NY Pops for a special St. Patrick's Day Celebration.



2009

September: Her song "Where the Sunbeams Play," was released with the new Disney Tinkerbell movie

June: Happily announced the birth of her 2nd daughter, Catherine.

May: Fauré's Requiem with Tallaght Choral Society and Orchestra, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe St, Wexford

Fauré's Requiem with Tallaght Choral Society and Orchestra, Mount Argus Church, Harold's Cross, Dublin



2008

November 16: Fauré's Requiem at Clarendon Street Dublin with the St. Teresa's Choir.

February: Silver Sea was re-released by Valley Entertainment.

March: Méav was invited to sing both the Irish and the American National Anthem at the re-opening of the American-Irish Historical Soceity in NY.




2007

February: Spring US Tour: Méav alternates with Hayley Westenra during the four-month-long tour of the States.

March 18: Celtic Woman: A New Journey is aired for the first time in Ireland.

August: Méav takes a full time break from touring with Celtic Woman to focus on her solo career.

December: Méav returned to the US for a short Holiday tour in NY and NH.



2006

January: Release of Méav: A Celtic Journey, her third CD.

March: Rejoined the Celtic Woman tour in the spring of 2006. Performed on the Regis and Kelly show in New York.

June: Recorded with Celtic Woman their second CD, A Christmas Celebration.

July: Celtic Woman broke the Billboard record for the longest time spent in the #1 spot on their World Music chart; the first of many records broken by CW.

August: Performed at Slane Castle for the video recording of Celtic Woman - A New Journey.

Toured with Celtic Woman in Japan.

October: Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration was released on October 3.

November: Platinum award received in South Africa (Nov. 24-29 trip to Johannesburg), for the album Celtic Woman.



2005

March: CW debuted on PBS, being seen for the very first time by American audiences.
Méav and Celtic Woman performed live on the Today Show, in one of their first US performances.

Took a year break for the birth of her first child, Anna



2004

Méav returned to Netherlands for a sell-out concert tour in the spring of 2004.

Méav also performed with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland. As a soloist with the Irish National Chamber Choir, she has toured Brazil, Sweden, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Méav sang three songs on harpist Andreja Malir's debut CD entitled Through the Mirror of Sound. The album included two new songs, Suantraí and Goltraí, with lyrics by Méav and music by Andreja, as well as a haunting arrangement of Down by the Salley Gardens.

In September, Méav recorded the CD and the DVD of Celtic Woman for PBS.



2003

Méav appeared as a guest artist on a CD of Irish language lullabies, entitled Codail A Mhuirnín, (Sleep, My Beloved). She recorded six tracks rooted in the Gaelic musical tradition, arranged and produced by Maire Breatnach, who also co-produced Silver Sea.

Méav performed at the Celtic Festival in Tokyo, and sang in the Beo Festival of Irish Music at the National Concert Hall Dublin in August of 2003.

In November she performed in the Netherlands for the first time.



2002

Méav headlined at a major open-air festival in Seoul as part of the Korean World Cup celebrations and launched her second album there in May 2002.

(Méav's 2nd Album) Silver Sea release.

Performed with David Agnew at the Celtic Christmas in Tokyo.



2000

Méav toured South Africa for three months as the lead vocalist with Lord of The Dance. Méav played Erin in Troupe One (T1).



1999

As the sole vocalist on three extensive tours from 1996 to 1999, Méav has toured the U.S. and Canada with the prestigious RTE Concert Orchestra, conducted by Proinnsias Ó Duinn.



1998

Release of Méav’s first solo CD: Méav, by Hearts Of Space Records.



1997

As a soloist with Anúna she sang at the inauguration of President Mary McAleese.



1996

Featured in Aujourd'hui l'Irlande (Ireland Today) Black Box Music Ltd. [The Parting of Friends, The Darkest Midnight, Dún Do Shúile (Ferme Tes Yeux)]



1995

As a principal soloist with the Celtic choral group Anúna, Méav has toured extensively in Canada, Morocco, Spain and Scandinavia and has performed with such diverse musicians as Elvis Costello, Brian Kennedy and The Chieftains.



Early years

Méav's professional training started as a child with singing lessons from a nun, Sr. Peter Cronin. Recognizing Méav's outstanding talent and potential, she sent Méav to Mary Brennan at the College of Music in Dublin. It was here that Méav received her formal classical training. Having learned to play the Irish harp in school, Méav continued the study at the College of Music, and took piano lessons after hours at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.


                 
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