Claire Roche
Encyclopedia
Claire Roche is a singer harpist based in Co. Dublin, Ireland
. She plays the concert harp as well as the Irish harp. Roche has performed as an opening artist for The Chieftains
and The Fureys
and has performed at venues including The Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida
, and at Stephen Foster Memorial Park, on the banks of the Suwannee River
in the Southern United States and at Old Government House, Parramatta
in Australia.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. She plays the concert harp as well as the Irish harp. Roche has performed as an opening artist for The Chieftains
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
and The Fureys
The Fureys
The Fureys are an Irish male folk band of four brothers - Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George, from Ballyfermot, Dublin. They have also been credited as The Fureys and Davey Arthur.The group formed in 1978 and consisted initially of four brothers....
and has performed at venues including The Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida
White Springs, Florida
White Springs is a town in Hamilton County, Florida, on the Suwannee River. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the town had a population of 828...
, and at Stephen Foster Memorial Park, on the banks of the Suwannee River
Suwannee River
The Suwannee River is a major river of southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwannee Straits which separated peninsular Florida from the panhandle.-Geography:The river rises in the...
in the Southern United States and at Old Government House, Parramatta
Old Government House, Parramatta
Old Government House is a former "country" residence of 10 early governors of New South Wales, located in Parramatta Park in Parramatta, New South Wales, now a suburb of Sydney...
in Australia.
Recordings
- Dancing In The Wind: poetry of W.B. Yeats set to music
- Lilt Of The Banshee: traditional Irish, Welsh and English songs, tunes and poetry set to music
- Songs Of Love & Loss: haunting originals
- Out of the Ordinary
- An Irish Wedding Ceremony