Colm Stride O'Brien

Classically trained and residing in Ireland, he specialises in the fields of Ragtime, Stride Piano and Musicals. Since 1990, he has played a series of 20 Solo Concerts in the National Concert Hall Dublin including 3 Performances there this year. He has played extensively on the Concert stage in Canada and the United States, where he recorded his CD "Scott Joplin, Gershwin, Fats Waller & All That". His playing of Scott Joplin Ragtime, recorded in Dublin, has received a lot of airplay on Irish TV & Radio. He is the only Irishman to be invited to play at the prestigious Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia Missouri, where he has received 3 invitations in 90, 95 & 96. He has been invited back again in June 2006. In Ireland, he has played at many venues including regular appearances at the Cork and Derry Jazz Festivals. In 2002 he received an AIMS award as Best Musical Director for his show "Jesus Christ Superstar". He has appeared twice on the Late Late Show with the late Professor Peter O'Brien and pe