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any of you, our valued audience members, have asked about enjoying a beverage before our performances. The Silver Moon Lounge will be open prior to all performances from 6:30 to 7:15 P.M., offering beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks for purchase. Opening Nights Sponsors and Members may use their drink tickets for complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks. To comply with our mask requirement during the performance, drinks will not be allowed to leave the lounge. We begin our April performances with Máiréad Nesbitt Ensemble. Máiréad is known best as a former violinist with the popular all-female Irish singing group Celtic Woman. Her versatile playing and ability to capture the spirit and energy of Celtic and Irish classics have made her one of the most well-known Celtic violinists performing today. To round out the performance, she will be joined by soprano Ryann Murray and percussionist/keyboardist Neil Grover, a Florida State University College of Music alumnus who
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Máiréad grew up in a multi-generational musical family in County Tipperary. Her parents are renowned music educators and all five of her siblings are award-winning musicians! A former all-Ireland fiddle champion and past member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Máiréad completed her studies at Cork Institute of Technology, Cork School of Music, under Cornelia Zanidache and at the London Royal Academy, with postgraduate studies under Emanuel Hurwitz on violin and piano. As musical influences, Máiréad cites her family, along with a wide range of musicians that includes classical violinist Itzhak Perlman, jazz great Stéphane Grappelli, bluegrass icon Alison Krauss, Irish fiddlers Liz Carroll, Michael Coleman, and Andy McGann, and rock performers like David Bowie, Sting, and Bjork. Máiréad has emerged as one of Ireland’s most in-demand musicians. Her multitude of awards include Irish Music Magazine’s Best Traditional and Multi-Instrumentalist Artist awards.
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Ryann is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. Her credits include Tony and Tina’s Italian Wedding on Norwegian Cruise Lines, featured artist on The North Shore Music Theatre stage and playing the role of Ti Moune in Once On This Island at the Historic Iao Theatre in Maui, HI. She was recently a featured artist in a series of concerts in Italy with Freda World Music.
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