Claire Keville

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Claire Keville is an Irish concertina and harpsichord player from Galway. She attended University College Cork to study music. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts, a B.Mus. and completed a H. Dip. Keville then went to the University of Limerick where she completed her master's degree. While at UCC she trained at the Cork School of Music with Spanish pianist Angel Climent. Keville works as a musician and has recorded Irish traditional music. She has albums called Irish Music on the Clavichord, Irish Music on the Harpsichord and The Daisy Field. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Keville teaches music in workshops and at the Willie Clancy Summer School in County Clare. She also works as a broadcaster on Clare FM radio. She has appeared on TG4 both as a guest and presenter. [7] [6] [8] [9]

References and sources

  1. ↑ "Claire Keville". The Journal of Music: Irish Music News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Andrews, Kernan (22 April 2010). "Claire Keville to play for Cúirt". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Long, Siobhan (7 August 2015). "Claire Keville: Irish Music on the Clavichord | Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Rolling Wave Sunday 3 March 2019 - The Rolling Wave". The Rolling Wave. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Irish Traditional Music Archive". ITMA. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Biography". Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. ↑ hAllmhuráin, G.Ó. (2016). Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape. Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN   978-0-19-062916-8 . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Seinnteoir". TG4 (in Irish). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Bours, É. (2015). La musique irlandaise. Musique (in French). Fayard. p. 235. ISBN   978-2-213-67511-4 . Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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