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David Downes is a composer, pianist, producer, and music director who is known for both contemporary composition as well as work in the commercial field, particularly with Riverdance and as founder of Celtic Woman.
He joined Riverdance where he was Music Director on Broadway, as well as for the American and European touring companies.[1] Later he and Sharon Browne formed 'Celtic Woman', which has toured across the world with platinum recordings in the US, Australia, Japan, South Africa, and major following in Asia, Europe and South America.
He recently composed a new contemporary work for piano, cello and spoken word in collaboration with poet Adam Wyeth, entitled there will be no silence, which was performed and recorded by Rolf Hind, Adrian Mantu and actors Aisling O'Sullivan and Owen Roe.
Musicography
Original songs
Downes has written many original songs for Celtic Woman, including: The Soft Goodbye, Send Me a Song, One World, The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun, At the Céili, Sing Out!, Granuaile's Dance, The Lost Rose Fantasia, The Blessing, The Call, Green the Whole Year Round, Walking The Night and Tabhair Dom Do Lamh. The lyricists with whom he has collaborated most frequently are Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Barry McCrea, Shay Healy and Brendan Graham.
Television, film and theatre
His credits include Thou Shalt Not Kill, The Enemy Within, The Hunt For Red Willie at the Peacock Theatre, Jeff Daniels's Escanaba in da Moonlight and The Shaughraun at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and London's West End.[1] He produced opening and closing songs, as well as acting as choral arranger for the Disney movie Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure. Also, he has been working on a drama, which is based on the Easter Rising of 1916, featuring Lisa Lambe and Malcolm Sinclair, known as The Bloody Irish. He recently composed the music for the Irish Repertory Theatre New York's staging of Marina Carr's The Cordelia Dream and worked as performer, arranger and orchestrator on the recent Riverdance: An Animated Adventure movie.
Work with other artists
In 2007, Downes helped former Celtic Woman member Hayley Westenra to record The Last Rose of Summer for her album Treasure. The song was sung as a duet by Westenra and another member of Celtic Woman, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, while Downes led the orchestra. He has worked with singer Bryan Adams through his foundation.
Awards
Celtic Woman albums have been credited platinum in many countries, and the DVDs of their TV concerts multi-platinum, in some cases, with notable popularity in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, France, Austria and South Africa.
In 2010 Downes was nominated for an EMMY award for Outstanding Musical Direction for a televised musical event. Other nominees included The Olympic Games-Opening Ceremonies (which won the EMMY), In Concert at the White House, The Kennedy Center Honours, and Andrea Bocelli and David Foster in concert.
References
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External links
David Downes official website
March 03, 2023
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adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources David Downes Irish composer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message David Downes is a composer pianist producer and music director who is known for both contemporary composition as well as work in the commercial field particularly with Riverdance and as founder of Celtic Woman David DownesBornDublin IrelandNationalityIrishOccupation s composer musical directorKnown forRiverdance Celtic WomanNotable workoriginal songs for Celtic WomanAwardsEmmy nomination Contents 1 Career 2 Musicography 2 1 Original songs 2 2 Television film and theatre 2 3 Work with other artists 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditDavid Downes was born in Dublin Ireland He graduated from Trinity College Dublin where he studied Music and Composition 1 He has performed at venues around the world including Boston Symphony Hall Carnegie Hall and Wembley Arena 1 appearing with soloists James Galway and Alan Stivell the group Boyzone and the Washington Symphony Moravian Philharmonic Hollywood Studio Symphony and National Symphony orchestras 1 He has made recordings with Moya Brennan Clannad Michael Crawford Michael W Smith and Bill Whelan 1 He has acted as orchestrator for Riverdance on Broadway and Secret Garden most notably He joined Riverdance where he was Music Director on Broadway as well as for the American and European touring companies 1 Later he and Sharon Browne formed Celtic Woman which has toured across the world with platinum recordings in the US Australia Japan South Africa and major following in Asia Europe and South America He acted as musical director for Irish President Mary McAleese s Inauguration in 2004 He has performed for U S Presidents Bill Clinton George W Bush and Barack Obama He recently composed a new contemporary work for piano cello and spoken word in collaboration with poet Adam Wyeth entitled there will be no silence which was performed and recorded by Rolf Hind Adrian Mantu and actors Aisling O Sullivan and Owen Roe Musicography EditOriginal songs Edit Downes has written many original songs for Celtic Woman including The Soft Goodbye Send Me a Song One World The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun At the Ceili Sing Out Granuaile s Dance The Lost Rose Fantasia The Blessing The Call Green the Whole Year Round Walking The Night and Tabhair Dom Do Lamh The lyricists with whom he has collaborated most frequently are Caitriona Ni Dhuill Barry McCrea Shay Healy and Brendan Graham Television film and theatre Edit His credits include Thou Shalt Not Kill The Enemy Within The Hunt For Red Willie at the Peacock Theatre Jeff Daniels s Escanaba in da Moonlight and The Shaughraun at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and London s West End 1 He produced opening and closing songs as well as acting as choral arranger for the Disney movie Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure Also he has been working on a drama which is based on the Easter Rising of 1916 featuring Lisa Lambe and Malcolm Sinclair known as The Bloody Irish He recently composed the music for the Irish Repertory Theatre New York s staging of Marina Carr s The Cordelia Dream and worked as performer arranger and orchestrator on the recent Riverdance An Animated Adventure movie Work with other artists Edit In 2007 Downes helped former Celtic Woman member Hayley Westenra to record The Last Rose of Summer for her album Treasure The song was sung as a duet by Westenra and another member of Celtic Woman Meav Ni Mhaolchatha while Downes led the orchestra He has worked with singer Bryan Adams through his foundation Awards EditCeltic Woman albums have been credited platinum in many countries and the DVDs of their TV concerts multi platinum in some cases with notable popularity in the United States Canada Australia Japan Germany France Austria and South Africa In 2010 Downes was nominated for an EMMY award for Outstanding Musical Direction for a televised musical event Other nominees included The Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies which won the EMMY In Concert at the White House The Kennedy Center Honours and Andrea Bocelli and David Foster in concert References Edit a b c d e f Celtic Woman official website Archived from the original on 8 June 2015 Retrieved 8 July 2015 External links EditDavid Downes official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Downes Irish composer amp oldid 1113251536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
