Lisa Kelly
Lisa Ann Kelly (Irish Laoise Ní Cheallaigh, born May 7, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is a singer of classical and Celtic music. She was part of several musical and theater productions. She was a founding member of the group Celtic Woman.
Previous years
Kelly was born in a musical family. Her parents and sisters are also singer or singers. She started to sing in the musical version of Bugsy Malone at the age of seven years. Her parents advised her acting and singing with piano study.
Music career
She had some roles as the " Velma Kelly" in Chicago, "Florence" in Chess, " Laurey " in Oklahoma!, " Maria" in West Side Story and "Sandy" in Grease.
She also had concerts in the National Concert Hall, Dublin; including The Magic of Gershwin, The Music of Cole Porter and From Romberg to Rodgers. She has won several national awards for singing and acting.
Riverdance
After a professional activity in the computer industry, she returned to theater and played the lead role in Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at the Gaiety Theatre. This earned her an audition for American production of Riverdance - The Show as a female lead vocals in 2000. She toured five years. During the tour, she met the Australian dancer Scott Porter, whom she later married. She learned in that time also the singer Lynn Hilary know that took the place of Méav Ní Mhaolchatha in the group Celtic Woman in 2007.
Kelly was one of the Riverdance singers who the 'Cloud Song' sang at the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics.
Solo album
2002 Kelly was asked by director David Downes, whether they would record a solo album. Their debut album, Lisa was published in 2003 by Celtic Collections label.
Celtic Woman
2004 Downes met again approached Kelly and asked her if she wanted to be part of Celtic Woman. Actually, only a single appearance in the Helix Theatre in Dublin was planned. Since then, the group has released several albums and DVDs of her world tours.
She agreed and said: ". I was not doing anything else did day" She knew nothing about the other artists with whom they would occur, but Kelly said that "the show is blessed with the girls [ the show 's creators ] picked. " She toured with Celtic Woman and sang on most CDs and DVDs.
She sings the title "Send Me a Song" and " The Blessing " on the CD and DVD A New Journey and on the tour. Both were composed by David Downes and accompanied him on the piano. Another song is "Green the Whole Year Round ", which is located on the Christmas Celebration DVD and Greatest Journey CD and DVD. Kelly also sings "The Voice" in A New Journey, which originally performed by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and the violinist Máiréad Nesbitt was sung. "The Voice" is derived from the Irish author and composer Brendan Graham. She also sings " May It Be ", originally performed by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship as well as " Caledonia " in A New Journey, and Sting's " Fields of Gold " during the Isle of Hope and Songs From the Heart trips, but also "The Moon 's a Harsh Mistress "on songs From the Heart accompanied by Máiréad Nesbitt on violin.
More
2009 Lisa Kelly sang the theme song If You Believe from the Disney movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. Lisa was one of the four involved Celtic Woman - the violinist Máiréad Nesbitt other, musical director and composer David Downes, and former member and singer Méav Ní Mhaolchatha.
In December 2011, Kelly announced that she would not participate in the Believe Tour 2012 due to her pregnancy. She was represented by Susan McFadden, the younger sister of Brian McFadden. They only wanted to take a quick break - in January 2013, she announced that she would leave and move to Celtic Woman Peachtree City, to open up their Academy The Lisa Kelly Voice Academy. The new academy for singing she leads with her husband Scott Porter, the executive director of Celtic Woman Ltd.. had.
Private life
Kelly is married to Australian dancer Scott Porter. They have four children: son Cian, Jack, Harry and daughter Ellie. They accompany them on tour if they are not in school. Kelly's sister Helen has sung for Celtic Woman in the choir.
Discography
- Lisa (2003, re-release 2006)
- Celtic Woman: Celtic Woman (March 2005)
- Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (October 2006)
- Celtic Woman: A New Journey ( January 2007)
- Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey ( October 2008)
- Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart ( January 2010)
- Celtic Woman: Lullaby (February 2011)
- Celtic Woman: Believe ( May 2011; January 2012)
- Celtic Woman: Silent Night ( 2012)