Background
Máiréad was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Máiréad was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
“Derry, my hometown, is a very cultured and musical place, wherever you turn there’s always music.That was especially true in my family..We’d just sit around the fire, sing and drink tea”. Conducted by David Charles Abell, the score was recorded by Sony Classical in Abbey Road Studios and aired on British Broadcasting Corporation Two and Public Broadcasting Service in America. lieutenant was directed by American opera and theatre director Francesca Zambello.
She trained in vocal performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.
Upon graduating, she was offered a scholarship to further her postgraduate studies in Musical Theatre at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music but turned it down when offered a deal with Decca Records. Máiréad continues to train with Mary Hammond and Simon Lee.
Máiréad has since performed for the President of Ireland, celebrated the Irish Anthem for the England-Ireland Rugby International to a television audience of millions. She also recorded the City of Culture anthem ‘Let The River Run’ with Glee star Damian McGinty.
Upon hearing the song, Carly Simon said "I just played it and cried my eyes out and I"m still crying.
lieutenant"s absolutely stunningly wonderful. Thank you for doing me proud."
She later invited Máiréad and Damian to perform live with her in Los Angeles at an Oceana benefit concert presented by Hillary Clinton, Ted Danson and Harvey Weinstein. Carly subsequently released the single under her own label Iris Records/Walled City Records.
Máiréad has toured the United Kingdom and Ireland with American singer-songwriter Don McLean, including a sold out concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
In early 2013, she made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall for RTÉ television She is the featured soprano on "White Light" in the box office hit Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa with music by Ilan Eshkeri. “A motto I’ve used throughout my career so far”, she says, “is a quote from the award-winning poet Seamus Heaney: ‘Sing yourself to where the singing comes from.’ I think there’s a lot to be said for that”.
After finishing her degree, Máiréad was signed to Decca Records and recorded her debut album, ‘Songbook’ with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Air Studios and British Grove Studios. Carlin describes the album as portraying the more "vulnerable" side to her sound and a "transition period in my life where I was finding myselfI guess I was growing up through this album.
In every breath and in every note, there"s a story..believe me".
On 5 August 2013 the website reported that Chloë Agnew would be taking a break from to work on solo projects, and on 23 August 2013 it reported that Máiréad Carlin would be taking Chloë"s place. Carlin made a statement saying: "I am thrilled and honoured to join, particularly as the first girl from the north of Ireland. I am humbled to be able to continue on their musical journey alongside Susan, Lisa and Máiréadjunct".