Celtic Woman Members - Hayley Westenra, Mirad Nesbitt, Alex Sharpe, Lisa Kelly, Chlo Agnew, Mav N Mhaolchatha, Deirdre Shannon, Amy Rivard (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hayley Westenra, Mirad Nesbitt, Alex Sharpe, Lisa Kelly, Chlo Agnew, Mav N Mhaolchatha, Deirdre Shannon, Amy Rivard, Lynn Hilary, rla Fallon. Excerpt: Alex Sharpe Alex Sharpe is an Irish singer who is mostly known for being a member of the ensemble Celtic Woman . Early Career She began her career portraying Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Her career in Musical Theatre continued, as she played Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Young Sally in Follies in Concert, Jenny in Aspects of Love, and Mila in Aloha Kamano by Sean Purcell . She was asked to play Eponine in Les Misrables for the Cameron Mackintosh Company in England and Ireland and in the Concert Tour of Les Misrables. Alex created the role of Bernadette in the Andrew Lloyd-Webber /Ben Elton Musical The Beautiful Game . On her return to Ireland she played the role of Kate Foley in The Wireman in the Gaiety Theatre Dublin. Alex has sung with the Icelandic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Danish National Symphony, and the RT Concert Orchestra. She has made many recordings, such as on the Evita film Soundtrack with Madonna . She has appeared at a concert for the Princes Trust in the Mayflower Theatre, England and in 2006 she travelled to Chicago to launch the musical The Pirate Queen as principal female. Celtic Woman When founding member of Celtic Woman Lisa Kelly went on maternity leave, Sharpe became a temporary member of the ensemble in 2008, saying that "I'm just in for this tour," and "It's a different style than I'm used to. But I've enjoyed learning the technique. My background is musical theater, so this is something very different for me...But my philosophy is, you're always growing as a performer. There's always so much to learn." She admits that before she joined, she had never...