Siobhan Owen











































Siobhan Owen
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Background information
Born
(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 25)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
Origin
Adelaide, Australia
Genres
Classical, Celtic, Folk, World music
Occupation(s) Singer, Harpist
Instruments Voice, Harp
Years active 2007–present
Labels Indie
Website siobhanowen.com

Siobhan Owen (born 4 October 1993) is a soprano and harpist[1] from Adelaide, Australia. Owen regularly performs at Festivals, concerts and recitals around Australia and further abroad. She favours classical and Celtic/folk songs, but also sings jazz on occasion.




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 First performances


  • 3 Harp


  • 4 Festivals


  • 5 Career


  • 6 Discography


  • 7 Illustration


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Early life


Owen was born on 4 October 1993 in North Wales and lived in the small Anglesey village of Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch before moving to Australia with her family in November 1995. At a young age, Owen was encouraged to join the Adelaide Girls Choir (now Young Adelaide Voices) and the St Aloysius College) school choir, where she became a regular soloist. Owen began her classical voice training at age nine, with singing teachers Naomi Hede and Norma Knight. She entered her first Eisteddfod around this time winning an Honourable Mention in the nine to thirteen age group. It wasn't long before Owen started winning Eisteddfods,[2] most notably the Classical Voice sections.



First performances


Owen's first solo performance on stage came just after her 10th birthday, in 2003, when she sang in a Riverdance Style show called "Shades of Green", organised by the Adelaide Irish Dancing Association, which toured South Australian theatres. When she was 12, Owen gave her first major solo performance, singing a traditional Irish song at the Adelaide Festival Theatre to an audience of 2,500.[3] The same year, Owen received a Music Scholarship from St Aloysius College and a Choral Scholarship from St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Choir,[4] where she remained a soloist and chorister for over three years. In August 2007, aged 13, Owen gave her first solo concert for Recitals Australia. She continues to perform for Recitals Australia every year.



Harp


In 2008, Owen received media attention when asked to sing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with French singer/harpist Cécile Corbel after they met on Myspace.[5] Owen was so inspired by Corbel's harp playing that she decided to start playing harp. She had harp lessons from renowned Adelaide singer/harpist Emma Horwood, and was soon accompanying herself with harp in Celtic and Folk Festivals, concerts and recitals.[6] Owen commissioned South Australian harp maker and luthier Tim Guster to build her a 36-string Celtic harp with special carving. This harp has travelled with Owen all over Australia.



Festivals


Owen has performed at festivals around Australia and internationally, including the following:


AUSTRALIA




  • Woodford Folk Festival – Woodford, Queensland


  • National Folk Festival (Australia) – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory


  • National Celtic Festival – Portarlington, Victoria


  • Australian Celtic Festival – Glen Innes, New South Wales


  • Cygnet Folk Festival – Cygnet, Tasmania


  • Tamar Valley Folk Festival – Tamar Valley, Tasmania


  • Celtica Festival – Port Adelaide, South Australia


  • Kapunda Celtic Festival – Kapunda, South Australia


  • Fleurieu Folk Festival – Willunga, South Australia


INTERNATIONAL




  • Festival Interceltique de Lorient – Lorient, Brittany, France


  • Triskell Folk Festival – Trieste, Italy


  • Demat! Kansai Celtic Music Festival – Osaka, Japan



Career


2009 – Owen won the Adelaide Eisteddfod Junior Vocal Championship.[7] Also in 2009, she was voted the South Australia Folk Awards "Most Outstanding Emerging Artist".[8]


2010 – Owen was one of ten finalists in the Australian National Young Folk Awards.[9] Performances in 2010 included singing the National Anthem for the Tour Down Under, performing at the Australia Day Awards in the grounds of Government House, Adelaide, presenting her own show Celestial Echoes at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and singing at Adelaide's Carols by Candlelight. On 7 May 2010, Owen was interviewed by BBC Wales for a feature on their website.[8]


2011 – Owen won two Irish Music Awards[10][11] – "Best New Irish Music Artist" and "Top Harpist".


2012 – March, Owen was soprano soloist in Ennio Morricone's debut Australian concert in Elder Park for the Adelaide Festival of Arts. 23 June, Owen sang the Welsh National Anthem (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau) at the Australia vs Wales Rugby Test Match at Allianz Stadium, Sydney.[12] Also in June, Owen released her fourth studio album Storybook Journey.[13] The album was named BBC Radio Wales "Album of the Week" in September, and in December was awarded 2012 Classical Crossover UK "Album of the Year".


2013 – Owen made her UK debut in January, performing concerts in Wales, London and Devon. In March, Owen made her US debut, headlining the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival. She presented her own Adelaide Fringe Festival shows "Storybook Journey" at Ayers House, Adelaide.


2014 - March, Owen was the voice of Yseult in Alan Simon's new Celtic/rock opera Tristan & Yseult. The premiere show was at Zenith Nantes, France. Simon chose Owen for the part after finding her on YouTube.


2015 - February, Owen was guest lead singer in the Russian premiere of Alan Simon's Tristan & Yseult. She appeared in the first 4 performances at Novosibirsk Theatre of Comeday & Music, Novosibirsk, Siberia.


2017 - February, French Magazine Le Figaro Culture ranked Owen as one of the top ambassadors of the six Celtic Nations.[14]



Discography


Purely Celtic (released May 2008)




  1. Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers – Welsh)


  2. Suo Gân (Lullaby – Welsh)


  3. My Lagan Love (Ireland)

  4. A Lullaby (Ireland)


  5. The Skye Boat Song (Scotland)


  6. My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Scotland)


  7. Amazing Grace (England)


  8. Siúil A Rún (Walk My Love – Irish Gaelic)


  9. She Moved Through the Fair (Ireland)

  10. My Little Welsh Home (Wales)


  11. The Ash Grove (Wales)


  12. Danny Boy (Ireland)

  13. Lilium (Lily – Latin)


Celestial Echoes (released September 2009)



  1. Dark Iniseoghan

  2. In a Garden so Green

  3. Ar Hyd y Nos

  4. Twilight Fancies

  5. Nocturne

  6. Down by the Salley Gardens

  7. Pie Jesu (Fauré)

  8. Ye Banks and Braes of Bonny Doon

  9. Lisa Lân

  10. En Prière

  11. An Eriskay Love Lilta

  12. Ave Maria (Schubert)

  13. She Moved Through the Fair

  14. Der Nussbaum (Robert Schumann, Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 3))

  15. A Fairy's Love Song

  16. We'll Keep a Welcome


Lilium (released December 2010)



  1. My Little Welsh Home

  2. Del Cabello Más Sutil

  3. Dafydd y Garreg Wen

  4. I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls

  5. Cyfri'r Geifr

  6. If I Were a Blackbird

  7. O mio babbino caro

  8. Gartan Mother's Lullaby


  9. Mondnacht (Robert Schumann)

  10. Lilium

  11. You'll Never Walk Alone

  12. Greensleeves

  13. Isle of Innisfree

  14. May It Be

  15. It's Only a Paper Moon


Storybook Journey (released June 2012)



  1. Cariad

  2. Scarborough Fair

  3. The Rose

  4. A Ei Di'r Deryn Du

  5. Walking in the Air

  6. Fields of St Etienne

  7. Llangollen Market

  8. Siúil a Rún

  9. Bring Him Home

  10. Black Is the Colour

  11. Nearer, My God, to Thee

  12. Dream a Dream

  13. Caledonia

  14. Calon Lân

  15. Prayer

  16. Sora Wo Aruku (Walking in the Air in Japanese)

  17. Storybook Journey


Entwined (released April 2016)



  1. First Day of the World

  2. An Hini a Garan

  3. In a Blue Sky

  4. Ardaigh Cuan

  5. Dance of the Leaves

  6. Suo Gân

  7. Entwined

  8. The Parting Glass

  9. Drums of Lochnager

  10. Dacw 'Nghariad

  11. Castlebar

  12. Ailein duinn

  13. Southern Heart

  14. The Snow Goose Song

  15. Auld Lang Syne



Illustration


Siobhan Owen has also been involved with several book projects and gallery exhibitions showing her artwork. Books include Welsh titles The Children's Voice: A Definitive Collection of Welsh Nursery Rhymes, The Age of Saints, and Welsh in the Old West, to name a few.[15]



References




  1. ^ Classical Crossover: Siobhan Owen


  2. ^ Adelaide Eisteddfod Results Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ Siobhan Owen – "My Lagan Love" on YouTube


  4. ^ Cathedral Choir Magazine Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine.


  5. ^ "Online friends go onstage" by Sam Kelton, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 13 February 2008


  6. ^ Siobhan Owen at the Australian Celtic Festival


  7. ^ "Archive 2009". Adelaide Eisteddfod Society. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  8. ^ ab "Folk singer Siobhan harps back to her Anglesey roots". BBC News North West Wales. 7 May 2010.


  9. ^ National Young Folk Award


  10. ^ http://www.irishmusicawards.com


  11. ^ "Siobhan Owen". Hayley Westenra international forum. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2012-02-12.


  12. ^ Siobhan Owen – "Welsh National Anthem – Australia vs Wales Rugby Test Sydney 23 June 2012" on YouTube


  13. ^ Storybook Journey


  14. ^ http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2017/02/22/03006-20170222ARTFIG00239-les-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-des-six-nations-celtes.php


  15. ^ http://www.cmuse.org/interview-siobhan-owen-singer-and-harpist/



External links



  • Official Siobhan Owen webpage

  • Youtube channel

  • Twitter page

  • Facebook fan page









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