Chloë agnew

Méav ní mhaolchatha
Lynn hilary
Lisa lambe

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ORLA FALLON

Biography

Courtesy of the Artist's Site 2010.
I have been privileged in the places that music has brought me," says Orla Fallon. Given the places she’s been these past years, it would be difficult to disagree. His Holiness the Pope, US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and Irish President Mary McAleese, have all been a part of Orla's audiences throughout the years, both as a solo artist and with the phenomenally successful group Celtic Woman. “Playing in such places as the White House or the Vatican, you never realize when you're growing up that you'll ever see inside these places, let alone sing and play. I think that’s the wonder of the whole thing. It’s amazing the doors that music can open up for you!”

Orla Fallon is a singer / harpist who comes from the village of Knockananna in Co.Wicklow, Ireland. She credits her late grandmother for instilling an abiding love of Irish music and traditional culture. Orla had carved out a very successful solo career for herself prior to being approached by composer David Downes to form the group Celtic Woman.

A wi

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Órlagh "Órla" Fallon, a singer, harpist and songriter, was a founding member of Celtic Woman. She has a husband named John, a son named Freddie and she had her solo concerts recorded on PBS.

The Celtic harp[]

Órla's Celtic harps may have the same number of strings, but they are highly different. One of them is made of redwood and another has a darker shade. Her latest harp has the brightest shade and in different performances, she plays them all.

Original songs[]

Solo concerts[]

Órla's first solo concert recorded on public is the "Celtic Christmas Special" in Nashville, featuring her best friend Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and American singing stars David Archuleta and Vince Gill as special guests.

Gallery[]

Órla performing in her first CW concert

Green gown from the first CW tour

Playing the harp in "A New Journey"

Playing the harp in "A Christmas Celebration"

Close-up of Órla

Singing and playing her harp in her "Celtic Christmas Special"

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Applicable Tropes:

You'll never be the sun, turning in the sky, and you won't be the moon above us on the moonlit night. And you won't be the stars in heaven, although they burn so bright; but even on the deepest ocean, you will be the light.

Órla Fallon (born Órlagh Fallon, 24 August 1974) is an Irish singer/songwriter hailing from Knockananna, County Wicklow, Ireland. A former member of world-renowned Irish chamber choir Anúna, she burst onto the World Music scene when she joined ensemble Celtic Woman as one of its founding members. She remained with the group for four years, departing in 2009 to embark on a solo career.

Her trademark is her haunting, ethereal voice, evocative of ancient Ireland. Her music ranges from classical Irish songs to folk to pop with a heavy Celtic influence, and she wrote fan favorite "Dancing in the Moonlight" for her album Distant Shore. She is a talented harpist as well as a singer, and has accompanied herself on numerous occasions - most notably while performing "Isle of Inisfree" and "Carrickfergus" with Celtic Woman.