Tenors docking at Scariff Harbour Festival

The Celtic Tenors will be coming to the Scariff Harbour Festival at the end of the month in advance of the release of their eighth album.
The tenors, Matthew Gilsenan, Daryl Simpson and James Nelson, have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland. 
In 2000, following an impromptu audition at EMI in London, the Celtic Tenors were signed on the spot to an international record deal, a highly unusual event that was the talk of the music industry.
The trio are no strangers to Clare with past performances last year including a concert at The Kilkee Maritime Festival and a community fundraiser in Sixmilebridge with Fr Harry Bohan.
Tenor Matthew Gilsenan always welcomes an opportunity to come to Clare where he has spent many a summer visiting his aunt and uncle Tom and Veronica Fitzgerald and cousins in Clarecastle.
The Celtic Tenors are looking forward to returning to Clare for the Scariff Harbour Festival.
With eight albums under their belt, their most recent album, as yet untitled, is due for release in Septembe. 
The year ahead will also see The Celtic Tenors tour in the US, Canada, Holland, UK, China and the Middle East.
While each of The Celtic Tenors have been influenced by the musical traditions from their own individual parts of the country, Daryl, James and Matthew show great flexibility in melding their voices to suit the appropriate classical, folk, Irish and pop genres. The Echo Award in Germany for Classical without Boundaries was presented to The Celtic Tenors in recognition of this fact.
The Celtic Tenors’ performance will showcase the unique voices, charm and wit of Daryl, James and Matthew and combined with their talented young musical director Colm Rogan, bring their audiences on an emotive uplifting journey.