I thought nothing more of it until I got a phone call in February, from the Director of the Laois School of Music, who offered her a scholarship. That’s where I met my singing teacher Patricia Newell, and I’m still with her today.”īarbara admits that she didn’t know Clodagh had a solo until she got up on stage. “A lady from the Laois School of Music was in the audience and she offered me a scholarship for a year.
I was taking part in a Christmas play and I had my first solo debut,” she laughed. “I first got involved in singing in primary school when I was eight years old. “They were musicians, they played the accordion, but they didn’t sing,” said Barbara. Is there anyone who sings or is musical in your family?Ĭlodagh and Barbara say that Clodagh’s grandfather’s family would have been very musical.
We tried out different songs – opera songs and non-opera songs, but I really got into opera.” “I did a lot of shows with a friend of mine, he was big into shows and directing them. She just had a great ear,” said Barbara.Ĭlodagh says that it was around TY that she realised Opera was it.
“She would only listen to them once or twice on the radio and pick them up.
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