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Chloë Agnew (born 9 June 1989 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer who
has gained fame for her part in the Celtic music group Celtic Woman as the youngest member. She
comes from Knocklyon, County Dublin,
Ireland, where she resided with her mother Adéle "Twink" King and younger sister Naomi
Agnew. She attends Alexandra College girls school having
attended Notre Dame des Missions Junior School for her primary
school education. She sings in a few languages: English, Irish, Latin and Italian.
Early
life
Agnew was born to Irish entertainer Adéle "Twink" King and Irish
oboist
David Agnew. She made her first television appearance on her
mother's programme at just four weeks old, and subsequently sang on
the show at the age of six.
In 1998, Agnew represented Ireland and was the winner of the
Grand Prix at the First International Children's Song Competition
in Cairo, Egypt, with a song called "The Friendship Tree".
She then began to perform pantomime at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin and
continued in that role for four years.
In 1999, she appeared in The Young Messiah, a modern
adaptation of Handel's Messiah.
In this production, she played one of the children and performed
sign language.[1]
Musical
career
In 2000, at age 11, Agnew approached director David Downes about
recording a song to raise money for the children of Afghanistan. With his
assistance, she recorded "Angel of Mercy" for the album This
Holy Christmas Night, which raised over GB£20,000 for the
Afghan Children's Charity Fund in 2001. That same year, she joined
the Christ Church Cathedral
Girls' Choir, and remained a member for three years.[2]
In 2002, at 12 years of age, Agnew was signed to Celtic
Collections, and with the backing of Downes she recorded her debut
album Chloë. Two years later, in 2004, she followed this
with her second album, Chloë: Walking in the Air. That
same year, she appeared as part of the group Celtic Woman at The Helix in Dublin. To date, she has recorded
three albums with the group and has taken part in several world
tours. She has also recorded a companion DVD released in 2004 in
Europe and 2007 in North America to go with her second album. In
2009, she was a lead vocalist for Celtic Woman in the Isle of Hope tour.[3]
During an interview by BeliefNet.com, Agnew commented about Irish
music saying,
"Irish music was bred into us from the day we are born. Looking
back to our ancestors and our heritage, it was always in our
culture. Even through the hardest of times Irish people always
turned to music. They have a song for everything--for drinking, for
depression, for famine. I remember a song growing up that was for
milking the cows."[4]
Discography
| Title |
Release |
Record label |
| Chloë |
2002 |
Celtic Collection |
| Chloë: Walking in the Air |
2004 |
Manhattan Records |
| Chloë |
2008 |
Valley |
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