Denis Carey is an Irish musician and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

known for his solo work and as a member of Brock McGuire Band.

Career

Along with Dave Keary and Ray Fean, Carey composed and produced the soundtrack for the Canadian film

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, featuring Oscar nominee Pete Postlethwaite. In 2000, Carey was specially commissioned by Shannon Heritage to compose and arrange the music for the show ''Style'' at Bunratty Folk Park in County Clare. The music for this show was recorded by Carey for the 2001 release ''Style - Stories of Irish Dance''. Carey won the 2004 award for LiveIreland.com's composer of the year. In 2009, Carey released his album ''Moving On'', which features

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, Denis Ryan, Zoe Conway, Kenneth Rice, Tommy Hayes and others. In January 2010, Carey won LiveIreland.com's Composer of the Year Award for the second time. The Brock McGuire Band released "Green Grass Blue Grass" featuring Ricky Skaggs. The album was launched at

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on 11 March 2011 to a sold-out crowd. In 2012, Denis released his first collection of original songs titled, "Denis Carey, Own Compositions".

Notable performances

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, Nashville, Tennessee * The Town Hall, Broadway, New York, *The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, Canada *National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland *

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, Cork City, Ireland * Celtic Colours, Cape Breton, Canada *

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, Wisconsin, USA

Previous collaborations

* Symphony Nova Scotia * Royal Scottish National Orchestra *

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* Jon Kenny *

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* Pat Shortt

Discography

*''Images'' *''An Turas'' (2000) *''Moving On'' (2009) *''Green Grass Blue Grass'' with The Brock McGuire Band (2011)

Personal life

Originally from

Newport, County Tipperary Newport (, formerly ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the barony of Owney and Arra. At the 2016 Census the population was 1,995. Location It is located approximately 8 km from Birdhill and 16 km from Limerick. T ...

, Carey is the first cousin of Denis Ryan of

, and the father of entrepreneur Mark Carey.

References

External links

*
Five Line Music record labelThe Brock McGuire Band official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Denis Irish folk musicians Living people Musicians from County Tipperary Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Newport, County Tipperary