Geraldine McMahon

ARCM Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) is a diploma qualification of the Royal College of Music, equivalent to a university first degree. Like the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music diploma (LRAM), it was offered in teaching or perf ...

is a British-born harpist and singer of Irish descent.

Career

McMahon trained at the

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in London, winning several prizes including a study scholarship at the Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. She plays classical and

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. She performed as a soloist for two years at Bunratty Castle in Ireland. McMahon has performed around Europe and in the United States. She lived in the US for five years, in Chicago,

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and New York City, appearing on US national television and radio. She has played before British royalty and has been a resident performer at the Savoy Hotel in London. McMahon has issued an album of her own performances, ''Wings of Song'', and another is planned.Geraldine McMahon sound samples and photographsMA Music Studios
UK. McMahon is based in

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, England.

References

External links

Geraldine McMahon website
including
biography

Affairs of the Harp information

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from London Irish women harpists Irish women singers Folk harpists English classical harpists Associates of the Royal College of Music 21st-century Irish harpists {{UK-musician-stub