Gregory Grene is a musician and teacher based in

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, who grew up in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

and

County Cavan, Ireland County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

. He is the son of the

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David Grene David Grene (13 April 1913 – 10 September 2002) was an Irish American professor of classics at the University of Chicago from 1937 until his death. He was a co-founder of the Committee on Social Thought and is best known for his translations of ...

. With his band

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, he writes and plays a style of music that melds Irish traditional and

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influences, and has produced and recorded nine albums with them, as well as a solo album, FlipSides (2008), with musicians ranging from John Doyle, former guitarist with Solas, to Tony Cedras, a multi-instrumentalist who has played in

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's band since the Graceland tour. Grene's music has received critical acclaim over the years, was included in the Rough Guide to Irish Music compilation, and was featured in the soundtrack for '' Pride and Glory'', a movie starring Ed Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight and Noah Emmerich, as well as on television in the ABC show '' Mercy'' and the FX series ''

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. He currently teaches English literature at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. He also previously worked as Director of Music for the New York advertising agenc
FCB
and in that capacity recorded tracks ranging from

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tracks and symphonic music in Abbey Road, and has spoken on Shoot and ''

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'' music industry panels in New York and

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. Prior to his musical work, Grene worked as an actor, appearing in both regional and Broadway theater, and in

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. Gregory Grene's twin brother, Andrew Grene, died in the

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while working for the

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. Grene currently serves as US Director for a 501(c)3 public charity established in Andrew's name, the Andrew Grene Foundation
andrewgrene.org
, which works with education and microfinance in Haiti.

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Gregorygrene.comProdigals.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grene, Gregory Living people American people of Irish descent Musicians from County Cavan Musicians from New York (state) Musicians from Chicago American twins Year of birth missing (living people) American expatriates in Ireland