Chloë Agnew
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| Chloë Agnew | |
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 Walking in the air - 2005 |
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| Origin | Ireland |
| Genres | Celtic, Vocal |
Chloë Agnew is an Irish singer who is well known mostly for her part in the popular PBS special and touring group Celtic Woman, where her renditions of "Nella Fantasia" and "Ave Maria" were particularly well received. She lives in Dublin, where she attends Alexandra College Girl's School. She has a younger sister, Naomi.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Musical upbringing
She was born in 1989 to Irish entertainer Adele King, aka "Twink", and Irish oboeist David Agnew (known for the Gabriels Oboe, theme song to The Mission (film)) She made her first television appearance on her mother's programme aged just four weeks old, and went on to sing on the show at the age of six.
[edit] Career
In 1998 she was the winner of the Grand Prix at the First International Childrens Song Competition, Cairo, Egypt with a song called The Friendship Tree -- representing Ireland. She also began to perform pantomime at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin for four years.
In 1999, she appeared in Messiah XXI for the New Millennium, a modern adaptation of Handel's Messiah. She played one of the children and did the sign language.[1]
When she was 11, she approached David Downes to ask if she could record a song to raise money for the children in Afghanistan. She recorded "Angel of Mercy" on the album "This Holy Christmas Night" for the Afghan Childrens Charity Fund in 2001. She also joined the Christ Church Cathedral Girls Choir, with which she was a member for three years.
At the age of 13, with David Downes, she recorded an album "Chloe", followed by "Chloe - Walking in the Air".
At 14 years old, she appeared with Celtic Woman, a popular PBS special. She is touring with the group, which also includes Lisa Kelly, Deirdre Shannon, Órlagh Fallon, and fiddler Mairead Nesbitt.
She appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 17, 2006.
