Winifred Horan

Horan was born in New York City to Irish parents and studied piano (taught by her father, a carpenter and musician) and Irish fiddle playing at a young age. She attended and graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied classical violin, and the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado. Solas in 1994, and is on fiddle and backing vocals. On her participation in Solas and, in particular, touring with the group, Horan expressed in a 2008 interview: "Traveling the world with Solas has been one of the best things about being in the band." having won an All-Ireland Junior Championship at age eleven. In 2006, she and fellow Solas member Mick McAuley, an accordionist, released Serenade on Compass Records, with covers of "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young and "Make You Feel My Love" by Bob Dylan. Siobhán Long, writing for The Irish Times, listed Serenade as fifth on her list of top five Irish traditional music albums released in 2006. which was featured during the third season of the American reality television competitive dance series So You Think You Can Dance. ==Selected discography==

with Cherish The Ladies • 1992 – The Back Door • 1993 – Out And About • 1998 – One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies with Solas • 1996 — Solas • 1997 — Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers • 1998 — The Words That Remain • 2000 — The Hour Before Dawn • 2002 — The Edge of Silence • 2003 — Another Day • 2005 — Waiting for an Echo • 2006 — Reunion: A Decade of Solas – CD and DVD • 2008 — For Love and Laughter • 2010 — The Turning Tide • 2013 — Shamrock City Solo and other selected albums • 1996 — The Irish Isle: Traditional Irish Music (James Keane with Winifred, Seamus Egan, Sue Richards) • 2002 — Just One Wish • 2002 — Pleasures Of Home (Cracker Barrel label) • 2006 — Serenade (with Mick McAuley) • 2014 — Lost Girl Found • 2019 — The Memory of Magic ==References==