Miranda Mulholland

Miranda Mulholland is Canadian fiddle player and singer.

Biography

Mulholland is a member of Great Lake Swimmers ^[1], Belle Starr ^[2] and The Rattlesnake Choir as well as the founder and lead singer for the The Roaring Girl Cabaret. She makes select appearances in the violin show Bowfire ^[3], and has played fiddle with Jim Cuddy, John Borra and Justin Rutledge, among others. Not limited to band performances, Mulholland has appeared in various theatre productions including Parfumerie with Soulpepper Theatre ^[4] in Toronto.

In addition to varied studio work, she has toured extensively in Europe and North America with the Celtic rock bands The Mahones, The Peelers, The Paperboys, The Glengarry Bhoys and the alt-country band Luther Wright and the Wrongs. She was a member of the Canadian cast of Barrage and was the vocal and fiddle soloist for the Irish dance show Spirit of Ireland and Celtic Blaze.

Mulholland can be heard on records by Justin Rutledge, Sarah Slean, NQ Arbuckle and Kevin Quain, and her debut album for The Roaring Girl Cabaret, is entitled In Last Night's Party Clothes.

She was born in Guelph, Ontario and was a violin student of the Guelph Suzuki School^[5], and studied opera performance at the University of Western Ontario and McGill University.

Discography

• Singer/Fiddle TBA - Great Lake Swimmers, Spring 2012 (To Be Released) Nettwerk
• Singer/Fiddle Belle Starr - Belle Starr, 2012 (To Be Released)
• Fiddle/Singer Walkin' The Wire - The Rattlesnake Choir, 2011 Cousin Jeb Records
• Singer,Fiddle Celtic Blaze Cast Album - Celtic Blaze, 2009, Ind.
• Fiddle Let’s Just Stay Here - Carolyn Mark & N.Q. Arbuckle, 2009, Mint
• Singer Gutter Anthems - Enter The Haggis, UFO
• Composer, Vocals, Violin In Last Night's Party Clothes - The Roaring Girl Cabaret, 2008, Ind.
• Fiddle/Vocals Live Music - The Rattlesnake Choir, 2008, Cousin Jeb Records
• Fiddle Man of Your Dreams Luther Wright, 2008 (Snakeye Muzak)
• Background Vocals The Baroness - Sarah Slean, 2008, Warner
• Fiddle Winter in Babylon - Kevin Quain, 2008, Ind.
• Fiddle XO,K - N.Q. Arbuckle, 2008, Six Shooter
• Violin Man Descending - Justin Rutledge, 2008, Six Shooter
• Vocals Courting Stories - The Skye Consort, 2008, Ombu
• Fiddle Take No Prisoners - The Mahones, 2006, Stumble Records
• Vocals/Fiddle Mill Sessions The Glengarry Bhoys, 2006, Universal
• Fiddle/Vocals Alejandro Escovedo Benefit CD - Bob Egan,2004

References

1. ^ http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com/
2. ^ http://www.bellestarr.ca
3. ^ http://www.bowfire.com/cast/24-miranda-mulholland
4. ^ http://www.soulpepper.ca/the_company/the_artists/actors/miranda_mulholland.aspx
5. ^ http://www.artset.net/SSSG2_fldr/sssg_alumni.html