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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 05/01/2013 : 19:53:57
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The Gothard Sisters
The Three Coins...performing and dancing
Marching On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHWC0BFQCRc
The Gothard Sisters are three sisters from the Pacific Northwest. They are all violinists, as well as championship Irish dancers, having won awards in America as well as Ireland. Greta, Willow and Solana originally started as an Irish dance group, then added their violins and now have guitar, bodhran and voice to add to their repertoire. They perform mainly on the Pacific coast, but have had had summer tours in the Midwest as well, performing in Indiana, Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
Willows Waltz...this one builds nicely, all three play violin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM3J7dLO5-4
Greta
Greta Gothard, age 24, started playing violin when she was 5 years old by studying the Suzuki method for classical violin. Greta was home-schooled through high school, while attending the Academy of Music Northwest in 2001, and the Seattle Conservatory of Music in 2002. She was an active member of the Seattle Youth Symphonies for over 10 years, holding leadership positions in the Junior and youth orchestras.
Greta is also an Open championship level Irish dancer and 3-time World qualifier in the Western region, placing 8th and 9th at the Oireachtas.
Now she manages to teach several young Suzuki students privately between her performing engagements while also coaching at the Chamber Music Madness workshops for younger children in Seattle, empowering kids and teens through a love of the chamber music repertoire.
In 2007, she started playing guitar to expand her musical knowledge, and has since become fascinated by Celtic music played in a variety of different ways. Greta enjoys arranging music, composing, teaching, running websites, studying videography and video editing, and performing regularly as part of her active performance group, the Gothard Sisters, with her sisters Willow and Solana.
Willow
Willow Gothard, age 22, is an accomplished Irish dancer, having placed repeatedly in Open Championship, earning 5th and 4th at the Western Region Oireachtas, 20th at the North American National Championships and earning the elusive recall at the 2008 World Championships of Irish dance in Philadelphia.
Willow, who was homeschooled, has been playing classical violin since the age of 5 and has performed in orchestras and chamber music ensembles. She interns and helps kids in the Seattle area learn to love music through chamber music. Willow learned how to play the bodhran in 2007 and now lends her rhythms and driving force to the Gothard Sisters' arrangements. In 2010 she also started to play the mandolin and continues to expand her musical knowledge, as reflected in her growing compositions and original Celtic tunes and melodies. Willow teaches private dance students at her home, and sews every single costume that the Gothard Sisters wear in their live shows and videos by hand so they are completely unique.
Solana
Solana Gothard, age 16, is barely old enough to drive but has accomplished a lot in her young life. She was the youngest dancer from the Pacific Northwest ever to qualify for the World Championships of Irish dancing when she placed 6th at the Western Region Oireachtas in 2006. She was 11 years old at the time.
Solana, who is homeschooled and mostly self-taught, has always been fond of words and song, and is the lead singer for the Gothard Sisters. Her strong, sweet vocals are uniquely clean and pure. Solana has also played classical violin since she was 3 years old, which is also around the same time that she started Irish dance lessons. She has recently learned how to play the bodhran and other rhythm and percussion instruments to add to the sound variety in the Gothard Sisters' live shows. Solana continues to study classical violin with the Gothard Sisters' longtime violin teacher and mentor, Lawrence Fisher. She is currently assistant concertmistress of the Cascade Youth Symphony orchestra in Seattle, WA.
Albums
2006 ...And to all a Good Night
2006 Now is the Hour
2008 Daughters of Erin
2009 Celtic Rainbow
2010 Christmas
2011 Story Girl
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 05/01/2013 19:55:47 |
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Gothard Sisters-Celtic rock'folk at WA Stonehenge
