The Hutchins Consort IRISH FIDDLE Encinitas

Featuring Winifred Horan, Irish Fiddle and the McNalley composition “The 8 Immortals.”

Winifred Horan was born in New York City, New York 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. She played with multiple orchestras, including the Boston Pops Orchestra, and string quartets, before joining the all-female Celtic music ensemble Cherish the Ladies in 1990. She co-founded 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.”

Outside of her work with Solas, Horan…