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"Essence" are two professional singers/entertainers featuring Karen Lynch, a Canadian Soprano and Paul Redmond, an Irish Tenor who perform as a "Duo".

Their performance covers a wide variety of repertoire including songs from Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, West Side Story, popular tunes and Irish favourites.

Their musical mission is to "Sing from our hearts and bring ageless romance to all those who hear and are touched by our music".

Karen Lynch was born in Canada and made her stage debut aged four. She was encouraged by her musical mother to study singing. Her award winning performances resulted in music scholarships to the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto and the State University of New York, where she was trained by some of North America's top voice coaches and choral conductors, including Dr. David Ouchterlony, Elmer Isler, Lukas Foss and John Rutter. She successfully auditioned for the Emma Kirkby Master Class in the International Music School in Dartington, U.K.. She has performed on stage with the world renowned soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Now living in Ireland, Karen is taking another exciting step in her musical career.

Paul Redmond first caught the attention of audiences with his live performances on RTE in the John Player Tops of the Town Competition winning the awards for the Most Promising Entertainer and Most Outstanding Singer. He has studied with the renowned Martin Dempsey who inspired Paul to develop what has been described as a "golden tenor voice". Paul launched his professional career with a series of very successful concerts, receiving rave reviews. His CD's include "The Legacy" a selection of Moores melodies produced and arranged by David Hayes of Riverdance fame, recorded at the suggestion of Claddagh Records.

Paul and Karen have now brought out two CD's together called "A Taste of Essence" and "Spiritual Essence"