"Essence" is two professional singers/entertainers: 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’s musical career has been so wonderfully enhanced by her partnership with Paul.

Paul Redmond first caught the attention of audiences with his live performances on RTE in the 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.

“Celtic Essence” features a new development in Paul’s writing career. The second CD on the “Celtic Essence” album comprises several songs from Paul’s new stage musical, “The Promise”, which will be staged for the first time in 2011. Paul has also recently completed his novel “The Promise”, which is currently with the publishers.

Paul and Karen have now brought out four CD's together called  "A Taste of Essence", "Spiritual Essence", “Celtic Essence” and “Christmas Essence”.

See what the press say, or read some testimonials about Essence.