* * NEWS FLASH * *

Tara's new single, THE LIBERTIES, will be released on iTunes on 28 September!!!  -  Click the iTunes link on the top right hand corner of the page to go to "The Liberties"

Along with this, Tara's first solo tour in the USA headlining with Ciaran Nagle of the Three Irish Tenors has just been confirmed for December 2011!  Check the EVENTS page for dates and locations in early October...

ABOUT TARA:

Although originally from a classical background, multi-instrumentalist (violin, viola, electric violin, voice) and composer/arranger Tara Novak has devoted the past 15 years of her life to studying the music of all genres - specifically Irish traditional, jazz, pop, and Americana.

The child of a jazz guitarist/composer and classical pianist in Omaha, Nebraska, Tara was convinced of her career path as a classical violinist - until in her early 20's, when she heard the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the music of George Crumb, and Ireland's Bothy Band. These hugely differing uses of the violin sent her on a path to find her own sound, from the studio of international concert violinist Benny Kim to NYC to Berklee College of Music, and eventually across the Atlantic.

Since 2007, Tara has been dividing her time between Ireland and the States.  In addition to working extensively as a soloist, she is also the lead violinist with both the Three Irish Tenors and Druid. She has toured throughout Ireland, the UK, Holland, North America, and the Caribbean, and in the past year alone, has performed as a featured soloist at over 100 corporate, private, and charity events, including the American Ireland Funds, Renault, Failte Ireland, Deloitte & Touche, the UEFA Europa Leauge, Jameson Distillery, Google, Ronald McDonald House, Make A Wish Foundation, Rotary International, To Russia With Love, Sosad, Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin, ISPCC, Krystle Nightclub, and on!

In addition to her busy performance schedule, Tara is also an active educator, composer, and arranger/orchestrator. She teaches both privately and at Waltons New School of Music in Dublin. Her compositions and arrangements are featured in her own solo show, as well as being performed on tours with the Three Irish Tenors and Druid. She co-wrote three of the tracks on Irish baritone Nyle Wolfe's album: "Home Ground," which was released in March 2009.  Tara has been writing/arranging her first album (due in Nov 2011), and her debut single - The Water is Wide - was released in December 2010 and is available on iTunes.

Tara performs on both an acoustic violin made by Bronek Cison in 1998 and a custom-made 5-string metallic blue Violectra, made by David Bruce Johnson.