About the artist
Rachel S. Brennan
Rachel Scoazec Brennan is an Irish and Breton/French singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist based in Co. Kerry, Ireland.
"I play guitar, drums/percussion, bass and flute from the age of 5. Graduated from the Classical Muscic Academy at the age of 17.
Rachel Scoazec Brennan Sings in English, Breton and Irish
Welcome to the website of Rachel Scoazec Brennan, a professional musician, singer/songwriter and teacher, with many years of music performance and teaching experience. She has learned the classical guitar at age 5 and since then has added a wide variety of musical instruments to her repertoire of skills. Graduated at 17 from Classical Music Academy in Classical Guitar. Rachel has studied Harp under the direction of Irish Composer Harpist Anne Marie O Farrell.
From Swamp or Delta Blues to Classical to Jazz, Rock to Breton/Irish traditionnal, the music of these countries inspire Rachel’s eclectic and original style in her own songwriting and music.
Rachel Scoazec Brennan has recorded and performed with various acclaimed names in the music industry. Chieftains/Matt Molloy, Peter Molloy, Aslan Alan Downey, Jerry Banjo O’Connor, Jerry Fiddle OConnor, Dervish/Brian McDonagh, DeDannan/Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn, William Faulkner, Eilish OConnor, and many others.
Rachel is available to teach you, to perform for any occasion or event.
She has learned the drums /percussions, the bass, the flute, and the guitar at age 6. She picked up the piano from her pianist mother. At 12, she went to a music academy to learn classical guitar and completed the grades. At home she was experimenting with jazz, jazz rock, rock and blues on acoustic and electric guitar, from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to Earl Klug, Al di Meola, George Benson and Wes Montgomery. She also learned Breton and Irish traditional music and started singing in English, Breton and Irish.
Rachel has started writing and singing her own songs at 17 and has been performing as singer/electric guitarist ever since. At 25 she picked up her grandfather and great uncle’s classical violins and took classical violin lessons, she also taught herself Breton, Irish and American trad tunes on the fiddle, the banjos, both four and five string ones, flute, tinwhistle, mandolin, mandola and bouzouki. At 30, in Dublin she studied Irish and classical harp with Irish Composer Harpist Anne Marie O Farrell. In Ireland, the US, the UK, Spain, China and many other places, Rachel has performed and recorded widely with big names of the music industry.