Amarin Music Ensemble

           Amarin Celtic World Music Ensemble is becoming one of the ultimate Celtic music bands combining the traditional and contemporary styling  Dervish and Altan, integrating the powerful driven jigs and reels on guitar, fiddle, Irish flute, Uilleann Pipes and whistle with ethereal mystical multi-vocals sung in Irish/Scottish Gaelic and English. They stand out as one of the most authentic top Celtic bands on the west coast of North America. Using the same instrumentation as the great bands coming out of Ireland and Scotland Guitar, Fiddle, Concertina,Irish flute/whistle, and the Uillean pipes

                Amarin is somewhat of a rarity in Celtic music, infusing the contemporary Celtic/World music styling of Enya and Loreena McKennitt while still using traditional instruments staying true to the traditional Irish/Scottish styles. Amarin merges all the Celtic sounds of both traditional Irish/Scottish tunes. They're one of the few Celtic bands in North America that features three part vocal harmonies that are sung in Irish/Scots Gaelic. 
                Amarin is composed of group leader Chris Waltz; young virtuoso Celtic fiddle player/singer/guitarist Lee White , and a hand full of other artist that sit it with the band.  Amarin acts as a platform for Chris Waltz's music, and in addition to Celtic selections performs an eclectic blend of Spanish-Sephardic, Flamenco, Klezmer, Gypsy and select pop music with songs sung in Spanish, Latin, Italian, Ladino, and English. 
 Recently joining the band are former Riverdance Irish flute/whistle/concertina player and Uillean Piper Autumn Rhodes, and Shawna Spiteri on Harp, Vocals and Bodhran. With the integration the harp and Irish Uillean pipes. Amarin offers authentic mystical arrangments of both original and traditional music.

                Amarin tailors each performance to the venues to match the musical and language preferences of each. With their powerful stage presence and stellar playing Amarin finely crafts each song so that the audience can experience the passion and emotion behind each turn of the melody.  Amarin performs as a duo, trio or quartet.

                Lee White is considered one of the finest traditional Irish/Scottish singers in North America today, and with her powerful yet soft driven style of fiddle playing she truly is one of the young talents to be watching for. Lee is currently a fill in member with the legendary San Francisco Bay Area Celtic band Golden Bough. Lee White has been playing the violin since she was six years old and studied with legendary classical teacher Michael Yokass. She has also been part of the San Francisco Girls' Chorus for five years (from 2000-2005) as a first soprano.  Lee performed solo before she became more heavily involved in Celtic music, playing guitar and singing covers at fourteen to fifteen years old. In May of 2008, Lee went on tour to Ireland with her previous band "Drowsy Maggie", playing fiddle with "Banjo Man" Stacy Samuels, accordionist Dorcus Mouton, and guitarist Jean White.