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Regina is an Irish harper, singer, and dancer.  She plays traditional Irish music on the harp and sings in Irish and English.  Regina sings in the sean nos style (ornamented and unaccompanied) and also accompanies herself on the harp.

In the United States, Regina has studied Irish harping with Aine Minogue and in Ireland with Janet Harbison and the Belfast Harp Orchestra.  Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann awarded Regina a scholarship to study the harp in Ireland as part of their Living Traditions Award.  At her first appearance at the New Hampshire Highland Games, Regina placed first in the senior novice division.  In 2003, Regina qualified for the All Ireland Fleadh (competition) in Harp and Vocals.

Regina performs hard and soft shoe step dancing, ceili and set dancing.  She teaches ceili dancing in local schools and calls the dances at local ceili dances.  She studies Irish Step Dancing at the Rince Cois Fharraige Irish Dance Academy in Salem, Massachusetts.

In 1998, Regina released her first CD entitled Geis, collections of Irish ballads and tunes.   2001 brought the release of  “Nollaig”, a CD of Irish Christmas music, song, dance and story that Regina produced along with Claudia Altemus – her partner in the duo ‘Réagánta’.  Regina is prominently featured on a compilation 2003 CD produced by the New Hampshire Council on the Arts, titled “Songs of the Season”.   2004 brings the release of her second solo CD titled “From These Hands”.  The new CD is a collection of Traditional Irish harp tunes, songs and duos with Claudia Altemus, Rodney Miller, Eugene Durkee, Mike Serpa, Bill Thomas, and her sisters and daughter.

Invited as a participant, Regina performed harping, singing and dancing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 1999.  At the festival, which draws over one million visitors, Regina also taught ceili dancing, gave a cooking demonstration about Irish soda bread and taught Irish crafts and dance at the children's tent.  She repeated these performances at the Celebrate New Hampshire Culture Festival in Hopkinton NH in June 1999.

As an artist on the NH State Council on the Arts roster and the Maine Arts Commission, Regina performs and teaches in schools throughout the state.  In the classroom, she introduces students to Irish poetry, music, song, dance, history, and literature.  From her home, Regina teaches the harp to students of all ages.

Regina performs regularly in pubs in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, is a regular seisiún player, and is an active member of the Hanafin-Cooley Branch of the Boston Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.