Biography

Corina Brouder, a beautiful, young American with roots in Limerick, who has performed in the White House, toured across Europe, and along with her family won Entertainer of the Year award in New York. She visited Ireland in 2004 to promote her single, Another Day, which was recorded in New York City with Swedish Producer Johan Brunkvist (Everything But The Girl, Cher, Janet Jackson, Mary Jane & Kylie). The "B" side, "Change", was written by Corina and remixed by 2x Grammy winning LA producer Joe Hogue (Leanne Rhimes, Donna Summer, Roy Orbison). It proved very popular on radio there.

The 25-year old auditioned for 2004's Waterford segment of You're a Star (2002) and many will have seen her, along with her harp, on the television programme. Corina, whose maternal grandparents hail from Leitrim and Cavan, is proud of her Limerick connections - her family the Brouders, come from Athea, Co. Limerick.

An amazing singer who also plays piano and harp, she has been performing for as long as she can remember. As a child, her sister spent some time in hospital, and Corina and her other siblings started entertaining her recovering sister and the other children in the ward.

As time went on the family found themselves travelling to children's wards in the neighbouring hospitals and to nursing homes, and within time, they had come up with a name for their group and started gigging professionally. Known as The Spirits of Gilbride, the family group of four sisters and one brother sing, play keyboards, violin, harp, guitar, drums, tin whistle, bagpipes and accordion.

The Spirits of Gilbride have had tremendous success, having performed at the White House, Radio City Music Hall, Disney World, the Trump Plaza, Waldorf, Lincoln Centre, Rideau Hall, Yankee Stadium and at concerts and festivals all across the USA, as well as Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Munich and Vienna.

They have shared stages with the Chieftains, Hanson, Enrique Iglesias, Harlem Boys Choir, Gloria Gaynor, S Club 7, and many more. Concert dates have already been set for the Summer in Canada and throughout Ireland.

The family group received an "Entertainer of the Year" award from Irish President Mary Robinson in the Plaza New York, and performed in Limerick for the Millennium Celebrations, as their Dad, Cornelius Brouder, hails from the county.

Their name, The Spirits of Gilbride, is in honour of their maternal grandfather. Corina explained: "When our grandfather died, there was no one to keep his family name going as he had no sons, so we decided to name the group after him".

The group has released an album, two videos and singles for Universal Music, and had the title track on the European version of The Little Vampire (2000) soundtrack album. Corina was discovered by legendary "007" composer John Barry and was the vocalist on his Swept from the Sea (1997) soundtrack.

Along with being a singer and musician who plays, piano, violin, accordion, tin whistle and drums...Corina is a licensed Attorney at Law, nurse and hairdresser/cosmetologist. Currently Corina is immersed in her legal career but manages to continue a professional musical career as well. She has upcoming private performances scheduled in the NYC Metropolitan area for the rest of 2017.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ruud