What happens when you put four talented Irish musicians in a house together? You get a rollicking Irish band that’ll bring the house down!

Now before you start saying, “Oh they ‘re just a bunch of kids.” Wait until you hear them! They’ll change your mind.

The name Shanveen comes from the village my mother grew up in Donegal, Ireland. Our story began in 1999 when Theresa's music teacher asked if her family could do a presentation of Irish dance and music for St. Patrick's Day. In those days I was the only vocalist and guitarist. Mary played a souvenir penny whistle, JP played a decorative Irish Bodhrán (bone drum) and Patrick played an old keyboard on the accordion setting. Although these were very humble beginnings, people really enjoyed the music we played. For the first three years we mostly did old Irish Pub songs with very little variation in style or instrumentation. We performed at Churches, preschools, Retirement homes and any place that would have us.

But our most significant performance was in the summer of 2002 when we were invited to play at the North Georgia Celtic Festival in Gainesville, Georgia. It was the first time we had ever played along side other Celtic bands and we were an instant hit! But more important we were exposed to and welcomed into the Celtic music community in the North Georgia area. Since then we have grown and matured in many aspects of our music, styles, and abilities. We have played at Underground Atlanta, The Loafing Leprechaun, The North Georgia Celtic Festival, The Atlanta Celtic Festival, Chateau Elan, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Little Gardens, Dunwoody Country Club, Buford Summer in the Streets, The Duluth Fall Festival, The Norcross Fall Festival, Snellville Days Festival, The Wink Theatre, The Barking Legs Theatre and dozens more special events, concerts and private parties.

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary is now an award-winning musician in Penny Whistle, Irish Flute, Uilleann Pipes and voice. She also plays piano, guitar, Bodhrán and is working on the fiddle and banjo. She has an enchanting lilting voice and an incredible ability to instantly improvise beautiful harmonies to everything she hears. Shanveen’s most recent and most popular songs have been composed and arranged by Mary.