"With a velvet voice, a hearty laugh, & the traditions of the Celtic winds,
Fae Wiedenhoeft takes her listeners on a musical journey through history & tradition.

Compared & influenced by the greats:
Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Mary Black, & Sandy Denny, Fae's song stories are a must for fans of Celtic Folk!"

Fae Wiedenhoeft (pronounced Wee-den-hauft) has been singing since before she could form words. She grew up on the wrongside of the tracks in the Chicago suburb of Cicero. Her family was musical, happy, and they led a humble life. After years of private concerts in her backyard, singing into the top of a broom handle, for squirrels and friends, Fae received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre Performance from Roosevelt University in the heart of downtown Chicago. During this time, she actively performed with professional and community theatre companies. She then headed to the West Coast to perform and compose Celtic Music professionally with a well known band. She is included on five records recorded, manufactured, and sold in Canada. Stateside, she released has over a dozen solo records and is also an award winning song writer. For a list of her awards please visit here.

Fae briefly lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2003 and met film maker and bass player, Adam "Captain" Chambers, who later became her husband. Together they created and hosted the Blue November MicroFilmFestival, which was an international showcase of film, art, and music. Fae also played throughout the greater Tulsa area and found her way back to the West Coast in 2006.

Fae formed her Seattle based band, SeaStar, in 2007 with her friend Doug Hayman. Since her last name always seemed to create a pronunciation nightmare, an easy short band name seemed like the way to go. She tours with the this award winning group most of the year. Band members include: Captain Chambers, Michael Falcone and Ron Allen. They have multiple studio recorded records as well as over half a dozen live and home-studio recordings. The band also has two DVDs showcasing their tours in Ireland and Scotland.

In 2010, with master Egyptian tabla player, George Sadak, Fae arranged and recorded a Middle Eastern Christmas album called Christmas Tapestry - East Meets West, produced by Dena Sukaya of Ottoman Trader. The record was very successful in the dance community and abroad. Fae loved working on this album as it was a great challenge to take traditional carols and arrange them with Middle Eastern rhythms, instruments, and players.

Fae collaborated with songwriter, Melody Benbow, and created a duo called Syren from 1998 - 2015. Syren released two albums, "Waves to the Sky" and "Invitation". Highly influenced by Old Scots and waulking songs, the ladies focused on traditional tunes while weaving in a few golden originals of their own. Their harmonies held a sibling quality and the duo played the Ren Faire circuits as well as Northwest FolkLife from time to time.

Fae journeyed to Poland in the summers of 2014, 2017, and 2019 to teach and perform at a fine arts summer camp at Nadwarcianski Grod in Zalecze Wielkie as part of the Kosciuszko Foundation's Teaching English in Poland program. She had the privilege and honour to instruct over 101 students in total each summer, middle school to high school levels. As this was an English Immersion Camp, the students' grasp on English varied greatly and this was a wonderful experience in being adaptive. Fae wrote a song about it in 2014 while she was at the first camp. You can hear it here. She closed the 2019 summer camp with all 101 students and 30+ staff members singing this song. What an adventure!

Fae's studio, called Syren's Voice, began its life in a 1923 train caboose. Fae taught over 50 students, wrote over 100 songs, and held band rehearsal for SeaStar, every Tuesday night, from October 2010 - May 2019 inside the wooden walls of the Great Northern Caboose X549 that lived in a quaint shopping center called Country Village in Bothell, WA. In 2019, Country Village closed and the caboose was sold to Tenino Railway Depot who restored ol' "Caboosie" to her full glory.
Fae teaches private lessons in voice, guitar, ukulele, bodhran, and tin whistle. Fae also offers songwriting and Celtic Studies classes. She engineers small recordings for students as well as hosts summer acting camps. Fae's passion for music and performing is deeply felt by her students. Her studio often has a wait list and runs with a roster of 20 - 35 students at a time. She is currently hosting online lessons for the time being.

When Fae is not teaching or performing in the Pacific Northwest or abroad, she is a vegetarian, a photographer, a painter, and a graphic designer. Her art work is often created for potential album covers for her yearly songwriting challenges. Her medium of choice is plain black ink on heavy paper. Fae has artwork displayed in three countries and has been published in two national publications. Please visit her bandcamp page to see more artwork.

Fae is always up for a cuppa tea and a good chat as well as a thrilling storytelling session. She tours abroad every year and has a deep gratitude for this colourful and musical life. She enjoys hearing people's stories as well as soaking up history in ghost towns, ancient ruins, and cobblestone streets. Her humble beginning in life remind her to take nothing for granted and to always be up for an adventure! Fae loves to converse and often asks, "What's your story?' She sincerely hopes that folks live richly, fully, and to make it a good one.

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