Deirdre Campbell-Shaw grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of four it was her dream to go on the stage and make music. After leaving school she studied music, languages and marketing in Aberdeen and Edinburgh and won scholarships to study singing with Neil Mackie (Royal College of Music) and to spend periods of study in Germany, Russia and Italy. After graduating from university, she moved to Germany. Deirdre worked in education and industry for a few years before discovering the celtic harp. She then decided it was time to fulfil her childhood dream of making music professionally. Now she travels around Europe performing music from the celtic countries. She sings and plays the clarsach (celtic harp) and encourages people to live their dreams.