A real name, Seren’s first name is Gaelic for Star (like Serendipity)

Seren Spain - an avid artist, musician and writer. At 4, she dreamt of learning violin & dived headfirst into the musical universe. Harking from a Celtic lineage on her fathers side which boasts award-winning singers, classical & jazz musicians, composers and irish folkies, Seren grew up immersed in music, singing alongside her father’s jazz trumpet exercises. At a young age, she watched as he conducted Classical Orchestral renditions of “The Planets” for the VCA, when he brought her along to rehearsals, in awe of the sound of Jupiter. Seren went on to draw, write poetry, short stories and songs obsessively in any moment of solitude.

Her family moved for her mother’s career in Science to the U.K. Carol Hultmark, of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, taught Seren classical violin in an original way. There, in the wuthering English countryside, Hultmark’s mentorship bestowed a creative practise which found soulful roots in Seren, once she could hold her Irish grandfather’s 1800s full-sized fiddle properly in her hands.

Alongside Hultmark’s world-class guidance, Seren flew through colourful, joyfully melodic worlds, delving into rich & nuanced pallettes: the soaring mathematics of baroque, deeply felt impressionism, to blunt jazz and (the only) gritty romanian folk dances of Bartok. Seren developed a fierce passion for pushing her own edges to meet stretching melodies, with real emotional-expression, wanting to make the violin sing. Hultmark instilled such an organic love of melody itself, that Seren would return having self-taught an entire piece by ear.

Seren then taught herself piano by ear, to understand the craft of songwriting. She was then accompanied by and received musical tuition from Hilary du Pré and Daniel Nicholls, by Hultmark’s recommendation, who imparted universal musical understandings and wisdom which she still draws upon today. She would sneak up to see live music in London, and learnt street and folk dances, adding to her embodiment of musical expression.

Independently, Seren returned to Australia. At 18, she joined The Paper Street Soap Company, a rowdy folk & blues super-band, as front-woman around Australia’s Music Capital before playing main stages at Regional Folk Festivals such as Newstead Folk Festival. Here, she discovered heros like Anne Briggs & Karen Dalton. Back in town, Seren cut her teeth on the rock-band set up, also playing and singing with the likes of Ross Hannaford of Daddy Cool & Wilbur Wilde.

The late Theatre & Film Director, producer and songwriter, Frank Howson, also wrote a song and asked Seren especially to sing solo for his album launch at Memo Music Hall in 2011.

Seren graduated from her degree in Linguistics, fulfilling her pure love of words. She also studied Literature, Philosophy, Languages, Fine Painting, whilst dropping in on her creative friends Fine Art & Photography courses, spending all-nighters co-directing and modelling in Award-winning Photographs. Seren further refined her songwriting craft during this creative time, squirelled away behind a closed door with a piano, until she finally felt ready to record, but asked herself, “How?!”

Luckily, this question was swiftly answered…Whilst singing Carole King covers at her local dive bar, Seren met the right person for the job!

(Spoiler alert - it was Mitch Cairns!!!)

Seren Spain suddenly embarked upon composing arrangements & producing her Debut Album with Multi-ARIA winning and Platinum selling Producer Mitch Cairns, who produced Russell Morris’ ARIA winning albums, of “The Real Thing” fame. With years of blood, sweat and tears in the creation alongside Cairns, Seren Spain’s Debut Album itself has crystalised into a brave & refreshing body of work.

More recently, Seren signed with Agent Clare Cremin, of Square Lemon Pr, an industry trailblaizer in her own right, who specialises in Trans-Atlantic artist development and high-calibre folk and roots musicians.

Seren Spain is now workshopping & rehearsing her live shows, which are already gathering glowing reviews, akin to dew dops upon a blade of grass in the morningtime sun, by highly-esteemed musicians and venues, describing her with very nice phrases like “A breath of fresh air” and “A true original”, to those with their ear on the ground. Her shows are kicking off with multi-instrumentalist Mal Beveridge. Beveridge has toured extensively with renowned productions, spending years touring with Uncle Jack Charles in “Jack Charles vs The Crown” and now Warumpi band’s: “Big Name, No Blanket” shows.

Seren Spain is finalising production and performances to launch her long-awaited upcoming Debut Album.