BAND BIOG
“It’s always a joyous struggle, this music making thing.”
Bill Monaghan has been making musical creations since his high school days in the Philadelphia suburbs. A writer of songs, musical plays, children’s ballets, and thematically charged CDs like his 9/11 In Memoriam, Bill is at home in finger picking folk songs, story-telling in his energy driven rock songs, or reflecting in his touching love songs and ballads. Bill’s "Some Assembly Required" CD is an eclectic collection of such songs, in some of Bill’s favorite styles, touching on Reggae, Rock, and even orchestral.
The Word: A Gospel Opera, a full length spirited stage drama, has moved audiences with more than 55 performances in the tri-county area since its inception. Even the harmonies and rhythms of Africa are an influential force in many of Bill’s works, made more authentic by his recent mission work in Uganda, Africa, where he has experienced and contributed music first hand to the people with whom he has worked so closely in areas of education and basic human needs.
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