Maria Roe Vincent

Maria Roe Vincent is a singer, composer and vocal arranger. She has worked with the Indian music industry's best music directors such as A. R. Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, D. Imman, Vijay Antony, Srinivas, Anirudh Ravichander, S. J. Surya and Joshua Sridhar. Her hit songs include "Adiye" from the movie Kadal and "Hey" from the movie Vanakkam Chennai. Her vocal arrangements have been featured in block buster movies such as Kadal, Mariyan, Highway, Million Dollar Arm, Yaamirukka Bayamey and many more. Her work has called her to arrange and produce for various TV shows such as Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer in Chennai and Mazhavil Manorama's Josco Indian Voice in Kerala and Superstar in Astro TV, Malaysia. She conducts a choral vocal group named El Fé, is the lead singer of her band Overtone and performs in various shows and concerts with them.

Maria Roe Vincent
BornChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresTamil, Pop and Hip-Hop.
Occupation(s)Playback Singer, Composer, Vocal Arranger, Producer
Years active2010 – present

Early life and family background

Maria Roshni Vincent was born in Chennai. Her father is Mr. Leo Vincent, an Engineer and her mother is Mrs. Anita Vincent. She has a younger sister Maryaan Ranjini Vincent who is a Graphic Designer. She is the only professional musician in her family. She was educated at Good Shepherd Matriculation Higher Secondary School. She is a B.Sc. zoology graduate from Stella Maris College. She also holds a bachelor's degree in English from Madras University. She has completed her bachelor's degree in music from the International College of Music (ICOM) in Kuala Lumpur and the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has her 8th grade in piano from the Trinity College, London. She plays the piano and guitar.

Career

She was introduced by music director D. Imman in the movie Kacheri Arambam. She had sung the song "Kadavule" in the movie. She worked as a Western Contemporary Instructor at A. R. Rahman’s KM College of Music. While she was working there A. R. Rahman spotted her and gave her an opportunity to sing in "Adiye" in the movie Kadal. Since then, she has sung and arranged vocals in several movies' songs and background scores such as Linga, Maryaan, Kochadhayan, Yaamirukka Bayamey, Million Dollar Arm, Monkeys of Mumbai, Moonu, Anegan, Maan Karate,Vanakkam Chennai, Amen, GodFather, Ek deewana Tha, Highway etc. Her debut single "Neethan Yen Dream Girl" was released on YouTube.

El FÉ Choir

She started the "El FÉ Choir" four years ago.[1] They have been featured in many movies. The choir is owned and directed by her.[1] The choir's movie credits include the following:

The Choir has done a Christmas Single titled "Oh Holy Night" which was released recently.

Discography

Tamil
YearSongMovieCo-SingersMusic Director
2010KadavuleKacheri ArambamD. Imman
2013AdiyeKadalA. R. Rahman
2013HeyVanakkam ChennaiAnirudh Ravichander[2]
2014MuttallaiYennamo YedhoD. Imman
2014MazhakadhaOru Oorla Rendu RajaD. Imman
2014Madras to MaduraiAambalaHiphop Tamizha
2015Neetho AlaOK BangaramA. R. Rahman
2016Face off (Theme)Iru MuganHarris Jeyaraj
2016Oorellam KetkudheThodariShreya GhoshalD. Imman
2016Thaaru Maaru Thakkali SoruVeera SivajiD. Imman
2016Sona SonaVasuvum Saravananum Onna PadichavangaD. Imman
2016Bubbly BubblyPokkiri RajaD. Imman
2017Konjam Vera MaariSingleMaria Roe Vincent
2017Vanam (Theme)VanamaganHarris Jayaraj
2018Thaarumaaru Thakkali SoruVeera SivajiD. Imman
2019Beer Biriyani90 MLSTR
2019Petta ParakPettaAnirudh Ravichander

Hindi
YearSongMovieCo-SingersMusic Director
2012HosannaEkk Deewana ThaLeon D'souza, Suzanne D'Mello A. R. Rahman

Kannada
YearSongMovieCo-SingersMusic Director
2012AlapanaeGodfatherAbhay Jodhpurkar A. R. Rahman

BGM’s
MovieMusic DirectorDescription
KadalA. R. RahmanHeroine’s Theme
JeevaD. ImmanFully
Oru Oorla Rendu RajaD. ImmanFully
ValiyavanD. ImmanFully
MiruthanD. ImmanFully
BoganD. ImmanFully
  1. Neethan Yen Dream Girl – Debut as a Composer[1]

Concerts and performances
  • She has performed in A. R. Rahman’s concert "Thai Mannae Vanakkam".
  • She has worked for Vijay TV’s Airtel Super Singer in 2011. She has also sung for the show.
  • She has performed with Music Director Anoop in Hyderabad.
  • She has also worked in Gospel Music with Gospel Singers like Gersson Edinbaro and Daniel Jawahar.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from". MTV. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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