Maria Roe Vincent

Roe Vincent
Roe Vincent
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	Tamil, Pop and Hip-Hop.
Occupation(s)	Playback Singer, Composer, Vocal Arranger, Producer
Years active	2010 – present

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^{[citation needed]}. 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.

Early life and family background[edit]

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[edit]

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^{[citation needed]}. 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[edit]

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[edit]

Tamil[edit]

Year	Song	Movie	Co-Singers	Music Director
2010	Kadavule	Kacheri Arambam		D. Imman
2013	Adiye	Kadal		A. R. Rahman
2013	Hey	Vanakkam Chennai		Anirudh Ravichander^[2]
2014	Muttallai	Yennamo Yedho		D. Imman
2014	Mazhakadha	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja		D. Imman
2014	Madras to Madurai	Aambala		Hiphop Tamizha
2015	Neetho Ala	OK Bangaram		A. R. Rahman
2016	Face off (Theme)	Iru Mugan		Harris Jeyaraj
2016	Oorellam Ketkudhe	Thodari	Shreya Ghoshal	D. Imman
2016	Thaaru Maaru Thakkali Soru	Veera Sivaji		D. Imman
2016	Sona Sona	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga		D. Imman
2016	Bubbly Bubbly	Pokkiri Raja		D. Imman
2017	Konjam Vera Maari	Single		Maria Roe Vincent
2017	Vanam (Theme)	Vanamagan		Harris Jayaraj
2018	Thaarumaaru Thakkali Soru	Veera Sivaji		D. Imman
2019	Beer Biriyani	90 ML		STR
2019	Petta Parak	Petta		Anirudh Ravichander
2022	The Prey (Theme)	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	Sahana	D. Imman

Hindi[edit]

Year	Song	Movie	Co-Singers	Music Director
2012	Hosanna	Ekk Deewana Tha	Leon D'souza, Suzanne D'Mello	A. R. Rahman
2022	The Prey (Theme)	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	Sahana	D. Imman

Kannada[edit]

Year	Song	Movie	Co-Singers	Music Director
2012	Alapanae	Godfather	Abhay Jodhpurkar	A. R. Rahman
2022	The Prey (Theme)	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	Sahana	D. Imman

BGM’s[edit]

Movie	Music Director	Description
Kadal	A. R. Rahman	Heroine’s Theme
Jeeva	D. Imman	Fully
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	D. Imman	Fully
Valiyavan	D. Imman	Fully
Miruthan	D. Imman	Fully
Bogan	D. Imman	Fully
Yutha Satham	D. Imman	Binaural Sound

Neethan Yen Dream Girl – Debut as a Composer^[1]

Concerts and performances[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nee Than Yen Dream Girl by Maria Roe Vincent | Tamil Cinema". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
^ "Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from". MTV. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

External links[edit]

[tamilcinema1-1] "Nee Than Yen Dream Girl by Maria Roe Vincent | Tamil Cinema". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[2] "Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from". MTV. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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