PORTLAND — Award winning singer, composer, orchestrator, producer Julie Feeney, winner of the Choice Music Prize for “Irish Album of the Year” (Ireland’s equivalent of the Mercury Music Prize),will be appearing at 8 p.m., May 11, at the Irish Heritage Center on 34 Gray St.,  Portland.

Fenney combines her “mesmerizing stage presence and eccentric pop genius” (Hot Press) taking an avant-garde approach to her innovative, one-of-a-kind sound, which, while rooted in classical music, straddles both the pop and theatrical worlds.

Hailed by The Washington Post as “The Emerald Isle’s Original,” Feeney is a star in Ireland, with her music widely broadcast on TV and radio and her recent sold-out performance at Ireland’s National Concert Hall receiving a 10-minute standing ovation. The Observer gushed that Feeney’s debut album, “13 songs,” was “the blossoming of a major talent,” adding that “Feeney towers over her contemporaries.” The New York Times has called her music “charming, urbane and dreamy” and The Guardian simply said “the world will listen.” She has performed many sold-out shows in America, Ireland, England, France, Italy, Germany and Holland solo, with her own ensemble or with numerous orchestras for which she orchestrated.

Tickets $20 via Paypal at http://www.maineirish.com or at the door.