Welcome! I am an Irish soprano and recording artist based in Galway in the West of Ireland.
You can find out some interesting facts about me on Navona Records Inside Story or in an interview with Galway Now.
My debut album of art song Togetherness can be purchased as download or streamed on all major platforms. It is a labour of love that emerged out of several years of an ongoing German-Irish collaboration. It has been my privilege to include several recordings of new music by Irish composers Anne-Marie O’Farrell and Criostoir Ó Loingsigh on my album. Not my first rodeo with new music; I also premiered a work – Phosphoresence – for soprano, bass clarinet and piano by Christopher Moriarty in 2023.
I am constantly trying to innovate in how I programme and present music. I recently played Molly Allgood in the Colm Tóibín/Alberto Caruso opera Lady Gregory in America at the 2025 Gregory/Yeats Autumn Gathering, directed by Lelia Doolan in association with the Abbey Theatre. A very interesting and highly successful venture in an unusual venue in Gort, Co. Galway.
I am the founder and manager of the Triskel Ensemble, a string quartet of Galway based musicians. Inspired by the popularity of candlight concerts, we perform in an informal style, and we programme a broad range of music from opera to musical theatre, movie themes to classical music. So far we have performed all over Galway, in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Athlone and Ennis.
People tell me that my transformation story – starting as an engineer, becoming a parent and onwards to full time music – is inspiring. It was not as easy as it sounds! As I am a parent, I focus on shorter term projects and concert work. I have worked extremely hard to get to where I am despite (because of!) my unusual path. Anything I do, I do with passion and authenticity. My audience always comment on the way that I introduce the music in performances. Storytelling is part of being Irish and I feel that it is essential to bring the audience into the music in every way possible.
I am also a passionate educator. I am involved in residencies in several primary schools, I have a small studio of private singing students and my choral vocal workshops for choirs nationwide focussing on aging voices are proving very popular.