Róisín O'Grady, Soprano
Soprano Róisín O’Grady completed her B.A. Hons. Degree in Music and Italian at University College, Cork in 2000 and in 2001 completed her B.Mus. Hons. Degree. In 2004, she completed the one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Concert Singing at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, under the vocal guidance of soprano Margaret Marshall O.B.E. She took part in master classes with sopranos Lynn Dawson and Emma Kirkby and mezzo-soprano Ann Murray. She recieved a First Class Hons. M.A. in Performance at the Cork School of Music in 2008. She was selected to perform in The Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition in Leipzig, July 2008. She was a member of and a soloist with The National Chamber Choir of Ireland for over two years. The choir perform both in Ireland and throughout Europe. They recently performed in music festivals in The Lebanon and Holland. They sing frequently with The National Symphony Orchestra, The RTÉ Concert Orchestra and The BBC Ulster Orchestra both in Dublin and Belfast.
Róisín has extensive concert experience including; Vivaldi’s Gloria, Beatus Vir and Magnificat, Handel’s Solomon, Samson, Dixit Dominus, Ode on St. Cecilia and Messiah, Charpentier’s Mess de Minuit, Schubert’s Mass in G, Schumann’s Reqiuem, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, Creation and Nelson Mass, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Allegri’ Miserere, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott, Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate, Durufle’s Requiem, Saint Säens’ Christmas Oratorio, Fauré’s Requiem, John Rutter’s Requiem and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. She has performed with choral societies and orchestras throughout Ireland and Scotland including The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Alba, Orchestra of St. Cecilia, St. Andrew’s Chorus, Wexford Festival Singers, Trinity Choral Society, Göethe Institute Choir, St. George’s Singers and East Cork Choral Society. She is a member of the early music duo Tonos who performed in The John Field Room, NCH, The National Gallery of Ireland, Royal Society of the Arts, London, Queen’s University and were broadcast in concert by Lyric FM. She performed at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in 2008.
