Artist Biography
Róisín O’Grady - Soprano
Irish soprano Róisín O’Grady has performed in recital, oratorio and chamber music throughout Ireland, and her performance repertoire ranges from the Baroque era to modern day compositions. Róisín studied Music and Italian at University College Cork and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in concert singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She received a First Class Hons. M.A. in Performance at the Cork School of Music in 2008. In 2025 Roisin completed a Doctor of Music in Performance at The Royal Irish Academy of Music. As part of her performance-led research Róisín analysed and recorded vocal repertoire from the Dallis and Ballet Lute Manuscripts, located at Trinity College Dublin. She was a member of and a soloist with Chamber Choir Ireland for over two years. She performed with the choir throughout Ireland and toured Holland and Lebanon. In 2011 they performed for US President Barack Obama in the White House on St. Patrick’s Day.
As a soloist, Róisín has performed with early music ensembles, orchestras and choral societies throughout Ireland and the UK including the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Cecilia. She is a member of the early music duo tonos (www.tonos.ie) who performed in the John Field Room, National Concert Hall, the National Gallery of Ireland, the Sligo Festival of Baroque Music, and was broadcast in concert by Lyric FM. The duo has released two CDs, Songs of Identity and Belonging and Wintersong. She regularly performs with harpsichordist Malcolm Proud. Recitals include the Hugh Lane Gallery Concert Series, Dun Laoghaire Organ Concert Series, Dublin International Organ Festival and Galway Cathedral Recital Series. Festival performances include Galway Early Music Festival, East Cork Early Music Festival, Ardee Baroque Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, West Cork Chamber Music Festival and Gŵyl Gregynog Festival. She performed the Irish premiere of Irish composer Andrew Synnott’s 3 Songs for Gertie at The Royal Irish Academy of Music. In 2024 Roisin presented her research on both Annie Patterson and the Dallis and Ballet lute manuscripts at academic conferences including the Society of Musicology in Ireland Annual Plenary Conference and The National Academy of Music "Gheorghe Dima", Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Symposium of Young Scholars. Róisín is a RIAM Examinations examiner with The Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.