Íde Ni Chonaill Bittersweet Symphony

Hello and welcome to Bittersweet Symphony, a podcast where classical musicians share the bitter, the sweet and the bittersweet of life when the concert halls shut their doors and the audiences vanished.

I’m Cliodhna Ryan, violinist with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and freelancer. In this episode, I’m chatting to Íde Ní Chonaill, a freelance bassoonist from Cork, who is based in London. She has a career as a performer and community music practitioner.

As a performer she is predominantly a chamber orchestra and chamber musician, regularly travelling back to Ireland to perform with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her core work, Íde enjoys exploring new challenges, like donning a praying mantis costume for her first experience as an actor-musician in The Nightingale and the Rose, an experience she loved.

Alongside her career as a performer, Íde works in a variety of settings, facilitating communication through music. She is involved in a wide range of community music projects for adults and children with profound and complex needs. Since 2013 she has worked on intensive music projects and has provided staff training in special schools for the charity Jessie’s Fund.

GET IN TOUCH WITH IDE/LINKS

Facebook

Diary Service

Jessie's Fund

GET IN TOUCH WITH BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

#bittersweetsymphony

CREDITS

Thumbnail Art || Colm MacAthlaoith

Writers || Mick Jagger, Richard Ashcroft, Keith Richards

Violin || Cliodhna Ryan

Production || Cliodhna Ryan

Mastering || Patrick Stefan Groenland