Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Ortús Chamber Music Festival, established in Cork in 2015, Sinéad is passionate about bringing together Irish and international musicians for concerts, education work and audience development in the wider community.
An avid chamber musician, Sinéad has performed at IMS Open Chamber Music (Prussia Cove), the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, the opening of the Bozar Season (Brussels) and the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She is a member of the Laguna Quartet and the European Chamber Ensemble and has collaborated with musicians including Tasmin Little, Barry Douglas and the Vanbrugh String Quartet.
As a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra for seven years, she toured Europe, South America, the United Arab Emirates and the Caribbean. As Principal Cellist of EUYO she led the section at numerous high profile events, including the BBC Proms and The Armistice Day 100 Years Anniversary Ceremony, performing at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe during a ceremony marking the centenary of the end of World War I in front of 84 Heads of State and world leaders, and a live television audience of millions.