Jennifer Murphy, violin

Violinist Jennifer Murphy has performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, and the National Concert Hall, Ireland, and has had performances aired on BBC Radio (UK) and CBC (Canada). Solo engagements include a performance of the Korngold Violin Concerto with Grammy award winning conductor Bramwell Tovey in Koerner Hall, Toronto, and Chausson’s Poème with the RTÉ National Concert Orchestra and David Brophy.

As a chamber musician, Jennifer has performed alongside the Grammy award winning Attacca Quartet, and joined the ARC Ensemble for a recent concert tour in Italy. Jennifer has performed works by Laurie Anderson, Magnus Lindberg, Osvaldo Golijov, and the Academy Award winning Hauschka, in collaboration with the composers. As a member of the Spero Quartet, she has performed around Ireland in association with the National String Quartet Foundation. She has also performed in Australia, New Zealand and Canada with Lincoln Center Stage, and was featured on the virtual Banff International String Quartet Festival in 2020. Festival performances include the Rockport and Stoughton Chamber Music Festivals (USA), the Clandeboye and West Cork Chamber Music Festivals (Ireland), Creative Dialogue (France), Music by the Sea, Toronto Summer Music, Banff Centre Masterclasses, Domaine Forget, and West End Micro Music Festival (Canada). As an orchestral musician, Jennifer has played in the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ National Concert Orchestra (Ireland), the Ulster Orchestra (UK), the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the National Ballet Orchestra of Canada.

Jennifer was one of seven emerging artists to be awarded a place in the 2016-2017 Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. She holds degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2014, where she was awarded a Masters in Violin Performance with distinction. She also holds degrees from the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory, Toronto.