"It's a rare gift for a musician to combine exceptional talent, along with the skills and vision of a concert impresario. In her directorship of Musici Ireland, Beth McNinch has created a platform for collaboration between Ireland's top musicians, in beautifully curated programmes of verve and brilliance. It's both a pleasure and a privilege for us to broadcast such exceptional Irish artistry on RTÉ lyric fm."
— Liz Nolan, Presenter RTE Lyric FM
About
Beth is the inaugural recipient of the SEVN artists bursary, allowing her time to research and record works for solo viola by women composers in arts venues across the southeast of Ireland. In 2022, she embarked on a new journey, to learn Viola D’Amore. She is also increasingly curious about multidisciplinary performance and made her directorial debut in January 2023 with the Musici Ireland production “A Mother’s Voice”. You can read more about all of these on the Projects page.
Beth McNinch is one of Ireland’s leading musicians, enjoying a busy and varied freelance career as a violist, educator, director and producer. Beth also playes the viola d’amore.
Beth began her freelance career in London after completing her viola studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music, where she performed regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony and Concert Orchestras, English National Opera and the London Mozart Players.
As a principal violist, Beth has appeared with Irish National Opera, English National Ballet, London Sinfonietta, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, London Concertante and the Belmont Ensemble of London. She held the position of principal violist of the Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra from 2008-2021.
A prolific chamber musician, Beth has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, alongside musicians including Clio Gould and Colin Carr.
The film “Deeds Not Words” with choreographer/dancer Ali Clarke to the music of Libby Croad, is taken from the first movement of her viola sonata “The Suffragette Sonata” which I commissioned in 2022.
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Beth has been honoured in the Royal Academy of Music 2024 list: "Every year the Academy confers Associate Honours on former students of the Academy to recognise and celebrate their significant contributions to the musical landscape"
Another World Premiere! A beautiful piece called
“We Are Both Vast and Tiny” by Peter Moran.
For solo viola and tape
Beth with engineer Alex Borwick and Producer Jonathan Allen at Grouse Lodge Recording Studios, November 2023. Having just finished recording Liam Bates’ concerto for viola and chamber ensemble with Musici Ireland
©Frances Marshall
