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New York City based Irish cellist Jane Cords - O’Hara has performed extensively in Ireland, the UK, Europe and the United States. Concerto appearances have been with Philomusica of Gloucester (Elgar concerto) and the Hibernian Orchestra (Saint-Saens and Haydn D major concerti). As a recitalist, she has played at such venues as the National Concert Hall, Dublin, the Goethe Institute, Dublin and New York, and the Irish Consulate in Brussels. In 2005 she was awarded a Special Presentation Award from Artists International in New York. As a result she was presented in her New York Debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in March 2006. Jane was the Performing Arts Foundation Artist-in-Residence at International House, New York, for the 2004-2005 season, a position that lead to numerous solo and collaborative performances. Other awards received include the Sir John Barbirolli and Amy Lindley prizes for cello, and the Malcolm Arnold Award for chamber music (RNCM awards). An avid chamber musician, Jane has performed regularly at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and at numerous festivals in the UK. Recent performances in New York have been at Weill Recital Hall, New York Historical Society, Deutsche Verein, French Consulate, Oyster Bay Beethoven Festival, Merkin Hall, Yamaha Music Studios, Angel Orensanz Center, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, The Stone, Symphony Space, Brooklyn Lyceum, MOBIA and at Barge Music in Brooklyn. She tours regularly with the Syrius Trio in Ireland. In September 2004, she was selected to participate in Carnegie Hall’s Tradition and Innovation workshop with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, which culminated in five performances at Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, and Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. Other festivals attended include the International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove (2000, 2004 and 2006), London Masterclasses, Conservatoire Americaine at Fontainebleau and Holland Music Sessions. She was selected to play in masterclasses at both the RNCM International Cello Festival and the World Cello Congress III. Jane plays regularly with the conductorless Knights String Orchestra, with members of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble (www.knightsmusic.net). Recent performances have been at Bargemusic, MATA festival and Symphony Space. In December 2007 they made their Carnegie Hall debut to huge critical acclaim before embarking on their first international tour to Ireland, playing at the National Gallery as part of the Music for Museums concert series. Future tours include a residency in Dresden, Germany, in May ’09. They have worked with such musicians as flutist Paula Robison, cellist Jan Vogler and continue an ongoing relationship with fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor. Jane has also recently toured the US with SONYC, another New York based conductorless string orchestra. Performances took place in Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut and Virginia in March 2008. A keen explorer of new music, Jane enjoys collaborating with several composer’s collectives in New York, including Columbia Composers and Wet Ink. She has also performed and recorded with Argento, and with them worked with IRCAM. The Syrius trio continues its relationship with Irish composer Ben Dwyer. They recently premiered his Praeludium and Passacaille (which was written for them) at several venues in Ireland, and look forward to performances at the Musica Nova contemporary music festival in September 2008. Jane enjoys performing and recording with non-classical artists too! Recent work has been with Kanye West on Saturday Night Live!, singer/songwriter Christina Courtin, guitarist Kaki King and Sufjan Stevens, with whom she was part of the premier of his BQE composition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Jane studied with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She moved to New York in 2002 to study on scholarship with the world renowned Timothy Eddy |
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