Janet has been performing for most of her life. In her early career she travelled the world as a solo artist or as a guest artist with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann concert tours. She has collaborated with, arranged music for and performed with many major artistes including Sir James Galway, The Chieftains, Brian Kennedy, Frank Patterson, Dé Danann, Davey Spillane, Oisín, Alan Stivel and Delores Keane. She has played for many state visits of royalty, Presidents and Ambassadors from all over the world and most notably for 3 American Presidents in Ireland as well as the US.

While enjoying solo performance in her one woman show, Janet takes great pleasure in performing with the Harp Orchestras which she founded as a means of providing a professional performance experience for her students. She takes her professional touring company ‘The Irish Harp Orchestra’ on tour internationally each year. Over the past twenty years Janet solo or with the orchestras has performed in practically very major concert venue and festival on the Island of Ireland, the UK, the USA as well as mainland Europe.
 

 

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