Rhoda Barfoot

Stunning Vocals and Enchanted Celtic Violin

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Performance

2009 – pres.            Violinist and singer, Celtic folk music

  • First solo concerts in the US this year including performance with Vince Gill and on Nashville Broadway
  • Album Across the Sea to Ireland recorded in Nashville, released 2014
  • Musicians on album play with musicians such as Dolly Parton, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss
  • Singles and an EP recorded in London/Dublin and released 2011 – 2014
  • Music played on BBC Radio 2, Radio Ulster, Wales, Scotland, and so on, and other national and regional stations in the UK, Ireland, France, Switzerland and the USA

2005 – 2009            Violinist with Keith and Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend (Christian songwriters)

 

Entrepreneurship

2016 – pres.            Mission to Lead – interview series (video/podcast) with leaders in a range of industries from business, sporting, military, political, scientific etc.

 

2016 – pres.            Speaker and writer, contributor to the Huffington Post

 

2015 – pres.            Business consultant

Helping business owners scale profitably and put their business on automatic

 

2012 – pres.            The Strings Family

Director of online store selling stringed instruments and accessories; also instrument rental in Switzerland

 

Coming up…            African leaders programme

Empowering women in developing countries to achieve financial independence via business mentorship

 

Teaching

2000 – pres.            Private teacher of violin, viola and cello

in Northern Ireland and Switzerland

 

2011 – 2013            College du Leman, Geneva, Switzerland (private boarding school)

Led strings dept teaching violin, viola and cello

Director of primary string orchestra

 

2009 – 2011            Private teacher, homeschooled a boy with Asberger’s (high-functioning autism) in Geneva, Switzerland

 

Education

2002 – 2005            Queen’s University of Belfast

Bachelor of Music (Hons 1)

Music (French, German, Russian & Swedish as minor subjects)

Ashby Prize for best academic results in first year and Hamilton Harty Scholarship in final year

 

2005 – 2007            Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in violin performance (distinction)

With JP Wallez in Geneva, Switzerland

 

2008 – 2011            Maastricht Conservatoire

Bachelor of Music in violin performance

Violin teaching qualification

With Professor Robert Szreder