KIRSTY MONEY started playing the violin in Victoria, B.C., studying with Sydney Humphreys at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She then spent seven years in Montreal, completing a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University and working in the local music scene. She had the good fortune to work with numerous chamber ensembles including L’Orchestre Baroque de Montreal and Les Violons du Roy of Quebec City. In 1995 she met Lorand Fenyves and decided to pursue a Masters degree in performance with him at the University of Western Ontario. Other studies include solo and chamber music master classes at The Banff Centre, The Summer Festival of the Royal College of Music in Manchester,England, and the National Orchestral Institute in the States.
In 1999 Kirsty moved to Nova Scotia to take a first violin position with Symphony Nova Scotia. During this time she has pursued various collaborations including work with songstress Janice Jackson, the Halifax based band MIR, and more recently actress Pascale Roger and choral conductor Paul Halley. In 2001 she and David Greenberg founded Tempest, an innovative early music ensemble dedicated to bringing Baroque music to life in the Maritimes. This has led the ensemble to record for CBC radio and television and most recent projects include innovative presentations of the programs Lost in Venice and Frost and Fire, a Scottish Christmas Celebration . Since 2006, Tempest has been the guest orchestra at the Boxwood Music Festival in Lunenburg. When not playing, Kirsty can be found in the North End of Halifax, running after her energy bombs Kyla and Eli. She is married to Ethan Neville, film director and editor for Centre East Productions.