Máiréad Nesbitt

On August 7, 2016, Nesbitt announced that she was leaving Celtic Woman to focus more on her own projects. In 2017 Nesbitt toured the United States performing in Rocktopia. Since 2010, Nesbitt worked on a few solo projects outside of the Celtic Woman while still a member of the group. She is featured as the soloist on Walt Disney's direct to DVD film "Tinker Bell." The music was composed by Joel McNeely to fit Nesbitt's unique, distinctive style of playing, a cross of fiddle and classical violin. She has produced two solo albums, one in 2010 and in 2016 announced her new solo album, "Hibernian," in August of 2016. 2016 also saw the introduction of her new line of violins, "Celtic Violins by Máiréad Nesbitt Celtic Violinist." Along with her standard violin, a 17th Century Matthias violin she would also be using her new violin on stage and on other projects, such as her album, "Hibernia." Nesbitt is married to Jim Mustapha Jr., the lighting director for Celtic Woman. They married just before Thanksgiving, 2011, in a ceremony in Maui, Hawaii.