Jo Wright

Jo Wright is a music and traditional arts development officer at the Arts of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Jo has been working at ACNI for the past 6 years and she has been working in the music sector across Ireland for the past 24 years. She started out as a session brass player and a recording and live sound engineer. Jo graduated from Queen’s University in 2004 with a BSc in Music Technology before moving into artist management, development and consultancy. Jo has previously worked with bands including Taste (Formerly Rory Gallagher’s Taste), currently she continues to manage the artists including Junior Johnson. She is the Vice Chair of “Safe in Sound” an initiative set up to provide a safe space for underrepresented voices in the Northern Irish music sector.