She won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied with Garfield Jackson of the Endellion Quartet for 4 years before graduating with a 1st Class Hons Degree in performance.
[10][11] Una has recorded and performed as a session musician with over 100 major artists including The Killers, Michael Buble, Little Mix, Dionne Warwick,[12] Melanie C, Emma Bunton, P Diddy, Buena Vista Social Club, Robbie Williams, Julian Lennon, Ariana Grande, Josh Groban, Gwilym Simcock, Maxim Vengerov, Liam Gallagher,[13] The Noisettes, and Elbow.
[16] Palliser was the featured lead singer and violinist/violist on the single 'Still Resist The Storm' on BBC World Music Award Winning ensemble Terrafolk's record Full Circle,[17] which topped the radioplay charts in Slovenia.
In 2016, Palliser performed on violin and as singer in the All Irish production of Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe[34] where she also sang one of her own compositions in the role of Kate's absent mother.
She has subsequently collaborated as ensemble leader and soloist with the orchestra on a number of other projects [45][46][47] In 2023 Palliser became a member of the Balanescu Quartet on viola.
[50][51] Shakira invited Palliser to feature as the solo violinist on The Sun Comes Out World Tour where she also sang back up vocals as well as played the accordion, whistles and strohviol.
She also appears as solo vocalist on Joglaresa’s Christmas album ‘Sing We Yule’ with her version of Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil.
[6] Her voice was also heard as the unseen Banshee and also singing a setting of The Stolen Child by W. B. Yeats in the multi Tony Award winning play The Ferryman in London’s West End and on Broadway.
She is the lead singer and violinist in the four-member band Una & the Balkan Bears which completed its first UK / Ireland tour in May 2010, ending with a performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.
(musical) - (dep violin / viola) - 2022-2024 Piccadilly Theatre Girl from the North Country (musical) - (dep solo violin) - 2022 Measure For Measure - (dep violin/vocals) - 2021 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Shakespeare's Globe Small Island – (pre-recorded viola) – 2019, 2022 Royal National Theatre Heart of a Dog - (pre-recorded violin, viola, octave viola) Everyman Palace Theatre All's Well That Ends Well – (musical director, violin, viola) – 2018 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The Ferryman (play) (pre recorded solo vocals, violin/viola) – 2018–2019 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Broadway – 2017/18 Gielgud Theatre – 2017 Royal Court Theatre[38] The Inn at Lydda – (strohviol, violin) – 2016 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse[36] The Taming of the Shrew (actor-musician + singer) – 2016 – Shakespeare's Globe[34] Macbeth (dep /understudy solo singer) – 2016 – Shakespeare's Globe Tribute to Stefan Zweig (improvised violin) – 2015 – Arts Theatre[60] Reading with Bach (violin with contemporary dance choreography) – 2014 – Trinity Laban[61] María de Buenos Aires (actor-musician) – 2013 – Cork Opera House[62] Pagliacci (actor-musician) – 2012 – Everyman Palace Theatre[63] Abba The Show (violin) – 2012/13 – European tour[64] Lord of the Rings (musical) (dep viola) – 2007/8 – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change -St Andrew's Theatre Dublin Kings Head Theatre + Edinburgh Festival Fringe[65] Graffiti Classics World Tour (actor-musician)[66] Specsavers 'Collie Wobble' commercial (solo vocals, arranger) – Soundtree Music – 2008[67] Tom Jones Television Score (solo violin) - 2023 Obi-Wan Kenobi Film Score (vocals) - 2022 Herself Film Score (solo vocals, arranger) - 2020 JOY Short Film Score (solo vocals) - 2020 Hold the Sunset BBC series soundtrack (Musical Director/coach, solo violin, 2019) With Joglaresa (solo vocals, arranger) - 2017 Kat and Alfie: Redwater BBC television series (solo vocals, violin) – 2017 My Mother and Other Strangers BBC television series (solo vocals, violin) – 2016 With Birdy With Tom Hickox with Kelli Scarr with Shakira with Terrafolk with Take That 'with Smoke Fairies The Decameron (TV series) (viola 2024) She's Got No Name (feature film, viola 2024) With Nala Sinephro George Orwell’s 1984(Audible, viola 2024) Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland (viola 2023 BBC documentary) Endeavour (TV series) (viola 2023) Emancipation (2022 film) (viola 2022) The Princess (2022 action film) (viola 2022) With Yeah Yeah Yeahs With Liam Gallagher With Nick Powell (musician/composer) With Little Mix With Robbie Williams With J Hus With Judith Owen The Dumping Ground BBC series soundtrack (viola, 2016–22) With Beverley Craven with Elbow Three Girls (miniseries) BBC television series soundtrack – (violin, viola, 2017)[70] with Liam Gallagher with Anton Du Beke Funny Girl (musical) London Cast Recording – (violin, viola, 2016) with Ghostpoet with Celeste with George Michael With Elsten Torres with Russell Watson with Katie Melua with Carl Barat with The Killers with The Choirgirl Isabel with Aled Jones with Lisa Lois with Paloma Faith with Noisettes / Radio 1's Live Lounge CD with Brian Eno With The Brand New Heavies with Hannah Waddingham with Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse with Tony Christie with Peter Kay / Geraldine McQueen with Gary Barlow / Eliot Kennedy with Peter Raeburn with Gnarls Barkley / Later with Jools Holland CD with Nicky Spence with All Angels with The Shapeshifters with Hugh Cornwell BBC One's 'Let's Dance' TV theme – BBC (violin, viola) 'Love on a Saturday Night' TV theme – London Weekend Television / ITV (vocals) Six Degrees of Summer Short Film Score - O2 Guru / Martha Fiennes (violin/viola) Cast Offs Short Film Score - Garrick Hamm (violin / viola) Eva Short Film Score – Jeva Films[73] (solo vocals) By Hook Short Film Score – Virgin Media Shorts / Laura Evers Johns (solo vocals)[74][failed verification] Every Good Boy Does Fine Short Film Score – Factory Gate Productions (solo violin)[75] Trident 'Splash' commercial – Soundtree Music (composer, string arranger, violin) Land Rover ‘Glider’ commercial - Soundtree Music (violin, viola) Guinness ‘World’ commercial - Soundtree Music (violin, viola) Smirnoff ' Sea' commercial – Soundtree Music (violin, viola) Royal Mail 'Grow' commercial – Soundtree Music (violin, viola) Nokia 'Harmony' commercial – Soundtree Music (vocals)