This allows the cellist to be able to play the melody in a way that is similar to a fiddle player, in one position on the instrument, and so that they can focus more attention and energy on the movement of the bow.
[7] This process involves extensive research into the history of the air itself and locating a range of performances by multiple artists, both instrumentalists and singers.
She then chooses the ornamentation and embellishment styles that she finds to be expressive within the melody on cello and uses these in her arrangements.
[8] She encourages cellists to listen to other performers and to choose their own embellishments that they find to be the most personally expressive.
[9] In 2014, De Ziah collaborated with filmmaker Maarten Roos to create a documentary titled Living the Tradition: An Enchanting Journey into Old Irish Airs, which discusses the providence, histories, and performance techniques of ten Irish airs through interviews with musicians and scholars.
She is most known for her use of Irish traditional music as a source material to create contemporary arrangements for solo cello.