 In 1925 Brunskill married the conductor Robert Ainsworth, with whom she had two sons.Ainsworth died in 1947, aged 46.After leaving the BNOC in 1927, Brunskill sang mostly in oratorio and other concert works, appearing regularly at the Three Choirs, Handel, Norwich, and Leeds Festivals, and with the Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Hallé Orchestra.