Concert w/ The Seamus Egan Project and the Banjo Summit Instructors

Name: Concert w/ The Seamus Egan Project and the Banjo Summit Instructors
Start: 2024-11-15T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Creative Alliance

Schedule

Fri Nov 15 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD

For tickets, select 'Friday Instructor Concert' on the Creative Alliance Website Here: https://creativealliance.org/event/the-third-annual-irish-tenor-banjo-summit/
Join us for an evening of Irish traditional music with the Seamus Egan Project!

From his beginnings as a teen prodigy, to his groundbreaking solo work with Shanachie Records, to his founding of Irish-American powerhouse band Solas, to his current work as one of the leading composers and interpreters of the tradition, Egan has inspired multiple generations of musicians and helped define the sound of Irish music today. As a multi-instrumentalist, he’s put his mark on the sound of the Irish flute, tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, and low whistle, among others. As a composer, he was behind the soundtrack for the award-winning film The Brothers McMullen, co-wrote Sarah McLachlan’s breakout hit, “I Will Remember You,” and has scored numerous documentaries and indie films since. As a bandleader, Solas was the pre-eminent Irish-American band of their generation for decades, continuously renewing Irish music with fresh ideas. As a performer, few others can make so many instruments or such wickedly complex ornaments seem so effortless. Music comes as naturally to Seamus Egan as breath, but his mastery of the tradition is only one facet of his plans to move the music forward.
The evening will also include performances by Jeanne Chirdon-Herbas (with Peter Brice, Joanna Clare, and Donna Long), Brendan Coyne (with Catriona Fee and Richard Osban), Damien Connolly (with Donna Long), and Simon Lace (with Noah Kelly and Eamon Sefton).