Martin Hayes and The Common Ground Ensemble Come to the New Irish Arts Center This Week
They play Irish Arts Center’s heralded new building this week, Feb 3-6.
The Irish Arts Center presents the U.S. debut of Martin Hayes' Common Ground Ensemble, in which he has convened a range of musicians-acclaimed practitioners of traditional Irish music, jazz and improvisation, avant-garde and cutting edge contemporary classical-with roots in Irish trad music, the "common ground" of their name. They play Irish Arts Center's heralded new building this week, Feb 3-6.
Martin Hayes, one of Ireland's most influential artists, is celebrated both for his own virtuosic playing and for his collaborations, including the Gloaming, which The Irish Times deemed "contemporary music-making at its best." The new project includes:
Martin Hayes, fiddle
Cormac McCarthy, piano
Kate Ellis, cello
Kyle Sanna, guitar
Brian Donnellan, bouzouki, harmonium, and concertina
Special guests include guitarist Jefferson Hamer (Friday); banjo player Nora Brown and fiddler player Stephanie Coleman (Saturday); and fiddle player Dana Lyn (Sunday).
Performances take place:
Thursday, February 3, at 8pm
Friday, February 4, at 8pm
Saturday, February 5, at 8pm
Sunday, February 6, at 7pm
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In the Course of Love and Joy St. Paul's Episcopal Church (4/09-4/09) |
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Saigon St. Ann's Warehouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Light As Air Tenet Vocal Artists (5/08-5/08) |
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Therapy Gecko The Bell House (8/29-8/29) |
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KRAMER/FAUCI St. Ann's Warehouse (9/27-10/24) |
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I Scream Theater Brooklyn Art Haus (8/07-8/13) |
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Still Life with Dowland and Britten Ascension Episcopal (10/16-10/16) |
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Mar Jennings: ONE MAN SHOW – Live Reading The Rat NYC (8/22-8/22) |
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Brit Floyd The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (9/18-9/18) |
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Sunday brunch with Alejandro Meola Jazz On Main (9/06-9/06) |