Martin Hayes and The Common Ground Ensemble Come to the New Irish Arts Center This Week

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

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!