this is how we fly on Thursday 2nd May 7.30pm
Tickets €15.00/€10.00
“Traditional music shot through with the adrenaline of contemporary influences: a lethal but irresistible cocktail.”
Siobhan Long, Irish Times, March 2011
Music Network presents a concert by the contemporary folk band This Is How We Fly at Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford City on Thursday 2nd May at 7:30pm. Described as, ‘A white-hot creative crucible uniting four pyrotechnic young talents’, (Celtic Connections), This is How we Fly are a must see for those that like their traditional music with a contemporary twist. Tickets are €15 / €10 and can be booked on Tel. 051 858958. This concert is promoted by Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford and Music Network.
This is How we Fly is a contemporary folk band consisting of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle & hardanger fiddle, Seán Mac Erlaine on clarinets & live electronics, Nic Gareiss on percussive dance, and Petter Berndalen on drums and percussion. Individually, each member has carved out a reputation for not just mastering their chosen fields, but rising above, redefining and renewing the musical world they come from.
The blend of these four individual musicians draws on Irish, Swedish and American music and dance traditions. This is How we Fly approach their material flexibly as improvisers creating exhilarating live performances ranging from near silent renditions of Scandinavian fiddle tunes, to freely improvised tone poems with electronics to foot-stomping new compositions.
Initially brought together through a commission from the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2010, This is How we Fly have since performed throughout Ireland, Northern Ireland and in Sweden, as well as an appearance at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival alongside television performances on RTÉ 1 and BBC Alba. Following a recent successful tour of Denmark and Sweden, their much anticipated debut album, recorded in Stockholm will be released in September.
Best known for his work with traditional musicians including Mick O’Brien & Brendan Begley, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh has deservedly gained an enviable profile as an innovative solo artist with his imaginative compositions and thrilling performance style.
Seán Mac Erlaine’s music draws on his background as one of Ireland’s most forward thinking jazz musicians, frequently collaborating with musicians well beyond the orbit of jazz including top theatre producers and dancers. His versatility as a woodwind instrumentalist has been recognised through many awards including Cork Jazz Festival Best Irish Artist Award.
Nic Gareiss has performed as a featured soloist with The Chieftains, Solas, Darol Anger, Dervish and Martin Hayes. His work re-imagines movement as a musical activity, morphing dance into a medium that appeals to both the eyes and the ears. Nic draws from many percussive dance traditions to weave together a technique in service of his love of improvisation, traditional footwork vocabulary and musical collaboration.
Petter Berndalen is a groundbreaking percussionist, turning the accepted conditions and past norms of drum playing upside down. Deeply rooted in the Swedish folk music tradition he is the first percussionist in the world with a degree in Swedish folk music. In 2008, after ten years of studies he graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with a Master’s of Fine Arts. He frequently appears both as a solo artist as well as with different bands and projects, both in Sweden and worldwide.
This is How We Fly 2nd May 7.30 pm Tickets €15.00/€10.00
http://www.thisishowwefly.net
This is How We Fly perform on the John Murray Show
For further information contact:
marie.christchurchwaterford@gmail.com