concerts archive 2019

09.12.19 - 13.12.19
Artist in Residence | Nenagh Arts Centre, Tipperary, Ireland
Developing work with Shane O'Reilly, Emma O'Kane, Justine Cooper.

16.11.19
This is How we Fly + Iarla Ó Lionáird | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
New collaboration between TIHWF and celebrated singer Ó Lionáird.

09.11.19
Quiet Music Ensemble | SARC, Belfast
New work by composers including Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri and Heather Frasch.

01.11.19
Häxan | Púca Festival, Drogheda | 8pm | Info
Once banned in the USA and unseen for decades, Häxan (dir: Benjamin Christensen, 1922) blends horror, documentary, animation and woodcuts to paint a lurid picture of witchcraft through the ages. New live score with Matthew Nolan

28.10.19
Dracula Live Soundtrack | Westival, Westport Music + Arts Festival | 7pm €15 | Info
Tod Browning’s version of the horror classic is one of the last great films of the silent era. This special screening features a bone-tingling live score Filled with haunting vocals and nerve-shredding guitar riffs, enjoy this thrilling live show in Westport’s Town Hall Theatre.

20.09.19
Solo Performance | Culture Night | The Space Between, Dublin
Clarinet, drum loop, vocals, synthesizer.

18.09.19
Solo Performance | Museum of Literature Ireland - MoLI Offical Launch, Dublin
Bass Clarinet.

18.08.19
Quiet Music Ensemble | Kilkenny Arts Festival | 2pm
World premieres of works by composers including Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri and Heather Frasch.

17.08.19
Dracula Live Soundtrack | Kilkenny Arts Festival
The iconic version of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, screened with a score written and performed live by Matthew Nolan (Ire), Eivind Aarset (Nor), Sharon Phelan (Ire) and Seán Mac Erlaine (Ire).

16.08.19
Boyne Song ends | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan | €FREE | 11am - 4pm | Info
New audio visual collaboration between film maker Moira Sweeney and Seán Mac Erlaine (Wurlitzer, tuned metals, clarinets). As part of the exhibition "I send my love along the Boyne".

02.08.19
This is How we Fly | Humle Festival, Finland | 8:30pm

27.07.19
The Heart of Summer | Emo Court, Portarlington, Laois | 8pm
Enjoy a feast of music and poetry in one of Ireland's great historic houses, introduced by Olivia O'Leary, acclaimed journalist and presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Poetry Programme. Olivia's guests will include poets Tom French, Deirdre Brennan.

25.07.19
Listen Hear Now | Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Dublin
New composition for metals, clarinet and tape with actor Eleanor Methven reading early works of Seamus Heaney.

04.07.19
Fußball wie noch nie | Dalymount Stadium

19.06.19 - 22.06.19
Invitation To Wander | Midsummer Festival, Cork | €15/12 | 7:30pm
A new multi-roomed composition created by Cork based-composer, Karen Power, featuring a mixed media durational performance with musicians, Quiet Music Ensemble; vocalists, Ute Wassermann and Michelle O’Rourke; and Ireland’s first ever Sound Choir.

15.06.19
This is How we Fly | Place du Manoir, Switzerland

14.06.19
This is How we Fly | Les Caves du Manoir, Switzerland

08.06.19
Boyne Song | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan | €FREE | 2:30pm
New audio visual collaboration between film maker Moira Sweeney and Seán Mac Erlaine (Wurlitzer, tuned metals, clarinets). As part of the exhibition "I send my love along the Boyne".

07.06.19
Ordnance Survey | LP launch | Fumbally, Dublin 8 | €16 | 8pm
Neil O'Connor has been producing electronic music for the past 21 years under a number of guises - most notably Somadrone.His newest project, Ordnance Survey, attempts to ‘map’ a number of sound worlds including electroacoustic, jazz, and ambient. It features a number of collaborations from contemporaries such as Seán Mac Erlaine (This is How We Fly), Linda Buckley, Kate Ellis (Crash Ensemble) and John McEntire (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake).

29.05.19
Stephen Gardner | James Joyce Centre, Dublin | details TBA
New work by composer Gardner. Performed by Ellen Demos (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, live processing), Arun Rao (cello), Alex Petcu (percussion, marimba).

28.05.19
Stephen Gardner | EPIC, Dublin | details TBA
New work by composer Gardner. Performed by Ellen Demos (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, live processing), Arun Rao (cello), Alex Petcu (percussion, marimba).

22.05.19
Stephen Gardner | Strokestown House, Roscommon | details TBA
New work by composer Gardner. Performed by Ellen Demos (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, live processing), Arun Rao (cello), Alex Petcu (percussion, marimba).

15.03.19
Terra Firmish | St. Patrick's Festival | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin | 7:30pm | Book
Terra Firmish is a new musical work commissioned by St Patrick’s Festival, written by Seán Mac Erlaine for three musicians and dancer. The piece, devised in collaboration with visual artist Michelle Browne and choreographer Emma O'Kane is inspired by the story of a sunken church on Inis Oírr. Dance • Emma O’Kane (Ireland), Harp • Maeve Gilchrist (Scotland), Woodwinds, electronics • Seán Mac Erlaine (Ireland), Percussion, Marimba • Alex Petcu (Ireland).

10.03.19
The Mystery Beyond Matter | Quiet Music Ensemble | The Main Guard, Clonmel | 5pm | Info
Quiet Music Ensemble Music Ensemble will bring their unique sonic art to Clonmel with a very special performance of Pauline Oliveros' The Mystery Beyond Matter. This major work, commissioned by QME in 2014 from one of the world's most influential composers and performers, the late great Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), is for improvising musicians and sound engineer, live electronics and multi channel audio and will be performed in the magnificent surroundings of Clonmel's Main Guard.

03.03.19
ILLEGAL: the making of a graphic novel - Live Soundtrack | Civic Theatre, Tallaght | 3pm | Book
Reimagining of the celebtrated graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and artist Giovanni Rigano as cinema experience. Newly commissioned music performed by Matthew Nolan (electric guitar, effects), Mary Barnecutt (cello, voice), Seán Mac Erlaine (guitar, voice, clarinet, electronics).

23.02.19
ILLEGAL: the making of a graphic novel - Live Soundtrack | An Taibhdhearc, Galway | 5pm | Book
Reimagining of the celebtrated graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and artist Giovanni Rigano as cinema experience. Newly commissioned music performed by Matthew Nolan (electric guitar, effects), Mary Barnecutt (cello, voice), Seán Mac Erlaine (guitar, voice, clarinet, electronics).

concerts archive 2018

07.12.18
Christopher Fox & Quiet Music Ensemble | Glucksman Gallery, UCC | Cork | 1:10pm | FREE

21.11.18
This is How we Fly | National Concert Hall | Dublin

18.11.18
This is How we Fly | Coughlans | Cork

17.11.18
This is How we Fly | Barbican, London | 7:30pm | Book

16.11.18
This is How we Fly | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath | 7:30pm | Info

15.11.18
This is How we Fly | The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin | 8pm | Info

10.11.18
This is How we Fly | Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge | Co. Kildare

09.11.18
This is How we Fly | Connolly's of Leap | Co. Cork

04.11.18
This is How we Fly | The Black Gate | Galway

03.11.18
This is How we Fly | The Model, Sligo | 8pm | Info

02.11.18
This is How we Fly | Aula Maxima, UCC, Cork

31.10.18
Trio with Erik Friedlander + Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh + Seán Mac Erlaine | Fumbally Stables, Dublin | Tickets
New music from NYC's leading cellist Friedlander in trio format.

26.10.18
NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century | Bram Stoker Festival, St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin | 9pm | Info

26.10.18
NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century | Bram Stoker Festival, St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin | 7pm | Info
Accompanied by a specially commissioned live score by Matthew Nolan (Ireland), with Erik Friedlander (U.S.A), Seán Mac Erlaine (Ireland) and Jan Bang (Norway).

20.10.18
Keepers Of The Port | Kerry Film Festival, Ireland
Screening of Moira Sweeney's film with music by Seán Mac Erlaine.

20.10.18
Imram Festival | Martime Museum, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland | 2pm

15.10.18
Imram Festival | Smock Alley Theatre | 8pm

11.10.18
WIKI | Bushwick Film Festival, Brooklyn
Screening of Veronika Andersson's film with music by This is How we Fly.

09.10.18
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival, NYC
Featuring new score by internationally renowned composers Matthew Nolan and Barry Adamson (Magazine, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds), musician and composer Seán Mac Erlaine, songwriter and composer Adrian Crowley, and cellist Kevin Murphy.

05.10.18
Eat : Ith | Fumbally Stables, Dublin 2 | 7pm | Info
Cora Venus Lunny - viola, Seán Mac Erlaine - clarinet, Darragh O'Kelly - keyboard, Seán Carpio - percussion.

23.09.18
New Music Dublin 2018 Defrosted: Secret Music Trail with Ergodos | National Concert Hall | 11:30am & 12:30pm | Info

21.09.18
Culture Night | Birr, Co. Offaly | 8pm

13.09.18
Solo performance & lecture | Fuaim | University College Cork

06.09.18 - 09.09.18
Creating Gods | ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2018, Tallinn, Estonia | 9pm | Info
A musical theatrical performance based on the texts of the iconic Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. Paul Curley – actor, singer; Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics; Mingo Rajandi – contrabass, composition; Ahto Abner – percussion, electronics.

28.07.18
This is How we Fly | Skryne Castle, Co. Meath | SOLD OUT
As part of their residency in Meath, This is How we Fly and Solstice welcome you to their introductory performance in the unique surrounds of historic Skyrne Castle.

25.07.18
This is How we Fly | Glatt und Verkehrt | Austria | SOLD OUT

11.06.18
Alas Awake | Blomsday Festival | James Joyce Centre, North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1

26.05.18
Damo Suzuki | The Grand Social, Dublin | 8pm | €18 | Info

19.05.18
Music for Empty Ears | Union Chapel, London

12.05.18
The Crom Project with Macnas | Galway Theatre Festival

29.04.18
This is How we Fly | TradFest Edinburgh, Scotland | 8pm | £15 | Tickets

07.04.18
Music For Empty Ears ALBUM LAUNCH | Triskel Christchurch, Cork | 8pm | €16/14 | Book Now!
New album with Norwegian trailblazers Eivind Aarset (guitars) and live sampling pioneer Jan Bang.

06.04.18
Music For Empty Ears ALBUM LAUNCH | Projects Arts Centre, Dublin | 7:30pm | €16/14 | Book Now!
New album with Norwegian trailblazers Eivind Aarset (guitars) and live sampling pioneer Jan Bang.

18.03.18
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Home, Manchester

15.03.18
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Featuring new score by internationally renowned composers Matthew Nolan and Barry Adamson (Magazine, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds), musician and composer Seán Mac Erlaine, songwriter and composer Adrian Crowley, and Kevin Murphy (cello) Slow Moving Clouds.

04.03.18
New Music Dublin | THE SECRET MUSIC TRAIL | Ergodos HQ, Portobello | Solo performance

28.01.18
This is How we Fly | Temple Bar Trad Fest, St. Michan's Church, Dublin

26.01.18
This is How we Fly | Klavierfabrikken, Denmark

25.01.18
This is How we Fly | Malmö, Sweden | CANCELLED

24.01.18
This is How we Fly | Östansjö, Sweden

23.01.18
This is How we Fly | Soundtrack recording, Stockholm

20.01.18
Brian Mooney | The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

19.01.18
Brian Mooney | The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

concerts archive 2017

25.12.17
Pantisocracy | RTÉ Radio 1 | 4pm
End of year broadcast with Lisa Lambe, Liam O Maonlai, Colin Dunne, Doireann ni Griofa

14.12.17
Brian Mooney | Live at S. Luke's | Cork

13.12.17
Brian Mooney | Live at S. Luke's | Cork

03.12.17
The Dublin Story Grand Slam | The Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1 | 6pm

10.11.17
This is How we Fly | Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Derry | Book Now!

04.11.17
Quiet Music Ensemble | The Complex, Dublin

27.10.17
This is How we Fly | National Sawdust, New York City
Special afternoon show.

26.10.17
This is How we Fly | National Sawdust, New York City | Book Now!
USA album launch for Foreign Fields.

18.10.17
SHADOWS FROM PRAGUE: THE FRANZ KAFKA PROJECT | Powerscourt Theatre, South William Street, Dublin 2
A major force in world literature, Franz Kafka's disturbing work fused elements of realism and the fantastic - often featuring lone individuals crushed by incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. Short story writer Daithí Ó Muirí has translated Kafka into Irish. Shadows from Prague will feature Daithí reading to musical accompaniment from Seán Mac Erlaine, and on-screen imagery and shadow puppets created by Niamh Lawlor of Púca Puppets

06.10.17
Davy Kehoe & Wah Wah Wino | Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin | Info
One-off event devised by producer Davy Kehoe along with the imprint Wah Wah Wino, featuring a host of their frequent collaborators and solo performance from Seán Mac Erlaine.

28.09.17
Liz Roche Company | Cork Opera House, Cork | Book Now!

23.09.17
Keepers of the Port | Irish Film Centre, Dublin | 3pm | Book Now!
Moira Sweeney's lyrical portrait of working life filmed on Dublin’s docks, a pride emerges within the stories and memories of the custodians of the port. Soundtrack by Seán Mac Erlaine.

21.09.17 - 23.09.17
Liz Roche Company | Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin | Book Now!

20.09.17
The Thief of Fire/ Gadaí Na Tine | Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris | Info
An evening of art, music and readings in English and Irish celebrating Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations. Ciaran Carson will read elegant new English versions of the poems, Liam O Muirthile will read newly commissioned Irish versions. On-screen projections by Margaret Lonergan and commissioned music by multi-instrumentalist Seán Mac Erlaine.

15.09.17
This is How we Fly | Cork Album Launch | Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival | 9pm | Book Now!

14.09.17
This is How we Fly | Dublin Album Launch | Fumbally Stables, Dublin | 7pm + 9:30pm | Book Now!

10.09.17
Bottlenote | Dublin Fringe Festival | 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin | Very limited tickets left!
Join Ireland's finest improvising performers in a space that few eyes have enjoyed since its nineteenth century glory days. Performers: David Donohoe, David Lacey, Seán Mac Erlaine, Shane Latimer, Matthew Noone and Justin Carroll.

09.09.17
Quiet Music Ensemble | The Guesthouse, Cork | 2pm - 5pm
Found Art, Sound Art; QME presents the sonic sorcerers of Cork city. Cork Scene/Heard explores the sound art scene of Cork through a collaboration with three of its most significant artists: Mick O’Shea, Irene Murphy and Danny McCarthy.

03.09.17
Resort Revelations 2017 | Lynders Mobile Home Park, Portrane, Dublin | 7:30pm
A Live Sound Performance and Text, written and directed by Catherine Barrargry with music composed by Sean Mac Erlaine, performed by singers Cliona Ardiff, Susan E Bowen, Jill Kiernan and Donna Wearen.

01.09.17
The Genealogy Project| Work-in-progress Showing | Peacock Theatre, Dublin | 6pm

26.08.17
A Day of Testimonies | Project Arts Centre, Dublin | 7:30pm

20.08.17
This is How we Fly | Another Love Story | Killyon Manor, Co. Westmeath | SOLD OUT

18.08.17
This is How we Fly | Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh

14.07.17
Abhainn Rí Festival | Callan, Co. Killkenny

01.07.17
The Phantom of the Opera | Merrion Square, Dublin | 8:30pm | €10 | Info
Happenings & DCC proudly present an open-air screening of The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) accompanied by a live music score in Merrion Square. Matthew Nolan (guitars, effects), David Stalling (modular synthesis, invented instruments), Seán Mac Erlaine (woodwinds) and Sharon Phelan (voice, electronics).

08.04.17
The Sound Of Silents | MusicTown Festival | Irish Film Institute, Dublin 2 | 2pm & 8:30pm | €12/10 | Info
Sounds of Silents is a silent film programme drawn from collections at the IFI Irish Film Archive. The programme will be accompanied by a series of improvised scores performed by six leading musicians working between the fields of Irish traditional, improvised and electronic musics. Shane Latimer, Seán MacErlaine and Ailbhe NicOireachtaigh will be joined by three musicians from the Ruhr area of Germany: Saxophonists Julius Gabriel and Florian Walter and electronic artist Achim Zepezauer.

11.03.17
With Brian Mooney | Supporting August Wells | Workman's Club, Dublin 2. | 8pm

04.03.17
Quiet Music Ensemble | New Music Dublin | National Concert Hall, Dublin 2 | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin 1 | 3pm, 4pm, 5pm | Tickets
Pauline Oliveros The Mystery Beyond Matter. Karen Power Instruments of Ice [Dublin Premiere]. Yoko Ono Secret Piece [Dublin Premiere]. Cat Lam line/shadow [Dublin Premiere]

12.02.17
Chair upon Wood upon Stone | Spike Cello Festival | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin 1 | 12pm
New commission in association with Improvised Music Company for Spike Dublin Alternative Cello Festival. Chair upon Wood upon Stone is a piece for cellist Kate Ellis and live electronics.

21.01.17
This is How we Fly | Second Album live recording | Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | SOLD OUT
Join TIHWF for a unique live studio recording.

20.01.17
This is How we Fly | Second Album live recording | Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | Tickets
Join TIHWF for a unique live studio recording. Limited tickets availble.

19.01.17
This is How we Fly | Second Album live recording | Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | Tickets
Join TIHWF for a unique live studio recording. Limited tickets availble.

concerts archive 2016

02.12.16
Ireland's Edge at eir Other Voices 2016 | Dingle, Co. Kerry
Performance and panel discussion with Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh hosted by Toner Quinn.

25.11.16
Duo Series #5: with Jan Bang | The Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | Doors 8pm, Showtime 9pm | €16 | info

22.11.16
Fußball wie noch nie | Home, Manchester | info
Live music soundtrack performed by Matthew Nolan (guitar/synths), David Stalling (keys/lap steel guitar), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets/electronics), Bryan O’Connell (percussion) and Kevin Murphy (cello)

19.11.16
This is How we Fly | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan

18.11.16
This is How we Fly | The Lyric Theatre, Belfast

15.11.16
This is How we Fly | Bains Douches, Montbéliard, France | 8pm | €16/8 | info

14.11.16
This is How we Fly | Bains Douches, Montbéliard, France | 8pm | €16/8 | SOLD OUT

13.11.16
This is How we Fly | The Lyric Theatre, Belfast

12.11.16
This is How we Fly | The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire

11.11.16
This is How we Fly | The White Horse, Ballincollig

11.11.16
This is How we Fly | University College Cork | 1pm

10.11.16
This is How we Fly | De Barra's, Clonakilty

09.11.16
This is How we Fly | The Dock, Carrick on Shannon

06.11.16
Fußball wie noch nie | Irish Film Institute, Dublin
Live music soundtrack performed by Matthew Nolan (guitar/synths), David Stalling (keys/lap steel guitar), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets/electronics), Bryan O’Connell (percussion) and Kevin Murphy (cello)

04.11.16
Seán Mac Erlaine solo | Tallinn, Estonia |

03.11.16
The Cap and Bells | Hopner House, Tallinn, Estonia
New commissions for Avarus Ensemble based on work by W.B. Yeats.

01.11.16
Fußball wie noch nie | Strand Arts Centre, Belfast | info
Made at the height of Best’s fame and tabloid notoriety, Costard’s film focuses insistently on Best—warming up, looking restless and bored, waiting tactically to unleash his genius. Presented with a live music soundtrack performed by Matthew Nolan (guitar/synths), David Stalling (keys/lap steel guitar), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets/electronics), Bryan O’Connell (percussion) and Kevin Murphy (cello)

29.10.16
Dracula Live: Screening with Live Score | The Bram Stoker Festival, National Concert Hall, Dublin | 8pm | €27/22 | info
The iconic version of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, screened with a new score written and performed live by Seán Mac Erlaine (Ire), Matthew Nolan (Ire), Eivind Aarset (Nor) and Sharon Phelan (Ire).

14.10.16
Duo Series #4: with Valgeir Sigurðsson | The Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | Doors 8pm, Showtime 9pm | €16 | info

07.10.16
Aifreann na Marbh / Mass of the Dead | Imram Festival, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2 | 8pm | €10
Performance of this hugely influential work, a requiem mass/poem for the victims of Hiroshima. Fusing live and recorded readings of the poem by Rita Kelly, Gabriel Rosenstock and Marcus Mac Conghail; music composed and performed by Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinet, electronics) and Clive Bell (shakuhachi).

30.09.16
Duo Series #3: with Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh | The Fumbally Stables, Dublin 8 | Doors 8pm, Showtime 9pm | €16 | info

28.09.16
The weathered stone - Album Launch | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2 | 7pm | €18 | info
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly – Voice & Synthesiser; Seán Mac Erlaine – Clarinet & Chalumeau; Saskia Lankhoorn – Piano; Robinson Panoramic Quartet: Anita Vedres – Violin; Robin Panter – Viola; Kate Ellis – Cello; Malachy Robinson – Double Bass

21.09.16 - 25.09.16
Bottlenote presents BLEED | Fringe Festival, 13 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1 | 19:30 & 21:15 | €15/13 | info
BLEED animates an abandoned Georgian house, creating a reverberating, pulsing space with each musician adding to the composition over five days turning the entire four storey house into a huge instrument. Barry Guy (double bass); Shane Latimer (guitars, electronics); Laura Hyland (guitar, voice); Seán Mac Erlaine (woodwinds, electronics); Justin Carroll (keyboards); Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola); Roy Carroll (sound design); Tobias Delius (tenor saxophone); Steve Davis (drum kit); Gavin Prior (guitars, electronics).

18.09.16
This is How we Fly | Fringe Festival, Spiegeltent, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 | 7pm | €18 | info

23.07.16
Dylan Tighe | The Grand Social, Dublin | 8pm | €10

14.07.16
Wood Quay Summer Sessions featuring Sean Mac Erlaine & Alex Petcu Colan | Woodquay, Dublin

09.07.16
Lorcán Mac Mathuna | Rudolstadt Festival | Germany

08.07.16
Lorcán Mac Mathuna | Rudolstadt Festival | Germany

25.06.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Deep Minimalism Festival | Southbank Centre, London

19.06.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork City Gaol

14.06.16
Improvisations on Finnegans Wake | James Joyce Centre, Dublin 1

12.06.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Moynalty Yoga Festival

27.05.16
Duo Series #2: with Unni Løvlid | Music Room, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin | 8:30pm | €18 | info
Unni Løvlid is a versatile musician and artist and has experience from many different projects and genres that fall somewhere between Norwegian folk, contemporary music and electronica .

15.05.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Midleton Festival | St. John the Baptist Church, Co. Cork | 3pm

29.04.16
Wabi-Sabi Soul ALBUM LAUNCH | dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin | | 8pm | €12 | Tickets
Dylan Tighe presents an exclusive World-Premiere Live performance of this new song-cycle and album in the main library of DLR Lexicon with full electric band via individually-wired headphones. Dylan will collaborate with the musicians who played on the album alongside 2 sound engineers and award-winning lighting designer Aedín Cosgrove inviting the audience to immerse themselves in the songs of Wabi- Sabi Soul in a fitting literary and contemplative ambience.

27.04.16
Jennifer Walshe – AN GLÉACHT | The James Joyce Centre Dublin | 8:30pm | €10/8 | info
Outsider artist Caoimhín Breathnach (1934-2009) lived as a recluse in Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon for all of his life. Breathnach’s artistic practice focussed on the creation of ‘subliminal’ tapes and films which he believed possessed the capacity to shift consciousness. In these works, Ogham magickal scales, crystallography, astronomy, folklore & natural phenomena are combined with found audio and visual material to produce an idiosyncratic, esoteric system of correspondences. Breathnach spent the last years of his life planning a work called AN GLÉACHT.
The work was to combine subliminal tapes and films with filmed footage showing a sequence of occult rituals. Breathnach’s great-niece, the composer and artist Jennifer Walshe, has completed AN GLÉACHT.

22.04.16
Duo Series #1: with Eivind Aarset | Music Room, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin | 8:30pm | €18 | info
Eivind Aarset is a guitarist with a unique musical vision that absorbs and reflects all manner of music while retaining an enviable individualism and high quality craftsmanship that can span from quiet intimacy to searing intensity.

10.04.16
Inspirations from the East | MusicTown Festival | Chester Beatty Library, Dublin 2 | 3:15pm | FREE
Sean Nós composer, Lorcán Mac Mathúna, takes inspirations from the texts and artefacts of the Chester Beatty’s Eastern catalogue, to reveal narratives and stories of the ancient Irish cycles of Collmcille, An Táin, and the Battle of Contarf. Lorcán Mac Mathúna (voice); Daire Bracken (fiddle); Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet).

09.04.16
Sound of Silents | MusicTown Festival | Irish Film Institute, Dublin | 2pm & 8:30pm | €12/10 | info
Sound of Silents 2016 presents a new programme of archival silent film with improvised scores performed by six leading musicians working between the fields of Irish traditional, improvised and electronic music. The event will feature music by Seán Mac Erlaine (woodwind/electronics), Seán Carpio(percussion/guitar/loops), Jack McMahon (turntables), Eoghan Neff (fiddle) and Shane Latimer (guitar/electronics).

15.03.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Festiwal Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna, Poznań, Poland

10.03.16
The Weathered Stone | St. Peter's Church, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Recording session for new work by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly with Saskia Lankhoorn (piano) and Robinson Panoramic Quartet

18.02.16
Quiet Music Ensemble | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath | 7:30pm €FREE!
Experimental music group Quiet Music Ensemble will perform a very special event at Navan’s Solstice Art’s Centre this month, as part of their ongoing Irish tour. The experimental music group will give the Irish premiere of Karen Power’s Instruments of Ice, a work written especially for them in response to the composer’s recordings while on residency in the Arctic and premiered last year in Berlin.

11.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | Garter Lane Theatre, Waterford | 8pm €15/5

10.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | Siamsa Tíre, Tralee | 8pm €16/13

09.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray | 8pm €16/14

06.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | VISUAL Carlow, Carlow | 8pm €12/10

05.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | Station House Theatre, Clifden | 8pm €15/12

04.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon | 8:30pm €15/12
Michelle O’ Rourke, vocals. Seán Mac Erlaine, alto saxophone, bass clarinet. Kate Ellis, cello. Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, electric guitar, synthesiser. Garrett Sholdice, presenter, synthesiser

03.02.16
Ergodos Musicians: Songs | Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin | 8pm €18/15
Ergodos Musicians, a dynamic collective of some of Ireland’s finest contemporary musicians, serve up dramatic and hauntingly beautiful interpretations of songs through the ages.

28.01.16
Hayden Chisholm | Vintage Room, Workman's Club, Dublin 2 | 8pm €10
This Dublin performance will feature a screening of his short film Sysiphus Runs as well as short films documenting the making of his new 13 CD Box set Cusp of Oblivion. Hayden will also give a solo performance with Saxophone and Sruti Box as well as a performance of the piece Finn Again Wakes using texts from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. As a special guest Seán Mac Erlaine will join Hayden on bass clarinet and electronics. Presented by Bottlenote in association with Note Productions.

10.01.16 - 17.01.16
Writing week with This is How we Fly | work starts on the second album...

concerts archive 2015

08.12.15 - 12.12.15
Development week with Macnas | Galway | macnas.com

28.11.15
Ergodos Showcase | ECM Weekender | Triskel, Cork
Ergodos founders Garrett Sholdice and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly are joined by Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet) and Linda Buckley (voice/electronics) in a performance in the Triskel.

25.11.15
Football As Never Before (Fußball wie noch nie) Film Portrait of George Best | Visual, Carlow | €18 | 8pm | info
A hypnotic film portrait of Man U legend George Best accompanied by a live musical score by Sean Mac Erlaine, Ernst Reijseger, Matthew Nolan, David Stalling, and Bryan O’Connell.

19.11.15
Quiet Music Ensemble | Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo | €16/12 | 8pm | info
“In these deafening times, the very notion of ‘quiet music’ is a revolutionary act, a mesmeric power” – The Independent, UK

15.11.15
Sounds Of Silents | Cork Film Festival, Triskel Christchurch, Cork | €15 | 4:15pm | info
A programme of silent films with live improvised scores from five leading contemporary musicians. The programme comes from the IFI Irish Film Archive and includes a varied collection of rarely-seen fiction and factual films made in or about Cork and by Cork filmmakers from the 1910s to the 1940s. Eoghan Neff (fiddle / electronics), Seán Mac Erlaine (reeds / electronics), Shane Latimer (guitar / electronics), Jack McMahon (aka DJackulate, turntables / reeds), and Sean Carpio (percussion / guitar).

12.11.15
With Brian Mooney supporting Boclé Bros | City Assembly House, Dublin 2 | €15.50 | 7:30pm | info

29.10.15
Quiet Music Ensemble | Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow | €16/14 | 8pm | info

23.10.15
Solo Show supporting Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld | Cork Jazz Festival | €23 | 8pm | info

14.10.15
TRICKSTER BIRD - THE CROW PROJECT | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin | 8pm | €10 | info
Multi-media show featuring poetry and song about corvids – crows, ravens and magpies. It features field recordings of crow song by sound sculptor Slavek Kwi and songs with Caitríona O’Leary. Poems in Irish, English and Scots will be read by Máire Dinny Wren, Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Mark Granier, Gréagóir Ó Dúill, Liam Ó Muirthile, Bethany Pope, Gabriel Rosenstock and John McDonald – with live musical backdrops composed by multi-instrumental Seán Mac Erlaine.

21.09.15
This is How we Fly | The Lyric Theatre, Belfast | £16 | 8pm | info

19.09.15
This is How we Fly | Peppercanister Church, Dublin 2 | €15 | 8pm | info

18.09.15
Duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival | Slender Songs Print Launch | Filter, Cork

18.09.15
This is How we Fly | Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival | Firkin Crane Theatre, Cork | 6pm | info

09.09.15 - 11.09.15
The Walls Have Ears | Bottlenote at Dublin Fringe Festival | 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | SOLD OUT | info
A leading figure of European improvised music and film scores, Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger (Werner Herzog, Winter & Winter) is joined by acclaimed Irish musicians including Seán Carpio (guitar, electronics), Shane Latimer (guitars, electronics), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, processing), and Justin Carroll (keyboards).

05.09.15
Solo | Galway City Museum | 11am-1pm | FREE | info

22.07.15 - 24.07.15
The Geneology Project | Dublin
Research and development for new stage show with Emma O'Kane (dance), Oona Doherty (dance), Raymond Scannell (musician, actor) and Shane O'Reilly (actor).

25.06.15
Quiet Music Ensemble | Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 | 6:30pm - 10:30pm
The Mysteries Beyond Matter. For this concert, Quiet Music Ensemble will use the whole of the extraordinary Freemasons’ Hall building in central Dublin. An institution rich in history, the rooms are each distinctively and enthrallingly decorated, displaying the unique symbology of the Freemasons’ Order. The audience will be free to explore the building as the music is played. Programme: Pauline Oliveros – The Mystery Beyond Matter (world premiere of the multichannel version), Jennifer Walshe –Dordán (Irish premiere), Martin Iddon – in’ei (world premiere), Christopher Fox – Qui/nt/et, John Godfrey – hand tinted.

28.05.15
Quiet Music Ensemble | DAAD Galerie | Zimmerstraße 90, 10117 Berlin, Germany | 8pm
Karen Power: Instruments of Ice (2015, UA). Artistic dialogue between live musicians and the arctic Concert.

24.05.15
Alas Awake | International Literature Festival Dublin | 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | 7:30pm & 9pm | € SOLD OUT! | info
Clarinets, electronics, composition: Seán Mac Erlaine. Vocals: Dorothy Murphy, Georgia Cusack, Sue Rynhart and Tuula Voutilainen. Film: Donal Dineen; Lighting: John Crudden; Producer: Jen Coppinger. Presented with support by the Arts Council, Dublin City Council, Rough Magic Production Support and James Joyce Centre.

21.05.15
Alas Awake | International Literature Festival Dublin | 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | 7:30pm | € SOLD OUT! | info
A theatre-style promenade piece through an abandoned Georgian residence in a heightened environment conjuring the world and epoch of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. New music for choir, woodwinds, film and electronics.

02.05.15
The Marina Tsvetaeva Project | Feile na Bealtaine | An Lab, Dingle, Co. Kerry | 7pm | €10 | info
Tsvetaeva’s poetry is noted for its fiery passion and pulsing musical patterns. Her poems will be read in English by Elaine Feinstein, one of the foremost translators of her work, and in Irish by Dairena Ní Chinnéide. They will be accompanied by musicians Steve Cooney (guitar) and Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinet, electronics) and by stunning visual projections featuring archive photographs, art and film created by Margaret Lonergan.

25.04.15
This is How we Fly | Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51 Street, New York | 8pm | $24/20 | info
With very special guest Maeve Gilchrist, harp.

24.04.15
This is How we Fly | Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51 Street, New York | 8pm | $24/20 | info
With very special guest Brittany Haas, fiddle.

23.04.15
This is How we Fly | Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51 Street, New York | 8pm | $24/20 | info
With very special guest Cleek Schrey, Hardanger fiddle.

22.04.15
This is How we Fly | Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut | 8pm

21.04.15
This is How we Fly | Princeton Sound Kitchen, Taplin Auditorium, New Jersey | 8pm
PSK presents THIS IS HOW WE FLY in collaboration with Princeton composers and performers Alex Dowling, Amanda Feery, Dave Molk, Emma O’Halloran, Noah Kaplan, Jeff Snyder and Sō Percussion at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall. Directed by Dan Trueman.

15.04.15
Duo with Elias Stemeseder (piano) | German Embassy, Dublin

14.04.15
Ergodos Musicians | MusicTown Festival | Little Museum of Dublin | 8pm | Info

11.04.15
Seán Mac Erlaine solo | The National Concert Hall, Dublin | €35/30 8pm | Book Now!
Supporting Anouar Brahem Quartet.

11.04.15
The Sound of Silents | MusicTown Festival | Irish Film Institute, Dublin | 1:30pm | Info
Silent films from the IFI Irish Film Archive made in Dublin between 1897 and the 1970s accompanied by a series of improvised scores performed by six leading musicians working between the fields of Irish traditional, improvised and electronic music. Seán Mac Erlaine (woodwind/electronics), Seán Carpio (percussion/guitar/loops), Jack McMahon (turntables), Eoghan Neff (fiddle) and Shane Latimer (guitar/electronics).

10.04.15
The Sound of Silents | MusicTown Festival | Irish Film Institute, Dublin | 8pm | info

09.04.15
Lorcán Mac Mathúna | Triskel Christchurch, Cork | "The Arrows That Murder Sleep" Album Launch
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals), Martin Tourish (accordion), Eoghan Neff (fiddle), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet).

01.04.15
Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle | Books Upstairs, Dublin 2 | 7pm, €6 | book!
A sonic journey into the poetic imagination of the late West Limerick poet Michael Hartnett, originally broadcast on RTÉ Radio One in November 2014. The evening includes an opportunity to listen to a recording of the Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle programme, followed by a Q&A session with the programme makers Dylan Tighe (director and researcher) and Seán Mac Erlaine (original music and sound design), introduced by Peter Fallon.
The Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle recording features the all-munster cast of actor, Andrew Bennett, singers Nell Ní Chróinín and Iarla O'Lionaird, and the voice of Michael Hartnett/ Micháel O hAirtnéide.

28.03.15
Seán Mac Erlaine with RTÉ ConTempo Quartet | Nun's Island Theatre, Galway | 8pm | info
'The rushes by the grey nuns' pond: ah eh oh let me sigh too' - new solo performance and new composition for string quartet, clarinet and electronics. Programme includes Terry Riley's Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector.

27.03.15
Inni-K Album Launch | The Grand Social | 8pm €12/10 | info
With her transcendent voice and beautiful new songs, set off with tight musicianship and arresting stage craft; singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Inni-K releases her exciting new debut album, 'The King has Two Horse's Ears’.

07.03.15
Dylan Tighe + Brian Mooney double bill | Whelans Upstairs, Dublin 8 | 9pm

06.03.15
Quiet Music Ensemble | ALBUM LAUNCH | David Lang's Festival of Music | National Concert Hall | 5pm
New commissioned work from David Toop, Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Lucier and John Godfrey. Launched with WNYC's John Schaefer.

15.02.15
This is How we Fly | The Model, Sligo | €16/12 6pm | Book Now!

14.02.15
This is How we Fly | The Grand Social, Dublin | €12 8pm | Book Now!

13.02.15
This is How we Fly | Lyric Theatre, Belfast | £15 8pm | Book Now!

25.01.15
Ergodos Musicians Songs | Listen at Lilliput - Third Birthday Bash | Arbor Hill, Dublin 7
Michelle O'Rourke - voice, Kate Ellis - cello, Seán Mac Erlaine - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly - guitar.

12.01.15 - 24.01.15
The Geneology Project | Dublin
Research and development for new stage show with Emma O'Kane (dance), Oona Doherty (dance), Raymond Scannell (musician, actor) and Shane O'Reilly (actor).

03.01.15 - 04.01.15
New album recording session | Dublin
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet, live electronics), Martin Tourish (accordian), Eoghan Neff (fiddle).

concerts archive 2014

28.12.14
Brian Mooney | Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire | 8pm | SOLD OUT
Duo with Dublin songmaker, supporting Little Green Cars.

16.12.14
Solo | Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 2 | 8pm
Solo for bass clarinet and live electronics.

07.12.14
Laureate for Irish Fiction event | Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar, Dublin | 1-4pm
To celebrate the upcoming Laureate for Irish Fiction 2015–18, the Arts Council is hosting an event on Sunday 7 December at the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar. This will be the first of many free, public events taking place between now and 2018 where the public will have an opportunity to engage with Irish fiction. The line up includes Clare Barrett, Adrian Crowley, Olwen Fouéré, Seán Mac Erlaine, Bronagh Gallagher, Owen Roe, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and a film by Pat Collins. Full information

27.11.14 POSTPONED/CANCELLED
Brian Mooney | Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin | 8pm | €20
Supporting English folk singer Sam Lee. Info

26.11.14
The Santa Rita Concerts: Seán Mac Erlaine | Little Museum of Dublin | 7pm | €15
LAUNCH CONCERT. Celebrating the new release A Slender Song, Seán will perform a special multi-channel live electronics and clarinets show. Booking Suggested!

09.11.14
Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle | RTÉ Radio 1 | 8pm | listen online www.rte.ie/radio1
Radio homage to the late poet Michael Hartnett with singers Nell Ní Chróinín and Iarla O'Lionaird.

09.10.14
Brian Mooney | The Joinery, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 | 8pm | €10/8
“A sonic technique that oozes character and distinction, rhythms thumped out on toy drum sets, strums on borrowed banjo and music that thrums to, in the words of Mooney himself, “ The pulse of the static from the jack-to-jack” Our advice – Don’t let this one pass you by” The Irish Times

03.10.14 Opening (runs from Sep 26-Oct 11)
Our Few and Evil Days | Dublin Theatre Festival | Abbey Theatre | 7:30pm | €13-€45
The Abbey Theatre presents a new play from one of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary playwrights. This chilling yet deeply human story about the limits of devotion is written and directed by Mark O’Rowe (Howie the Rookie, Boy A, Intermission, Terminus). Music features Seán Mac Erlaine.

27.09.14
Bottlenote Festival
13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | 7:30pm & 9:30pm shows | €12/10 prebook only | Details
Bottlenote 2014 artists include Eric Biondo (USA) – trumpet, beatboxing; Roy Carroll (GER) – computer and prepared speakers; Djackulate – turntables; Justin Carroll – keyboards; Shane Latimer – guitars, electronics and Seán Mac Erlaine – woodwinds, electronics. Prebook tickets here

26.09.14
Bottlenote Festival
13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | 7:30pm & 9:30pm shows | €12/10 prebook only | Details
Bottlenote 2014 artists include Eric Biondo (USA) – trumpet, beatboxing; Dan Trueman (USA) - hardanger fiddle; Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – hardanger fiddle; Roy Carroll (GER) – computer and prepared speakers; Justin Carroll – keyboards; Shane Latimer – guitars, electronics and Seán Mac Erlaine – woodwinds, electronics. Prebook tickets here

19.09.14
Culture Night
Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin | 6:30-10pm | €FREE
Solo performance for clarinets, chalumeau, bawu + live electronics.

04.09.14
Ergodos Musicians: Songs
Kaleidoscope - Fifth Birthday Party | Sugar Club, Dublin | info

16.08.14
This is How we Fly
Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland | Set Theatre | 9pm | €25 | info

31.07.14
This is How we Fly
De Bouche à Oreille, Parthenay, France

29.07.14
This is How we Fly
Stöde Musikvecka, Sweden

26.07.14
The Art of Song: David Bowie
National Concert Hall, Dublin 2 | 8pm | €25 | book
Some of Ireland’s most exciting artists come together to pay tribute to the great writers of modern music. This show sees Lisa Hannigan, Duke Special, Jape, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and more pay tribute to the Thin White Duke.

26.07.14
Summer Rising Festival
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 | 12pm | €FREE

03.07.14
Ergodos Musicians // Songs Album Launch
Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 | 8pm |€15
Ergodos Musicians celebrate the release of their new album, Songs, with an intimate acoustic performance in the beautiful Georgian interior of the Little Museum of Dublin. Michelle O’Rourke, voice; Kate Ellis, cello; Seán Mac Erlaine, alto saxophone, bass clarinet; Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, guitar.

23.05.14
Dublin Writers Festival
Boy's School, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 8 | 8pm | €10/8
THE REVENGE OF MEMORY: THE MARINA TSVETAEVA PROJECT
Tsvetaeva’s poetry is noted for its passion and pulsing musical patterns. Tonight her poems will be read in English by Elaine Feinstein, one of the foremost translators of her work, and in Irish by Dairena Ní Chinnéide. They will be accompanied by Steve Cooney (guitar) and Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, electronics) and by stunning projections featuring archive photographs, art and film created by Margaret Lonergan. Curated by Liam Carson, IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival.

10.05.14
This is How we Fly
Baltimore Fiddle Fair, Co. Cork

09.05.14
This is How we Fly
Triskel Christchurch, Cork

08.05.14
This is How we Fly + Stephanie Coleman & Cleek Schrey
The Grand Social, Liffey Street, Dublin 1
8:30pm. Book Now

04.05.14
This is How we Fly
Drogheda Arts Festival
Droichead Arts Centre | 9pm | info

03.05.14
This is How we Fly
Bray Jazz Festival
Town Hall, Bray | 6.30pm | €10

27.04.14
World Premiere of Pauline Oliveros' The Mystery Beyond Matter
by Quiet Music Ensemble
Live broadcast, Nova, Lyric FM, 8pm
with studio audience (free). Book here

24.04.14
Duo with Dylan Tighe
New Theatre, Dublin

12.04.14
This is How we Fly
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

11.04.14
This is How we Fly
Eurofonik Festival, Nantes, France

17.03.14
Iarla Ó Lionáird, Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle | 5pm & 7pm | FREE
Presented by Saint Patricks Festival, three of the country’s top solo performers will take their turn filling the vaulted ceilings of this beautiful, intimate space with their music and song. Featuring Iarla Ó Lionáird (voice), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinet) & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (hardanger d’amore fiddle), expect spacious, magical sounds that will bring your mind on a journey of unexpected beauty. An oasis of calm, this is a chance to relax and disappear into some of the most beautiful music imaginable.

06.03.14
Double Bill: Dylan Tighe / Seán Millar
Bewleys Cafe Theatre | Grafton St | Dublin | 8:30pm

21.02.14
Quiet Music Ensemble
University College Cork | Aula Maxima | 1:15pm | FREE
The programme will include the world premiere of the icy, shimmering stillness of 'Qui(nt)et' by British composer Chris Fox; George Brecht's gentle yet provocative Fluxus piece 'Drip Music'; the diaphanous sounds of QME's distinctive free improvisation; and the world premiere of John Godfrey's study in coloured environmental sound, 'Hand Tinted Soundscape', which uses mesmerising field recordings made in the rice paddies of Lao.

20.02.14 - 01.03.14
CARE
Project Arts Centre, Dublin | 8:15pm
A show about the people who add life to days, if not days to life. WillFredd Theatre have teamed up with staff in St Francis Hospice, Raheny to bring you CARE, a show which questions what Hospice is. Fusing movement, live music and text, every word, sound and image in CARE is drawn from daily Hospice life.

13.02.14
Official Album Launch - Record by Dylan Tighe
The Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1 | 8pm | €10 | book
The concert will feature Dylan Tighe on vocals and guitars alongside musicians also featured on the album including Seán Mac Erlaine on bass clarinet & saxophone, Conor Murray on drums with Donal Mac Erlaine on saw & trumpet.
With support from Hilary Woods (ex JJ72).

26.01.14
Solo Set @ Listen At Lilliput
Lilliput Press, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 | 7:30pm | €10/8 BYOB | info
Second birthday bash for this listening evening surrounded by fine books.
Everything Shook: synths, drums, food blender ...and dancing
Sean Mac Erlaine: improvised woodwinds & electronics
Sallay: songs with accompaniment on electric guitar & keyboard

24.01.14
Deep End Of The Ford
Temple Bar Tradfest, St. Michan's Church, Dublin 7 | 8pm | info
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals), Raphael De Cock (vocals, various instruments), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet, live electronics), Martin Tourish (accordian), Eoghan Neff (fiddle).

A specially commissioned composition by Deep End of the Ford. The Temple Bar TradFest, will host the world premiere of a specially commissioned cycle of songs which span a millennium and contain eye witness accounts of Dublin from 1014 and 2014 commemorating the Battle of Clontarf.

04.01.14
Ergodos Musicians #SONGS recording session
Studio Boehne, Berlin
Michelle O'Rourke - voice
Kate Ellis - cello
Seán Mac Erlaine - alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly - guitar

concerts archive 2013

14.12.13
Deep End Of The Ford
The Glassworks, Great James Street, Derry | 8pm | £10 | info
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet, live electronics),
Martin Tourish (accordian), Eoghan Neff (fiddle). A special evening of music in one of Derry's most beautiful spaces. We return to the City of Culture 2013 to perform “From Derry to the Sea.”

07.12.13
Hayden Chisholm: Love In Numbers
Unitarian Church, St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 | 8pm | €10
Hayden Chisholm, Sam Comerford, Carolyn Goodwin and Seán Mac Erlaine - alto saxophones. Performing works by outstanding New Zealand saxophone stylist Chisholm.

30.11.13
Ergodos Musicians play SONGS
Unitarian Church, St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 | 8pm | Info.
Michelle O'Rourke - voice
Kate Ellis - cello
Seán Mac Erlaine - reeds
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly - guitar

24.11.13
Quiet Music Ensemble
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK | 5pm | Info.
Seán Mac Erlaine clarinet, whistle, voice
Roddy O’Keeffe trombone, voice
Ilse De Ziah cello ,voice
Dan Bodwell bass, voice
John Godfrey electric guitar, voice

18.10.13
The Poet and The Liberator
Imram Festival, Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square | 8:30pm | €10.
New trio project lead by vocalist Lorcán Mac Mathúna with fiddler Daire Bracken contemplates the words and life of Tomás Rua Ó Suilleabháin. As a social
commentator, Tomás Rua wrote about the repeal movement, emancipation, his neighbour Daniel O’Connell, faction fights, weddings, and yellow meal. His words bring history alive; this extraordinary concert will bring his world alive.

14.10.13
Whereof You Cannot Speak: The Wittgenstein Project
Imram Festival, Goethe Institut, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 | 8:30pm | €10
Alan Titley will read from his story ‘Wittgenstein i gConamara’; whilst Gerry Murphy will read a selection of poems in English about Wittgenstein, including work by Deirdre Brennan, Richard Murphy , Derek Mahon , Joe Woods , Gerry Murphy and Gerard Fanning . These will interplay with quotes from Wittgenstein in the original German, read by Heinz Lechleiter. Featuring screen projections by Margaret Lonergan and new music composed by Seán Mac Erlaine, this is a magical celebration of the most poetic and beguiling philosopher of modern times. www.imram.ie

11.10.13
Duo with Donal Dineen
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow | 8pm | €12/10
Live visuals / improvised music show with one of Ireland's great maverick men: Donal Dineen. We play in the gallery upstairs. Book Now!

28.09.13
Bottlenote Festival 2013
The Walls Have Ears | 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 | 7:30 & 10pm
Site-specific event making the most of a stunningly dilapidated, and abandoned, Georgian residence, the audience will be led from room to room throughout the house to experience quiet improvisations, explosive sets and moments of magic. This is a strictly limited capacity event and will run for two shows. **SOLD OUT**

27.09.13
This is How we Fly
ALBUM LAUNCH, Bottlenote Festival, Button Factory, Dublin | €15 (free CD) | 7:30pm | Book Now.

26.09.13
This is How we Fly
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Lo. Louth | 8.30pm | €16/14 | Book Now

25.09.13
This is How we Fly
Riverbank, Newbridge, Kildare | 8pm | €15 | Book Now
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle.
Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics.
Nic Gareiss – percussive dance.
Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

11.08.13
The Deep End of The Ford
Derry City of Culture 2013
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet, live electronics),
Martin Tourish (accordian), Eoghan Neff (fiddle).

09.08.13
The Poet and The Liberator
Kildare Catherdral
New trio project lead by vocalist Lorcán Mac Mathúna with fiddler Daire Bracken

02.08.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Donal Dineen
Skibbereen Arts Festival
GAA Pavilion | 8.30pm | €15 | Info and booking

20.06.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Donal Dineen
St. Patrick's Church, Hill of Tara, Meath
Special solstice performance with radio broadcaster, DJ and experimental film-maker Donal Dineen. Music for woodwinds, live electronics and live visuals. Including interactive post show discussion (that is to say, talking).

15.06.13
Seán Mac Erlaine solo acoustic
Martello Tower, Sutton, Dublin | 2pm | €10
Presented by Young Hearts Run Free.
Bill includes Adrian Crowley, Tieranniesaur, Mike Stevens.

22.05.13
The Thief of Fire: A celebration of Arthur Rimbaud
Dublin Writers Festival | Sugar Club, Dublin | €10/8 | 8.30pm | info
The Thief of Fire celebrates Rimbaud’s Illuminations. Ciaran Carson has just published his stunning new English versions, In the Light Of, published by Gallery Press. Liam Ó Muirthile will read newly commissioned Irish versions. The reading will feature on-screen projections by Margaret Lonergan, and commissioned live music by Seán Mac Erlaine.

20.05.13 - 26.05.13
No Worst There is None
Dublin Writers Festival | Newman House, Dublin | SOLD OUT | 10.30am | info
A unique listening experience for one in the bedroom where the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins lived in Newman House Dublin in the 1880’s. Directed by Dylan Tighe and composed by Seán Mac Erlaine. This unique work was originally recorded and broadcast by RTÉ radio drama and was based on The Stomach Box’s 2009 theatre production, winner of the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production and nominated for Best Director and Best Sound.

06.05.13 - 12.05.13
Pilgrimage Project
Residency | Sligo
Working with artists, musicians, film-makers and magic weavers Róisín Coyle, Kate Ellis, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Noeline Kavanagh, Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Myles O’Reilly, Andri Snaer Magnason, Linda Buckley, Mikhail Karakis, Valgeir Sigurðsson and Donal Dineen. Curated by Kathy Scott and Aoife Flynn, this is the Pilgrimage Project.

04.05.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Petter Berndalen Duo
Phizzfest, All Saints Church, Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7 | 8pm | €10
Irish improvisor Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, live electronics) and Swedish master percussionist Petter Berndalen share an incomparable rhythmic deftness as well as an unrivalled capacity for conjuring tonal colours and shapes. With special guest percussive dancer Nic Gareiss. Booking here.

03.05.13
This is How we Fly
St. James's Church, Main Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry | 7pm | €15

02.05.13
This is How we Fly
Christ Church Cathedral, Cathedral Square, Waterford City | 7.30pm | €15/10

01.05.13
This is How we Fly
Siamsa Tíre, Town Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry | 8pm | €16/13

30.04.13
This is How we Fly
The Fumbally, Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 8 | 7pm | SOLD OUT
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle.
Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics.
Nic Gareiss – percussive dance.
Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

19.04.13
Trio with Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals) & Emily Paperdoll (ariel dance)
5 Lamps Festival, D-Light Studios, Dublin 1 | 7.30 | €15
Aerial performance company PaperDolls present a night of music and aerial performance. More info

13.04.13
Lacey/Prior/Smyth + Seán Mac Erlaine Solo
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin | 8.30 | €8
A night of free improvisation by four of Ireland's leading improvisors. Although Lacey, Prior and Smyth have all played with each other previously this is their first time playing as a trio. Seán Mac Erlaine will be playing a solo set of clarinets and live electronics. More info

11.04.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Duo
Let The Music Do The Talking
Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2 | 8pm | €10 | Info
Curated by Dylan Tighe as part of IETM Dublin 2013.
Celebrating the contribution of musicians to the performing arts in Ireland. All of these musicians engage professionally with the performing arts and in doing so have found a catalyst for experimental collaboration. The result? A generation of musicians who have invigorated both the performance and music scenes, and have had a defining impact on contemporary Irish theatre and dance practice.
With Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Seán Millar, Trevor Knight and The Devil's Spine Band, Tom Lane & Bryan O'Connell, Dylan Tighe and Francesco Turrisi.

23.03.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Donal Dineen
Nun's Island Theatre, Galway
New duo project with radio broadcaster, DJ and experimental film-maker Donal Dineen. Music for woodwinds, live electronics and live visuals. Including interactive post show discussion (that is to say, talking).

22.03.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Donal Dineen
The Model, Sligo
New duo project with radio broadcaster, DJ and experimental film-maker Donal Dineen. Music for woodwinds, live electronics and live visuals. Including interactive post show discussion (that is to say, talking).

17.03.13
Seán Mac Erlaine + Donal Dineen
The Boys School, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2 | 6pm | info | SOLD OUT
Donal Dineen presents a night time journey through Dublin's streets with pictures, words and live music from Sean Mac Erlaine.
"The city in daytime belongs to everyone but the further into the night you go the more it becomes your own. Street feelings are more vivid in the small hours somehow. The players have left the stage but the scenery is still standing and in many ways it's the best time to observe and appreciate all of that. Under the night lights."

06.03.13
StAnza Poetry Festival 2013
MBSB, North Haugh Theatre, St. Andrews, Scotland | 8pm | £8/6 | Info
The RiverRun Project is a sonic, visual and literary voyage through the city of Dublin. Poets Colm Keegan, Biddy Jenkinson, Máighréad Medbh and Gabriel Rosenstock read new work in English and Irish, evoking Dublin past and present, from Viking Dublin to the surreal landscapes of post Celtic Tiger Dublin. The reading features music by Seán Mac Erlaine, and on-screen images by Margaret Lonergan.

28.02.13
Fallow Records - Be Honest & JG/BC Release. With guest Seán Mac Erlaine
The Joinery, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 | €10 with free cassette | 8pm
Be Honest and JG/BC (Jamie Grimes & Brian Coniffe) will be performing, with experimental woodwind master Sean Mac Erlaine kindly joining us for the evening
visit http://fallowfield.limitedrun.com

23.02.13
This is How we Fly
Umefolk Music Festival | Umeå, Sweden | Book now!
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.

22.02.13
This is How we Fly
Gimle, Denmark
Info

20.02.13
This is How we Fly
Portalen, Denmark
8pm | 125 kr. Book tickets
Danish Tour funded in part by Culture Ireland.

19.02.13
This is How we Fly
Baltoppen, Denmark
7.30pm | kr. 140/130 Book here
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle.
Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics.
Nic Gareiss – percussive dance.
Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

09.02.13
Hayden Chisholm: Love in Numbers
St. Audoen's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin 8 | 7.30pm | €10
Presented by Bottlenote
Saxophonist Hayden Chisholm is today considered one Europe’s most distinctive and innovative voices on the saxophone, Irish premier of two pieces by Chisholm.
Set I: Seán Mac Erlaine - Solo set for clarinet and live electronics.
Set II: Hayden Chisholm - ‘The Well-Tempered Sruti Box’ for saxophone & sruti box.
Set III: Love in Numbers - New work by Chisholm for 4 alto saxophones (with Hayden Chisholm, Sam Comerford, Carolyn Goodwin and Seán Mac Erlaine).

concerts archive 2012

24.12.12
Donal Dineen's Christmas Special | 2FM | 10pm-1am
Seán joins a stellar cast of musicians including Lisa O'Neill, Mossy Nolan, Katie Kim, Conor O'Brien, Georgia Cusack, Rhob Cunningham and Maitiu O'Casaide with your host Donal Dineen.

21.12.12
Rave at Close of Day
Bandstand, East Pier, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland | 3pm - 5pm | FREE
Curated by Jennie Moran. Let us sit in confusion together on the shortest day of the year and console ourselves with hot liquid, sheep’s wool and electric light while Seán Mac Erlaine performs a long-form immersive improvisation for saxophones and live electronics.

29.11.12
The Works | RTÉ 1 | 10.45pm
http://www.rte.ie/tv/theworks
Screening of Prevailing Wind, a short film directed by Ian Cudmore as part of Into the Light: The Arts Council - 60 Years of Supporting the Arts, a major series of exhibitions celebrating 60 years of support for artists and the visual arts by the Arts Council.
With original music by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle,
Maitiu O'Casaide - pipes, Seán Mac Erlaine bass clarinet & electronics.

24.11.12
Sonic Vigil
Quiet Music Ensemble
St. Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork | 3 – 9pm | €5
Curated by Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy.
For the seventh year running, The Guesthouse presents SONIC VIGIL, a marathon of new and improvised music, sound art, live electronics, installations and more.
The Vigil features Ireland’s unique Experimental Music group, Quiet Music Ensemble, which will be giving world premieres of 8 new pieces by up and coming composers from Ireland, Scotland and the USA.

17.11.12
Bottlenote Festival
BLOCK T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | 8pm | €10/8
Solo performance for clarinets and live electronics
Full details at www.bottlenotemusic.com

16.11.12
Bottlenote Festival
BLOCK T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | 8pm | €10/8
Full details at www.bottlenotemusic.com

15.11.12
Bottlenote Festival
BLOCK T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | 8pm | €10/8
Full details at www.bottlenotemusic.com

15.10.12
IMRAM Festival / Lorg Merriman
Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
7.30pm | €10/5 | Details here
In 1982 Brian Merriman’s The Midnight Court, which Celia de Fréine translated and dramatised, was produced by the Dublin Shakespeare Society. To mark the publication of these plays by Arlen House, IMRAM is delighted to present a dramatised reading, featuring actors Séamas Ó Scanláin and Fidelma Ní Ghallchobhair. Seán Mac Erlaine and Máire Breatnach will provide musical accompaniment.

12.10.12
This is How we Fly
Linköping Folkmusic Festival
Folkets Park, Cupolen, Linköping, Sweden.

06.10.12
This is How we Fly
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
8pm | €18/16 (3 for €33)
"This is How we Fly is a group gaining a reputation for their distinctive take on traditional music."
Last Irish date for 2012. Book now!

28.09.12
Neighbourhood Wash
The Joinery, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 | 8pm | BYOB
A night of music and talk in your neighbourhood gallery curated by Donal Dineen.
Double bill Seán Mac Erlaine + Lisa O'Neill

25.09.12
Long After The Music Is Gone
Album Launch presented by Ergodos.ie
Solo performance for clarinets and electronics,
with special guest Donal Dineen on visuals and DJ set.
Odessa Club, Dame Court, Dublin 2 | 8pm | Free but ticketed

21.09.12
Culture Night
Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 2 | 5pm-10pm | FREE
CMC will be alive with sounds as it opens its doors to the public for Culture Night and hosts Live at Our Place, giving visitors the chance to hear what’s innovative and what’s vibrant in new music from Ireland. Curated by composer Karen Power. Seán is performing new solo work and performing works by Cage with The Quiet Music Ensemble.

08.09.12
This is How we Fly
Dublin Fringe Festival, Lir Theatre, Dublin
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle. Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics.
Nic Gareiss – percussive dance. Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

07.09.12
This is How we Fly
Half Moon Theatre, Cork
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle. Seán Mac Erlaine – clarinets, electronics.
Nic Gareiss – percussive dance. Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

02.09.12
In Search Of... / A Life on The Ocean Wave
Nieuw-beerta, Holland. 3pm, FREE
A Life on The Ocean Wave by artist Michelle Browne is a musical performance inspired by the ill-fated voyage of artist Bas Jan Ader. Setting sail to cross the Atlantic single handed, Ader’s 'In Search of the Miraculous' was a utopian journey of man working with the elements.
Performed in the Reformed Church at Nieuw-Beerta by choir and simultaneous broadcast of soloist from a boat at sea. Details here

16.08.12
Long After The Music Is Gone
On-Air & online album launch
Donal Dineen's Alternative Alternative
11am 2XM, repeated 10pm 2FM
http://2fm.rte.ie/dan
The album will be available from Ergodos

28.07.12
The Cave | Mitchelstown Cave, Co. Cork
Duo performance with Donal Dineen (live visuals)
Sharing this bill in this extraordinary space with Iarla Ó Lionáird, The Lost Brothers & Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh.

20.07.12
Quiet Music Ensemble
Hilltown New Music Festival | Hilltown, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Pieces by Cage, Lucier and improvisations
Details TBA - www.hilltown.ie

21.06.12
love:live music | International Music Day
Meeting House Square, Dublin 2
Performance of new work by composer Linda Buckley
Details TBA - www.lovelivemusic.ie

15.06.12
Is now all seenheard then forgotten?
Bloomsday Festival | Banquet Hall, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 8 | 8pm €25
Seán Mac Erlaine presents a new setting of Finnegans Wake for vocals, woodwinds, electronics and live film. Joyce’s final masterpiece provides the jumping off point for this adventurous mix of improvised music and film. Performed by acclaimed vocalist Dorothy Murphy, Barcelonian film maker Héctor Castells and clarinettist Seán Mac Erlaine, this piece is an abstract homage to one of the English language’s great works of abstraction.

06.06.12
Night Town Project / Baile Oíche: an Tionscadal
Dublin Writers Festival | The Workman's Club | 8.30pm | €10/8
A special bi-lingual multi-media project that celebrates the landscapes of Dublin at night. Four poets will read new work responding to images from photographers Jim Berkeley and Mark Granier; transformed into beautiful on-screen projections by designer Margaret Lonergan, and performed to new music by Seán Mac Erlaine.

30.05.12
Seán Mac Erlaine Solo
The Irish Museum of Modern Art - launch at Earlsfort Terrace | 8pm
Improvised site-specific solo show. Multi-channel performance for clarinets, woodwinds, tape and live electronics.

17.05.12
Laura Hyland Solo + Seán Mac Erlaine Solo
The Back Loft, Dublin 8. | 8pm | €10
Curated by Ergodos, both soloists will perform in the atmospheric setting of The Back Loft, part of La Catedral Studios. Hyland will perform completely acoustic, while Mac Erlaine will perform on a portable multi-channel rig designed by Dan Trueman.

03.05.12
Palimpsest
Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | 8.15pm €12/10 | Book Now!
Seán Carpio (Percussion)
Simon Jermyn (Bass guitar and pedals)
Isabelle O'Connell (prepared piano)
Seán Mac Erlaine (laptop and bass clarinet)
Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh (hardanger fiddle, five string viola and fiddle)
Palimpsest will bring together an unusual group of performers all hailing from very different backgrounds but with a shared interest in exploring the new possibilities inherent in traditional Irish tunes. Over the course of the week they will shed a contemporary light on our musical heritage with their unique approach and combined styles of playing.

06.04.12
Solo Show
New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | 8pm €12
Beyond the Bookshelf is a new independent music
mini festival, staged in Temple Bar's New Theatre.
Supporting Si Schroeder plus other guest TBC. Details here

08.03.12
This is How we Fly
Beckis, Stockholm, Sweden
MUSIKCENTRUM | Nybrokajen 13, 111 48 Stockholm
7pm | 100/70 Kr

23.02.12
Silence
Dublin Film Festival | Lighthouse Cinema | 8.15pm
Feature film directed by Pat Collins, featuring a new piece by Seán

28.01.12
The Quiet Music Ensemble
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork | 6pm | FREE - walk in/out whenever you like
Child Of Tree (John Cage).
In the centenary of John Cage’s birth, we celebrate the extraordinary music he created in the last 20 years of his life. Ranging from pieces made of a sparse, seemingly windswept freeze of notes to a delicious hotpot of environmental noise, from re-written Satie to exuberant circuses of sound, this is music of beauty and deep serenity, humour and elation.
This will be recorded for broadcast on Nova, RTÉ lyric fm’s new music programme presented by Bernard Clarke, Sundays from 9pm.

27.01.12
The Quiet Music Ensemble + The Quiet Club
The Glucksmans Gallery, University College Cork | 1.10pm | Free
Inlets: Later works of John Cage.

22.01.12
This is How we Fly
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Horo Gheallaidh TV Show for BBC Alba and BBC Scotland.

21.01.12
This is How we Fly
Celtic Connections 2012
St. Andrews On The Square, Glasgow
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle. Seán Mac Erlaine – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, electronics. Nic Gareiss – percussive dance. Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

concerts archive 2011

21.12.11
Trailblazers & Aha Moments: Secret Acts of Non-Compliance / Sonic Pop-Up
Smock Alley Theatre, Temple Bar | 7-11.30pm Sonic Pop-Up 9.30pm | €10
December Trailblazers include: Amanda Coogan, Aaron Copland, Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh, Cathy O’ Conor, David Hayes, Joan Freeman, John O’ Donoghue, Marie Mulholland, Mick Kelly, Orla Tinsely, Michelle Darmody, Philly McMahon.
Musical line-up includes: Donal Dineen, Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh, Kate Ellis, Laura Sheeran, Linda Buckley, Donal Lunny and Seán Mac Erlaine.
Full Details here

11.12.11
No Worst There Is None
RTÉ Radio One | 8pm | FREE!
Directed by Dylan Tighe and composed by Seán Mac Erlaine. Fusing poetry, an original choral score, electronic sound design and found texts, ‘No Worst There is None’ is a sonic journey into the psyche of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins as he approaches death.

11.12.11
This is How we Fly
Smock Alley Theatre, Temple Bar | 8pm | €10
Special once off collaboration with Dublin Laptop Orchestra featuring live visuals by Donal Dineen.

09.12.11
This is How we Fly
Black Box, Belfast | 8pm | £12/10
Presented by Music Network & Moving on Music.
Booking and details at www.movingonmusic.com

08.12.11
This is How we Fly
Town Hall, Ballymoney | 8pm | £9/7
Booking and details at www.movingonmusic.com

07.12.11
This is How we Fly
North Down Museum, Bangor | 8pm | £11/9
Booking and details at www.movingonmusic.com

06.12.11
This is How we Fly
The Liffey Banks Sessions | The Grand Social, Dublin 1 | 8pm
http://www.facebook.com/TheLiffeyBanksSessions

05.12.11 - 09.12.11
The Trailer of Bridget Dinnigan
Axis Ballymun, Dublin 9 | 8pm | €15/12/10
Following its sell-out success at Project Arts Centre in 2010, the Irish Traveller Movement in association with Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group are pleased to present a new adaptation of ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca which updates this classic Spanish tragedy from the 1930’s to a present-day Travellers’ halting site and features 11 Traveller women as performers. Directed by Dylan Tighe. Sound design & composition by Seán Mac Erlaine.

01.12.11
Donal Dineen's Small Hours
Today Fm | www.todayfm.com | midnight GMT
Dineen's legendary radio slot comes to a close tonight.
Seán performs solo bass clarinet & live electronics with other guests including Mike Scott, Si Schroeder, Jennifer Evans, Madu, Niwel Tsumbu and others.

30.11.11
Quiet Music Ensemble
CMC new music::new Ireland Salon Series 2011
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall , Dublin 2, Ireland | 6pm
Works by John Godfrey and Susan Geaney

02.11.11
Quiet Music Ensemble
Kaleidoscope, Odessa Club, Dame Court, Dublin 2
Curated by Lyric FM's Bernard Clarke

27.10.11
WHO ARE YOU? Vol.2. Donal Dineen and guests live at The Office of Non-Compliance
Dublin Contemporary, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 | 9pm | €10 Book Here
Sonic Wonder Donal Dineen teams up with X-mas Soup partners, painter Guillermo Carrion and visual artist Hector Castells to conjure a one-off picture show and record live video with live music sets from special guests Katie Kim and Seán Mac Erlane.

23.10.11
"into a limbo large and broad"
200 Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3
Duo with Shane Latimer - guitars & preparations
http://into-a-limbo.posterous.com/

22.10.11
The Bottlenote Festival 2011
Block T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | Doors 7.30pm | Admission €10/8 | BYOB
Three nights of new improvised music from Bottlenote. www.bottlenotemusic.com
Set I: Sean Mac Erlaine - curator, woodwinds, live electronics, Roy Carroll - sampler, Justin Carroll - harmonium, Phil MacMullan - drums.
Set II: Justin Carroll Solo.
Set III: Bottlenote Festival Group (Tom Arthurs - trumpet, Sean Mac Erlaine - woodwinds, electronics, Roy Carroll - sampler, Justin Carroll - keyboards, Phil MacMullan - drums, Shane Latimer - guitars, electronics, Djackulate - turntables, Zoid - electronics, Shane O'Donovan - drums)

21.10.11
The Bottlenote Festival 2011
Block T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | Doors 7.30pm | Admission €10/8 | BYOB
Three nights of new improvised music from Bottlenote. www.bottlenotemusic.com
Set I: Justin Carroll - keyboards, Shane Latimer - guitars, electronics, Djackulate - turntables.
Set II: Zoid Vs. (different duo performances + live remixing).
Set III: Tom Arthurs - trumpet, Sean Mac Erlaine - bass clarinet, Justin Carroll - Curator, keyboards

20.10.11
The Bottlenote Festival 2011
Block T, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7 | Doors 7.30pm | Admission €10/8 | BYOB
Three nights of new improvised music from Bottlenote. www.bottlenotemusic.com
Set I: Z Plane: Tom Arthurs - trumpet, Roy Carroll - computer, Justin Carroll - keyboards, Shane Latimer - guitars, electronics
Set II: Sean Mac Erlaine Solo - clarinet, bass clarinet, live electronics.
Set III: Shane Latimer - curator, guitar, electronics, Tom Arthurs - trumpet, Shane O'Donovan - drums, Phil MacMullan - drums

23.09.11
DRAMA IN THE AIR - NO WORST THERE IS NONE
Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, in association with RTE Radio 1's Drama on One, presents a week-long season of public performances of radio theatre with Q&A discussions.
Dublin Theatre Festival | Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin | 8pm | Free but Ticketed.
A nightmare journey into the psyche of Gerard Manley Hopkins as he approaches death. Directed and created by Dylan Tighe & Seán Mac Erlaine. Multi-channel spatial presentation for tape with post-show Q-and-A with the creators and special guest.

20.07.11
This is How we Fly
Airfield, Upper Kilmacud Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14
8pm, €16 / €14 | Tickets: 01 2984301 www.airfield.ie
Presented by Music Network
Visit This is How we Fly online

POSTPONED!!! 19.07.11
Dublin Laptop Orchestra
featuring Caoimhín Ó'Raghallaigh with dancer Nic Gareiss & special guests.
Basic Space, Thomas Street, Dublin 8.

17.07.11
This is How we Fly
The Earagail Arts Festival, An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
8pm | €15 / €10 | Tickets: 074 9120777 or online at www.eaf.ie
Visit This is How we Fly online

16.07.11
This is How we Fly
Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo
8.30pm | Ticket Prices: €8 / €5 | Booking Phone: 097 81079
Promoted by Itchy Feet in association with Áras Inis Gluaire.
Visit This is How we Fly online

15.07.11
The Quiet Music Ensemble
Hilltown New Music Festival, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
Works by Alvin Lucier, David Toop, John Godfrey and others.
http://www.hilltown.ie/index.html

25.05.11
Dublin Writers Festival
The Sugar Club, Dublin 2 | 8pm | €10/€8 concession
IMRAM and Dublin Writers Festival stage a major reading in which leading Irish language poets Paddy Bushe, Gearóid Mac Lochlainn and Dairena Ní Chinnéide perform newly composed poems in the aisling form addressing the current state of Ireland. These will be performed with specially composed live music by acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist Seán Mac Erlaine, and on-screen projections by artist Margaret Lonergan.

20.05.11
Patrick Groenland Quartet+2 (Twin Peaks)
Hello Operator, 12 Rutland Place, Dublin 1 | Doors 8:30pm | Adm:€7/5
A once-off conglomeration of the Patrick Groenland Quartet with members of the Bottlenote collective, who will be providing a live improvised soundtrack to an episode of David Lynch's cult classic TV show Twin Peaks.

07.05.11
Diatribe cross collaboration series release
New collaborative track from Seán and techno producer Eamonn Doyle
Check out http://www.diatribe.ie/

27.04.11
The Quiet Music Ensemble
Presented by The Irish Composers’ Collective | Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
John Godfrey - electric guitar, effects. Ilse de Ziah - cello. Seán Mac Erlaine - woodwinds.

19.03.11
This is How we Fly
Half Moon Theatre, Cork City, Co. Cork | 8.30pm
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle. Seán Mac Erlaine – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, electronics. Nic Gareiss – percussive dance. Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

18.03.11
This is How we Fly
Whelans, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 | 8pm
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – fiddle, hardanger fiddle. Seán Mac Erlaine – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, electronics. Nic Gareiss – percussive dance. Petter Berndalen – drums, percussion.

18.03.11
Duo with Irish poet Biddy Jenkinson
Dublin Swell celebration of Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Convention Centre Dublin, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1. 7.30pm | €18, €21, €25 incl booking fee
An evening of entertainment and inspiration with some of Dublin's best loved names from the worlds of literature, music, film and theatre in a fitting tribute to Dublin UNESCO City of Literature. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney and a host of other talented writers and musicians perform.

08.03.11
Solo performance for clarinet and interactive electronics
As part of Sensorium, Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2 | 7.30pm | €5/3
A weeklong festival of interdisciplinary music at Project. Sensorium presents workshops, mini-concerts, improv sessions, artist talks and two explosive main events.

25.02.11
An Táin
Odessa, Dame Court, Dublin 2 | Presented by GradCAM
Led by sean-nos singer Lorcán Mac Mathuna, a contemporary version of the Irish epic.
Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals) Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet, live electronics), Martin Tourish (accordian), Flaithri Neff (uilleann pipes), Eoghan Neff (fiddle).

Concert Archive