Seán Mac Erlaine | musician, composer, saxophonist, producer

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A track from my upcoming solo album Long After The Music Is Gone is included in this new Irish feature film directed by Pat Collins premiering at Jameson Dublin Film Festival.
Lighthouse Cinema 1, Smithfield, Dublin | Thurs 23rd February 2012 | 8:15pm

Ahead of the debut CD release by The Deep End of The Ford (a collaborative project with Lorcán and others), here's a duo rendition of Seoithín Seó - an ancient Irish fairy song. Lorcán Mac Mathúna (vocals) & Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet).

“I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson.
And so we make our lives by what we love.” – John Cage

QUIET MUSIC ENSEMBLE in association with TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE, supported by RTÉ lyric fm
Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St., Cork City | Jan 28th, from 6pm, walk in / out whenever you like!

2012 is the centenary of Cage’s birth, and Child of Tree is a celebration of the unjustly neglected music he created in the last 20 years of his life, 1972 to ’92. This is music of beauty and oftentimes deep serenity. 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 amazing variety and scintillating colours, deep meditation, humour and elation.

Child of Tree will be recorded for broadcast on Nova, RTÉ lyric fm’s new music programme presented by Bernard Clarke, Sundays from 9pm.

Hot on the heels of our Dublin & Northern Ireland tour This is How we Fly play at
Celtic Connections, Glasgow | January 21st | St. Andrews in The Square. | Details Here

"A white-hot creative crucible uniting four pyrotechnic
young talents, This Is How We Fly is blazing an awesome new trail."

Signing off for 2011. Much gratitude to all the great audiences over the year. It's been a really optimistic time for us despite all the other pessimism: thank you! 2012 will be another busy one - Seán Mac Erlaine solo album due for release in the early new year; new CD from The Quiet Music Ensemble; new CD from The Táin Project; Recording with This is How we Fly in Sweden; new project with Simon Jermyn, Isabelle O'Connell, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Sean Carpio; Solo tour; John Cage Celebrations; World Domination with Donal Dineen; This is How we Fly tours; Bottlenote Festival 2012 and lots and lots of other made-up-as-we-go-along things. Stay tuned...