The Seamus Egan Project: Music of Ireland

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Seamus Egan is an influential Irish-American musician who is one of the leading composers and interpreters of the Irish music tradition today. He is the founder of Irish-American powerhouse band Solas. As a multi-instrumentalist, he’s put his mark on the sound of the Irish flute, tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, and low whistle, among others. As a composer, he was behind the soundtrack for the award-winning film The Brothers McMullen, co-wrote Sarah McLachlan’s breakout hit, "Weep Not for the Memories," and has scored numerous documentaries and indie films since. As a bandleader, Solas has been the preeminent Irish-American band of their generation for the past 20 years, continuously renewing Irish music with fresh ideas, including a collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens on their 2015 album. As a performer, few others can make so many instruments or such wickedly complex ornaments seem so effortless.

As the Seamus Egan Project, he brings together friends and musical guests, introducing fans to both the entirety of his immense and influential catalog of music, as well as new music he’s never recorded or performed live.

Egan was a visiting music faculty member at Bennington College in Fall 2023.