The Colm O’Hara 10tet
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About this event
Colm O’Hara brings his 10-piece band for a one-off show
Working in the cross-section of improvised and composed music, Colm O’Hara’s dynamic new feature-length suite of music received its Irish premiere in the Spring and Summer of 2022 at various venues around Ireland. The work now returns to Dublin’s iconic venue Arthur’s for one night only.
After a highly successful debut performance as part of New Music Dublin 2022, Colm O’Hara 10tet concludes a national tour with the final stop being Dublin’s iconic venue, Arthur’s Jazz and Blues Pub.
The line-up features some of Ireland’s most renowned improvisers, coming together through the common language of free improvisation and contemporary composition. Line-up includes Colm O'Hara (trombone), Olesya Zdorovetska (voice), Lina Andonovska (flutes), Matthew Berrill (clarinet, bass clarinet), Cathal Roche (alto saxophone), Nick Roth (tenor saxophone), Izumi Kimura (piano), Seán Maynard Smith (bass), Matthew Jacobson (drums).
The work explores communication, memory, connection and loss. O'Hara's compositional style allows the performers to improvise collectively within larger framed structures and is designed to move freely between written and improvised material.
Described as "one of Ireland’s most renowned improvisers" (Journal of Music), O’Hara performs as trombonist in many of Ireland’s groundbreaking music ensembles such as Crash
Location
28 Thomas St
Venue details
Arthur's is the nearest pub on the route to The Guinness Storehouse, one of the city's foremost tourist attractions. It is popular both with locals and tourists. Naturally it has the freshest pint of Guinness in all of Ireland.
