Artists
What does music do for us?
Music is an art imbued with the power to penetrate into the very depths of the soul.
What happens when two very differing musical springs meet in creative dialogue? Celtic traditional music from the northern hemisphere green isles of Ireland has a history reaching back centuries. For decades this music has been experiencing an extraordinary worldwide revival.
The sounds of the Taonga Puoro (singing treasures) of the Maori, from the southern hemisphere green isles of Aotearoa (New Zealand), have been experiencing a revival after generations of silence. As ‘portals to the gods’, these sounds haunt our memories and capture the essence of their dramatic country.
In July 2012 a group of some of the world’s greatest Celtic and Maori musicians with meet in Ireland to rehearse and tour Europe.
The talent gathered for this event provides the potential for something extraordinary to happen again.
Filmmakers and poets will accompany this tour and record this dialogue, both on-stage and off, for the production of a feature length documentary.
Ireland
Steve Cooney - Guitar
Graham Henderson - Keyboard
Iarla O’Lionaird - Vocals
Sean McKeon - Uilleann Pipes
Nollaig Casey - Fiddle & Vocals
Seosamh Ó Neachtain - Sean Nos Dancer
Robbie Perry - Percussion
Martin Brunsden - Double Bass
New Zealand
Richard Nunns - Taonga Puoro
Horomana Horo - Taonga Puoro
Whirimako Black - Vocals
Natalia Mann - Harpist
Joe Malcolm- Kapa Haka
Aroha Yates Smith - Performer
Mokonui-a-rangi Smith - Performer
Mitsy Strickland - Kapa Haka
Leah Ratana - Kapa Haka
Music is an art imbued with the power to penetrate into the very depths of the soul.
What happens when two very differing musical springs meet in creative dialogue? Celtic traditional music from the northern hemisphere green isles of Ireland has a history reaching back centuries. For decades this music has been experiencing an extraordinary worldwide revival.
The sounds of the Taonga Puoro (singing treasures) of the Maori, from the southern hemisphere green isles of Aotearoa (New Zealand), have been experiencing a revival after generations of silence. As ‘portals to the gods’, these sounds haunt our memories and capture the essence of their dramatic country.
In July 2012 a group of some of the world’s greatest Celtic and Maori musicians with meet in Ireland to rehearse and tour Europe.
The talent gathered for this event provides the potential for something extraordinary to happen again.
Filmmakers and poets will accompany this tour and record this dialogue, both on-stage and off, for the production of a feature length documentary.
Ireland
Steve Cooney - Guitar
Graham Henderson - Keyboard
Iarla O’Lionaird - Vocals
Sean McKeon - Uilleann Pipes
Nollaig Casey - Fiddle & Vocals
Seosamh Ó Neachtain - Sean Nos Dancer
Robbie Perry - Percussion
Martin Brunsden - Double Bass
New Zealand
Richard Nunns - Taonga Puoro
Horomana Horo - Taonga Puoro
Whirimako Black - Vocals
Natalia Mann - Harpist
Joe Malcolm- Kapa Haka
Aroha Yates Smith - Performer
Mokonui-a-rangi Smith - Performer
Mitsy Strickland - Kapa Haka
Leah Ratana - Kapa Haka
