Martin Hayes and Kyle Sanna

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Weis Center Concert Hall

Praised by the Irish Times as a musician with an "insatiable appetite for adventure," Martin Hayes is regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of traditional Irish music. He is the founder of the musical supergroup The Gloaming, The Common Ground Ensemble and the Martin Hayes Quartet. He is the artistic director of Masters of Tradition, an annual festival in Cork, Ireland, and a co-curator for the Marble Sessions at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland. Growing up in a musical family in Ireland's rural county Clare, in a remote mountainous locality with a rich music tradition, instilled in Hayes a deep love, understanding and connection to traditional music.

Kyle Sanna is a Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer whose musical work spans four divergent disciplines: contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, the traditional music of Ireland, and music technology and production. His recent releases include The City Sleeps (traditional Irish tunes on solo guitar), Everything Again Is New (algorithmic electronic music), and Ground Patrol's Converge (conceptual improvisations). An album featuring "Undone Landscape," his 30-min piece for clarinet, percussion, string orchestra, and live electronics, written for and performed by Kinan Azmeh and The Knights, will appear on Phenotypic Recordings in 2027. 

Ticket Information

Adults: $35
Seniors 62+ and Subscribers: $28
Youth 18 and Under: $25
Bucknell Employees and Retirees: $25
Bucknell Students: Free
Non-Bucknell Students: $25