$15 / $10 students / 7:30 doors / 8pm start / standing
Ciara and Friends presents an exciting new project featuring original compositions that celebrate Ciara's Irish heritage through a dynamic fusion of Irish traditional music, modern jazz, and contemporary fusion. The repertoire draws lyrical inspiration from the works of renowned Irish poets including W.B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and the blind 18th-century bard Antoine Ó Raifteirí. The music touches on themes of home, love, and war, often using the rose as a symbol of women and their vital role in each of these realms.
Ciaras culturally rich and musically adventurous ensemble is truly international, featuring outstanding musicians from Spain, Austria, Ireland, Chile, Pakistan, the USA, and South Africa.
Instrumentation:
Drums – Willem Jochems
Bass – Ciara Moser
Guitar – Isaac Romagosa
Keys – Arman Wali
Saxophone – Jean Strauss
Trumpet – Joey Du Bois
Violin – Brian Urra
Vocals – Nishant Shekar
Ciara Moser, originally from Dublin but raised in Austria, currently calls Boston home. As a blind bassist of Austrian-Irish descent, she showcases her versatility across various musical styles and genres, seamlessly blending into band, orchestra, film, and ensemble projects, in both live performances and studio sessions.
She earned her Master's in jazz performance from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA under the guidance of esteemed mentors like John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Victor Wooten. Additionally, she holds a master's degree in music pedagogy from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Since collaborating with Danilo Perez in January 2022, Ciara has graced stages with him worldwide, from the Chile Jazz Festival in Santiago, the Paradiso Jazz Festival in Italy, and the Hay Festival in the UK to the Cultural Summit in Abu Dhabi. Alongside other international performances in the UK, Panama, Ecuador, Canada, Austria, and Germany, she has shared the spotlight with renowned artists such as Braxton Cook, Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten.
