Seán Mac Erlaine (born 30 July 1976) is an Irish musician and composer specialising in woodwinds and electronics. He studied jazz performance in Newpark Music Centre under

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where he also taught for a number of years before completing his formal education at

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where he was awarded a Masters in Jazz Performance as well as a PhD focusing on solo woodwind performance with live electronics. He plays

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

and

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...

which he often processes through software created with

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. He has performed with leading musicians including

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, The Smith Quartet,

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, Iarla O'Lionaird,

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and

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. Mac Erlaine has released two solo albums on Irish record label Ergodos. The Irish Times describes Mac Erlaine as "consistently one of the most interesting and adventurous musicians of his generation."

Discography

* ''Ordnance Survey: Relative Phase'' (Scintilla Recordings, 2019) * ''INNI-K: The Hare & The Line'' (Independent, 2019) * ''Achim Zepezauer + guests: Slotmachinene'' ( Gruenrekorder, 2019) * ''Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears'' (Ergodos, 2018) * ''This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields'' (Playing With Music, 2017) * ''Davy Kehoe: Short Passing Game'' (Wah Wah Wino, 2017) * ''Benedict Schlepper-Connolly: The Weathered Stone'' (Ergodos, 2016) * ''Dylan Tighe: Wabi-Sabi Soul'' (Independent, 2016) * ''Quiet Music Ensemble: Mysteries Beyond Matter'' (Farpoint Recordings, 2015) * ''Seán Mac Erlaine: A Slender Song'' (Ergodos, 2014) * ''This is How we Fly: This is How we Fly'' (Playing With Music, 2014) * ''Ergodos Musicians: Songs'' (Ergodos, 2014) * ''Dylan Tighe: Record'' (Independent, 2014) * ''Martin Tourish: Under a Red Sky Night'' (MT Music, 2014) * ''Seán Mac Erlaine: Long After The Music Is Gone'' (Ergodos, 2012)

External links

Official website
www.seanmacerlaine.com
br /> Improvised Music Company artist page

References

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