hello! Spring, is that you?
I wanted to let you know about these 3 weeks of U.S. shows with the Seamus Egan Project. Wheezy cough and stuffy nose be gone! The sun is radiating onto myshoulders for a moment, and despite world news, there is sweet, fierce music to lift us!! Here are a few headlines.
I hope to see you soon! warmly, Moira
Tour Now -w- Seamus Egan Project
Imminent Unzip The Horizon Album + Songbook
Moira Live @ Savannah Music Festival 4/8/18
Teaching @ AMS, VOM, LA’s Big Sing . . .
Heading out on tour today . . .
Proud to be creating a fat, sparkling sound with these gentlemen (see more below). **Special mention of our Friday 3/9 FULL-BAND WORKSHOP in, and the Saturday 3/17 KEYS BENEFIT in Connecticut. The latter is organized by dear Sweet Chariot friends, Mike & Gina Wilson, and it’ll be worth a drive if you’d like to end your St. Patrick’s Day in the warm glow of good music raising funds for young musicians.
3/1 Boston, MA WGBH Front Row Series
3/2 Madison, CT Fire In The Kitchen Series
3/4 NPR + WV Mountain Stage
3/8 Berkeley, CA Freight & Salvage
3/9 Berkeley, CA Workshop w/all of us in the band @ Freight & Salvage (before Altan plays!)
3/10 KALW (NPR) Folk Music & Beyond
3/11 Scottsdale, AZ Arizona MusicFest
3/14 Boston, MA Burren Backroom Series
3/15 Manchester, NH Dana Center @ St. Anselm College
3/16 Lancaster, PA Millersville University Series
3/17 Ridgefield, CT KEYS Benefit Concert
3/18 Scituate, MA River Club Music Hall
‘UNZIP THE HORIZON’ – VIDEOS, REVIEWS, SONGBOOK 4/7/18
PRE-ORDER: www.moirasmiley.com
I’ve made MUSIC VIDEOS (and I can ALMOST show them to you)!! Created with the great polymath musician/art maker, Peter Hastings and beautiful visual poet/photographer, Alexandra DeFurio — both made the ‘REFUGEE’ video with me. And . . . with Ben Guzman and Seamus Egan. More in 2 weeks
Album: 14 songs, with guests that include Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Leah & Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia, Darrell Scott, Seamus Egan, Jayme Stone, Anna & Elizabeth and Sam Lee . . .
Songbook: The 10 songs in the ‘Unzip The Horizon’ Songbook are for mixed (SATB) choir, body percussion and optional instrumentation. These arrangements can also be done with a treble choir with bass and percussion. More in 2 weeks!
Live At Savannah Music Festival 4/8-15/18
The astonishing Savannah Music Festival will be where I first get to perform much of the ‘Unzip The Horizon’ album live. I’ll be joined by 10 performers – for two shows on Sunday, April 8, 2018. The show is called ‘The Voice Is A Traveler’, and I’m honored that it shares the evening with the extraordinary Anna & Elizabeth.
After that show, and 2 more with Jayme Stone’s Folklife on Monday, April 9th, I have the honor of joining the faculty of Savannah Music Festival’s Acoustic Music Seminar for one week of teaching 16 exquisite young musicians as they make new acoustic music together.
Concerts -w- Choirs
May 12 Charleston, WV [with WomanSong, directed by Emily Capece]
May 25 Vancouver, BC [with Rhythm n Roots, directed by Karla Mundy]
May 26 Nanaimo, BC [with Island Soul Choir, directed by Karla Mundy]
June 28 Grand Rapids, MI [with Sister Singers Network]
Teaching in 2018
sing with me . . .
April 8 – April 14 Acoustic Music Seminar Savannah, GA
July 21 Big Sing California Los Angeles, CA
August 12 – August 16 Rocky Mountain Song School Lyons, CO
August 23 – September 1 Valley Of The Moon Santa Cruz, CA
Okay. . . bye for the moment! I’ll be in touch a couple more times this Spring to give you FREE THINGS like videos, sheet-music, tickets and lessons. Best way to keep up with me on that is to follow me on the socials below.
Warmest Springtime wishes to you, Moira
