About this Event
470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331
https://prax.oregonstate.edu/events/maeve-gilchrist-and-seamus-egan-ice?utm_source=external-listings&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=into-the-ice&utm_content=digital-link-event-pagePRAx Presents: Maeve Gilchrist and Seamus Egan: Into the Ice
Join us for a ground-breaking collaboration between Irish music icon Seamus Egan and lauded New York-based Scots-Irish harper Maeve Gilchrist. Using their common language of traditional Celtic music, Egan and Gilchrist explore one of the most extraordinary palettes imaginable: the Antarctic.
The pair immerse us into the world of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-17 Trans-Antarctic Expedition through a myriad of traditional instruments alongside electronic manipulation, sound design, poetry and spoken word. Step into the environment of ice, camaraderie, austere beauty and human ego — all set against the backdrop of Europe in World War I and an Irishman far from home.
This concert is presented in conjunction with the Polar STEAM program.
Experience this performance as part of our fall theme Polar Science, Polar Art events throughout the month of October.
Lightbox Happy Hour: Begins at 6 p.m.
Get warmed up for the concert at our Lightbox Happy Hour, featuring drinks and snacks for purchase alongside live music by the PRAx Resident Jazz Ensemble. Lightbox service begins one hour before the concert.
Image Credit: Josh Goleman (Gilchrist)
PRAx gratefully acknowledges the support of Judy Mellenthin Gaulke ’65 & Michael R. Gaulke ’68 for this program.