Milwaukee Irish Band 2

This Milwaukee Irish Band is a new ensemble comprised of four innovative instrumentalists steeped in traditional music.

Milwaukee Irish Band members

Featuring members of an accomplished Irish group, this quartet draws from diverse musical cultures to create highly textured arrangements of traditional and modern tunes on flutes, fiddle, concertina and guitar. This Milwaukee Irish Band balances an interest in the unconventional with a deep respect for the time-honored forms on which their music is based.

Milwaukee Irish Band genre

Founded by a veteran flute player and members of an accomplished Irish traditional group, this Milwaukee Irish Band explores the conversation between traditional music from Ireland, France and Brittany. Using a combination of wooden flute and strings, the group draws from these diverse musical cultures to create highly textured arrangements of traditional and modern tunes. Each set of tunes is a narrative that balances an interest in the unconventional with a deep respect for time-honored tradition.

“…brilliantly arranged and executed, with bags of lift, and enough quirks to feed a fully-grown quirkivore…” – Alex Monaghan, Folk World Magazine

Milwaukee-based flute, whistle and bombarde player, this member of this Milwaukee Irish Band has been playing various instruments since 1983. He has played Irish music for over 20 years and since then he has twice played at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil and toured with the Trinity Dance Company. He has been involved in theater projects, school outreach programs and many recordings and radio broadcasts.

In addition to his interest in traditional Irish, Breton and French music, Brett’s pursuit of modern aesthetics in traditional music leads him to create music that often imitates chamber music ensembles, striving to use the full range of acoustic effects possible on whichever instrument may be playing at the time.