STELLA MARIS:
Sean Carpio (IRL) – Drum set
Mikkel Ploug (DK) – Electric Guitar
Joachim Badenhorst (BE) – Saxophone and clarinets
Simon Jermyn (IRL/US) – Electric Guitar
Jeppe Skovbakke (DK) – Double Bass

A series of performances in six Irish churches on 23–28 June, The Stella Maris Project features a quintet of renowned European musicians.

The project is the result of a year-long process - the brainchild of long time musical collaborators, Irish drummer Sean Carpio and Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug.

Carpio and Ploug visited each of the six churches to record actor Genevieve Hulme-Beaman reciting the poem How To Disappear by Egyptian poet Haytham El-Wardany. Carpio’s grandfather was the architect of The Stella Maris Church.

Whilst Genevieve recited the poem the same way each time, the connection of her voice with the acoustics of each individual church revealed 6 very different recordings. These were then used as the inspiration for the arrangement of an instrumental suite of new music for a quintet.

The final step of this project is to revisit each of the churches where the recordings initially took place and to perform the resulting compositions live for its local audience.

To that end, Carpio and Ploug have put together an ensemble of five musicians hailing from Ireland, Denmark, New York and Belgium. 

In collaboration with Project Arts Centre, Dublin and with support from the Arts Council and RTÉ, this new group of old friends will perform a regional tour of Ireland between 23 – 28 June.

Tour dates

St. Werburgh’s Church, Dublin - Saturday 23rd June.
Werburgh St. Dublin 8. Doors 8pm / Tickets on the door
€15 / €10 

Stella Maris Church, Donegal - Sunday 24th June.
Magherabeg, Downings, Co. Donegal. Doors 8pm / Tickets OTD
€10 / €8 

Calry Parish Church, Sligo - Monday 25th June.
The Mall, Co. Sligo. Doors 8pm / Tickets OTD
€15 / €10 

St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway - Tuesday 26th June.
7 Lombard St. Galway. Doors 5pm / Tickets OTD
€15 / €10 

Duiske Abbey, Kilkenny – Wednesday 27th June.
Abbey St. Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny. Doors 8pm / Tickets OTD
€15 / €10 

Calary Church, Wicklow - Thursday 28th June.
Calary Upper, Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow. Doors 8pm / Tickets OTD
€18 / €15