Ivan Goff and Katie Linnane
The overall Drawing from the Well concept will draw inspiration from ITMA's Across the States: An Irish Cultural Atlas of America, documenting 250 years of Irish music, song and dance across all fifty states. While the wider project has a national scope, these performances will focus primarily on New York—its extraordinary musical heritage, its communities, its archival legacy, and the continuing dialogue between Ireland and Irish America.
The evenings will combine world-class live performance with stories, photographs, recordings and films drawn from the archive, demonstrating how historical collections continue to inspire today's musicians and communities on both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring New York artists alongside the visiting Irish ensemble feels particularly important, recognising both the city's living traditions and the remarkable collections that have found their way into ITMA over many decades.