2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Steeplechase
2pm Sunday October 18th
Steeplechase brings a compelling voice to contemporary Celtic music through a blend of traditional repertoire, inventive arrangements, and road-honed performance. At the core of this ensemble is Hanz Araki, a Juno award-winning and Grammy-nominated flautist & vocalist whose nearly four decades of musical exploration across Irish, Scottish, Japanese, and American folk traditions inform the band’s distinctive sound. Raised in a Japanese-Irish household and carrying forward a centuries-old shakuhachi lineage, Araki’s musical depth and mastery is heralded as “…pure exhilaration for the ears” by Folkwords.
In Steeplechase, Hanz is joined by three of the Pacific Northwest’s most captivating purveyors of Celtic music: Sam Vogt on Guitar and whistles, David Lofgren on Bodhrán (the Irish frame drum), and Zach Bauman on Irish Bouzouki. As frequent collaborators, these three have been honing their thoughtful and dynamic approach to the tradition for almost twenty years. This is a rare Sunday concert in our QUUF presents series on October 18th at 2pm.