Music Circle

Led by musician John Hoban and poet Isabela Basombrío Hoban, the Music Circle is a supportive, facilitated community space and practice where participants experience connection through listening and sharing songs, music, story, poetry or dance.

This practice stems from the work of musician, singer-songwriter, composer and teacher John Hoban, who has been learning and sharing music for decades. The inclusive nature of the circle has its roots in the bardic quality of John’s experience, developing and learning his craft while travelling abroad and in Ireland. Facilitating the circle with John will be Isabela Basombrío Hoban, bilingual poet and musician. Both John and Isabela are lifelong artists with a commitment to artistic quality and cultural development.

Dates and Times

Music Circle
Sat 26 April 2025 / 6.30 PM

Tickets

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Location

Studio 3, London Performance Studios
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About

Isabela Basombrío Hoban (she/her) is an award-winning poet. She is also a multidisciplinary artist working in music, sound and visual art. Originally from Peru and living in Ireland, she is a bilingual poet writing in both English and Spanish. Her recent books are "Nothing belongs to everyone", "Rain Love Death Poets", and “Another type of abbreviation” published by Ediciones Vitruvio. Her publishing houses are Ediciones Vitruvio in Madrid, Spain and Salmon Poetry in Ennistymon, Ireland. Isabela is the recipient of the 2023 Premio Nuevo Ateneo Online (New Athenaeum Online Award). The New Athenaeum Online Award recognizes the work of authors who have written an important work of great literary value and who strive to contribute to new forms of cultural diffusion to reach the reading public. The jury is composed of authors of recognized prestige. Isabela was a fellow with the "Next Generation Leadership Project" of the Rockefeller Foundation. She has received awards for her poetry from the Mayo County Council Arts Section and Culture Ireland.

John Hoban (he/him) is a composer, singer, musician and author from Castlebar, County Mayo in the West of Ireland. John has played and taught music all his life in the Troubadour tradition. He chose to learn his music with care over many years from some of Ireland’s most respected master musicians. John combines the best of the Irish tradition with an intimate, warm and raw sensibility that is his own. He is an accomplished player of fiddle/violin, banjo, whistles, mandocello, Kora in addition to being a singer and composer of songs and music. He is highly regarded nationally and internationally for the unique and deeply personal nature of his music. He has recorded solo song and instrumental CD’s as well as performing on many collaborative recordings. John brings music to various and diverse communities and has worked extensively with the elderly, people with disabilities, rural communities, refugees, etc. He is also a collector of all types of music, stories and folklore. John is renowned as a gifted teacher who has developed a unique approach to art and music teaching for all ages. John is the author of two books, “From the Plain of The Yew Tree: The lifetime journey of a County Mayo Musician” and “Sound Men and Women.” John Hoban is a recipient of  the Traditional Arts Bursary award from the Arts Council Ireland and awards from Culture Ireland, Creative Ireland and Mayo County Council Arts Service.

This event will be broadcast on Montez Press Radio. 

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