One of the best live acts to come out of Ireland in recent years, the award-winning We Banjo 3 combine supergroup credentials with a breathtaking command of the emotive power of fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Any single member of this group could electrify a venue with a solo performance, but together with their passionate lead vocalist, who sounds like a young Springsteen adopted by the Chieftains, the result is truly unforgettable. These two sets of brothers write and perform with emotion, incalculable brio and inventiveness, power, subtlety and intelligence.

Every performer in the Winter Performing Arts Series will be performing in local schools as a part of The Center’s ongoing commitment to arts education. The Professional Artist Residencies are supported by Joyce B. Friedman in memory of Norman Friedman, Robin Leavitt and Terry Friedlander, Jane Rosen and Scott Miley—Scott Miley Roofing, Kay, Tenney and Bozo Cardozo, Bex Wilkinson and the Marshall Frankel Foundation, and Neil Zussman and Cathy Whinnery and in part by public funding for the arts through the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF, the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the Idaho Legislature.