Matthew Halpin's Spilt Milk at Sligo Jazz Project at Hawk's Well Theatre

Sligo Jazz Project's Young Artist in Residence, 2025, Dublin-born saxophonist and composer Matthew Halpin - who first attended Sligo Jazz aged 15 before becoming Ireland’s only Berklee Presidential Scholar - now returns as a Vienna-based saxophone professor and rising European jazz star for a special reunion performance with members of the stellar 2025 faculty. Since 2013, Matthew has been composing on a regular basis for many of his own projects. His composition style is unique, distinctive and often braggadocious. Halpin's debut album "Agreements" was released in 2021 on Frutex Tracks and features the four Kit Downes, Hanno Busch, Sean Carpio and Sergio Martinez...

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Sligo Jazz Project's Young Artist in Residence, 2025, Dublin-born saxophonist and composer Matthew Halpin - who first attended Sligo Jazz aged 15 before becoming Ireland’s only Berklee Presidential Scholar - now returns as a Vienna-based saxophone professor and rising European jazz star for a special reunion performance with members of the stellar 2025 faculty. Since 2013, Matthew has been composing on a regular basis for many of his own projects. His composition style is unique, distinctive and often braggadocious. Halpin's debut album "Agreements" was released in 2021 on Frutex Tracks and features the four Kit Downes, Hanno Busch, Sean Carpio and Sergio Martinez. Matthew has performed at the Blue Note and Dizzy ’s Jazz Club in New York, WDR Jazz festival, Stadtgarten Cologne, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, the Panama Jazz Festival, the Monterrey Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz festival, the National Concert Hall of Ireland, the Galway Jazz Festival, Cork Jazz Festival, Katjazz Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, the Berklee Performance Center and the Kennedy Center. He performs more frequently in bars, pubs and jazz clubs.

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