Bio
ABOUT
Brendan Hearn has been playing cello since he was seven years old, when his mother took him to Potter’s Violins in Bethesda, MD to choose an instrument to try. He chose cello mainly because “it was bigger and louder than his sister’s violin.” He was classically trained but soon fell in love with Irish, Scottish, and American folk traditional music. After years of playing at pubs and sessions around the DC/MD area, Brendan and his siblings, Caitlin and Conor, recorded an album in their band TriHearn, displaying their years of learning many different trad styles. Brendan has since performed with dozens of groups across the United States, and specializes tunes and accompaniment of different folk genres. His style of cello playing includes seamless movement from melody playing, chopping, and shuffles.