Director Bríghín Kane-Grade

Bríghín Kane-Grade is the director of the Madison Maennerchor and a trumpet player and vocalist in the Madison area. She holds a Master’s degree in trumpet performance from the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, where she studied with Jean Laurenz. In addition to directing the Maennerchor, Bríghín writes lullabies as part of the Overture Center’s Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project; plays and sings with numerous groups in the Greater Madison Area, performing styles including orchestral, chamber music, folk, Irish folk, and Salsa/Latin; and teaches trumpet and voice. Bríghín previously served as Music Director for Saint Paul’s Catholic Student Center in downtown Madison. Outside of that, she performs and has recorded Sean nós (Irish traditional) singing, writes and records music, and enjoys scouting out a wide variety of music, including cherished favorites and new choral arrangements, for the Maennerchor.