Violin Viola Voice
Based in New England, MorganEve Swain has spent the past two decades playing music in studios, bars, venues, festivals and homes. She's driven all over the US in a 12-passenger van, lived on tour busses, and flown over-seas to perform in Brazil and Europe. She currently fronts The Huntress and Holder of Hands, plays upright bass for The Devil Makes Three, works as a violin technician and collaborates with several musicians, writers and choreographers on various projects. She also loves dogs.
“Whether it’s performing on-the-fly string arrangements, creating and stacking vocal ensembles, or intimate background vocals, ME is an asset in the studio. ”
Instrument and bow repair
Email or call/text for repair quotes and services.
401.451.5968
swain.morganeve@gmail.com
Or visit The Creative Music Center at 701 Main St, Monroe CT
Servicing all bowed instruments.
MorganEve works mostly with violins and violas, and the bows for all bowed instruments including basses, cellos, and the occasional tagelharpa.
MorganEve trained under Frances Morris, Michael Daddona, Paul Wiessmeyer and Lynn Hannings at The New Hampshire Violin Craftsmanship Institute and apprenticed at McCarten Violins in Pawtucket RI.
She is the orchestral instrument repair tech at Creative Music Center in Monroe, CT
STUDIO
Studio Work
by MorganEve Swain
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Last Good Tooth
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Ian Fitzgerald
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I&R
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Daphne Lee Martin
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MorganEve Swain
rates
Studio Rates
are always negotiable
But in general, are $400/day, and occasionally require a travel stipend, if traveling more than 2 hours or requiring an airplane ride.
**Due to COVID-19 all studio work is currently being done remotely. MorganEve uses Logic X.
MorganEve works best in collaboration. With your input on style and placement, string parts are "written" in the moment, by ear. Bass parts generally require demos beforehand. Vocals are always fun. And harmonizing strings and vocals are a specialty.
Tour/Collaborations are case-by-case. Get in touch if you're interested in either and negotiations will be made. Preferably over drinks. (Or email.)
Tour
MorganEve began touring in 2007. Though financially disastrous, those first tours instilled in her the love of the road. While traveling through Virginia in 2008, she met Dave Lamb, who would become her partner in music and life. The two wrote, recorded and toured as the duo Brown Bird until Lamb's death from leukemia in 2014.
After Brown Bird, MorganEve toured with The Devil Makes Three through the US and Europe, playing fiddle and cello. In the spring of 2016 she began touring with Last Good Tooth, playing 5-string viola, sometimes bass and harmony vocals.
She has continued to tour as often as possible, playing upright bass, viola, violin, voice, and often providing her tour-van, a gold 12- passenger lovingly named Goldie Ha(w)n Solo.
MorganEve is happiest on the road and loves driving.
2023 Shows
May 12 2023 Museum Legs; FINE., The Huntress and Holder of Hands. Askew, Providence RI
May 13 2023 The Huntress and Holder of Hands; FINE., The Oasis Pub, New London CT
May 24-June 14 The Devil Makes Three European Tour
August 3-13 The Huntress and Holder of Hands with Footings. New England Tour
@swain.morganeve
Contact
MorganEve wants to hear from you and about your project.