Home

Debut Album – Blind. So what?

Available since October 20th 2023 on all straming platforms.

Buy „Blind. So what?“ on bandcamp here.

As a professional bassist and someone who has been blind since birth, part of Dublin-born/Austria-raised/Boston-based Ciara Moser’s identity has shaped her unique journey through life and music in a profound way. The songs on Blind. So what? explore topics such as the art of memorizing, spatial sense for orientation, trusting others, and the different perceptions that blind people have on the world.

Ciara Moser – a professional bass player from Austria

I can’t read music in the visual sense, so I absorb the music directly and imprint it within.

Ciara Moser

Ciara, originally from Dublin but raised in Austria, currently calls Boston her home base. As a blind bassist of Austrian-Irish descent, she showcases her versatility across various musical styles and genres, seamlessly blending into band, orchestra, film, and ensemble projects, both in live performances and studio sessions.

She earned her Master’s in jazz performance from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA under the guidance of esteemed mentors like John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Victor Wooten. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in music pedagogy from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Since collaborating with Danilo Perez in January 2022, Ciara has graced stages with him worldwide, from the Chile Jazz Festival in Santiago, the Paradiso Jazz Festival in Italy, and the Hay Festival in the UK to the Cultural Summit in Abu Dhabi. Alongside other international performances in the UK, Panama, Ecuador, Canada, Austria, and Germany, she has shared the spotlight with renowned artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Braxton Cook, and Victor Wooten.

In October 2023, Ciara released her debut album, „Blind. So What?“ The jazz/fusion album, exploring themes of music and blindness, received praise and major articles from publications like Premier Guitar Magazine, Bass Musician Magazine and Jazzwise Magazine. Notably, one of its tracks was honored with the „Young Jazz Composers Award 2023“ by the ASCAP Foundation.

Following a successful release tour in Austria through established jazz venues such as Porgy & Bess Vienna or Jazzit Salzburg, which was sold out, Ciara’s album gained exposure on national television and radio channels such as ORF3 and Ö1. She headlined the 20-year celebration of the Institute for Popular Music at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, showcasing a big band version of her composition „The Call to See Beyond”.

Ciara’s talent and dedication have earned her various awards such as being a finalist for the “Next jazz legacy program” (led by grammy award winner Terri Lyne Carrington”, securing a spot in the Jazz Ahead Program (led by Jason Moran) and Woodshed Network Residency (led by Dee Dee Bridgewater), earning the “Matt Marvuglio Student of the Year” award in 2021, becoming a finalist in the Lee Ritenour Six String Theory Competition, receiving the Tara Life Goes On Award, receiving the “Johann Ratzenböck”-scholarship and winning the first price at the well-known austrian classical competition “Prima La Musica”.

Ciara had appearances on multiple TV shows like the austrian talk show series „Barbara Karlich“ and „Vera.“ Since March 2019, she has hosted her own podcast, „Blind. So What?“ shedding light on life as a blind individual.

Currently, Ciara thrives as a performer and recording artist in the Boston/New York scene, alongside her role as a faculty member and staff accompanist at Berklee College of Music.

---

Past Gigs

Austrian Tour 2023

Kellergassenfest – Kirchenwirt, Aschach an der Steyr
October 21St at 8 PM

---

20-Year-Anniversery, Ipop (institute for popular Music – MDW), Schlosstheater Schönbrunn

October 24Th at 7:30 PM

Tickets: https://www.ipop.at/veranstaltung/20-jahre-ipop-jubilaeumskonzert/

---

Porgy & Bess, Vienna
October 25Th at 8:30 PM

Tickets: https://www.porgy.at/en/events/11696/

---

Posthof, Linz
October 28Th at 8:00 PM

Tickets: https://www.posthof.at/programm/musik/soul-funk-rb-hiphop/

---

Jazzit, Salzburg:
October 30Th at 8:00 PM

Tickets: http://www.jazzit.at/site/index.php?view=details&id=2797:ciara-moser-a-friends

---

Westbelt united Groove Club, Loop, Vienna
November 2Nd at 10:00 PM

---

Zwe, Vienna
November 3Rd at 7:30 PM

---

Kulturzentrum Step, Völkermarkt
November 4Th at 8:00 PM