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This Juneteenth, Consider The Evolution and Future of Liberated Black Culture
This Juneteenth, Consider The Evolution and Future of Liberated Black Culture

With the ever-growing awareness and celebration of Juneteenth, let it shine as an example of what’s possible through our collective diversity. Let Juneteenth, and the evolutions of music and culture that it has inspired, be something we all celebrate.

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american orchestras, Americana, arts activism, blues, classical music, chamber music, composers, folk, jazz, music, music education, music history, musicology, opera, orchestras, R&B, social justice, soul, strings, support for BBIPOC music, hip-hopGarrett McQueenJuneteenth, Illharmonic Orchestra, Thee Phantom, The Phoenix, Nina Simone, Harry T. Burleigh, William Grant Still, W. C. Handy, Black music, Black musicians, Black culture, Beastie Boys, Beethoven, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Wolftrap, music history, Black history, American history, Black liberation, classical musi, gospel, jazz, blues, Negro spirituals, musicology
Season 2 Episode 1 of CONVERSATIONS Out Now: Nnenna Ogwo on A Musician's Responsibility
Season 2 Episode 1 of CONVERSATIONS Out Now: Nnenna Ogwo on A Musician's Responsibility

Each episode of Represent Classical's “Conversations” series features in depth interviews with industry leaders, notable musicians, movers, shakers, and innovators.

Featured in this episode: Nnenna Ogwo – pianist and Founder and Artistic Director of JuneteenthLP

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Silkroad Ensemble to Tour "Phoenix Rising" with Rhiannon Giddens This Summer
Silkroad Ensemble to Tour "Phoenix Rising" with Rhiannon Giddens This Summer

A musical rebirth and celebration, Phoenix Rising takes a cross-section of Silkroad’s award-winning compositions and arrangements and re-imagines them for today. With this in mind, members of the Silkroad Ensemble and Giddens collaborated on new works that coalesce Giddens unique worldview with the Ensemble’s collective experience during the pandemic.

Phoenix Rising will unveil three new commissions by Silkroad artists Sandeep Das, Maeve Gilchrist, and Kaoru Watanabe. The program also includes new arrangements by Rhiannon Giddens, Colin Jacobsen, Edward Pérez, and Mazz Swift.

Giddens and 13 Silkroad artists will visit venues in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia.

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chamber music, commissions, composers, in person concerts, in person events, international, music, music history, musicology, new music, premieres, season announcements, strings, support for BBIPOC music, folk, country, blues, jazz, global, soul, R&B, AmericanaChristine EscobarSilkroad Ensemble, Silkroad, Rhiannon Giddens, Phoenix Rising, Sandeep Das, Maeve Gilchrist, Kaoru Watanabe, Colin Jacobsen, Edward Pérez, Mazz Swift, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Newport Folk Festival, Wolf Trap, Music Worcester at Indian Ranch, Tanglewood, The Skaneateles Festival, Yo-Yo Ma