This concert explores Renaissance and Baroque Spanish and Portuguese traditions in dialogue with Latin American folk and popular music, highlighting the rich synthesis of African, Amerindian, and European influences.
Join us for a powerful night of genre-bending music, storytelling, and Black expression as We Black Folk showcases the visionary Cliff Notez alongside the soulful rock stylings of Zion Rodman.
The program draws from early Spanish and Portuguese music and connects it with contemporary Latin American popular and folk music. It presents the Latin American heritage and the region’s astonishing synthesis of African, Arabic, and European traditions in a unique fusion. Rumbarroco, an ensemble of acclaimed artists from different latitudes, led by Radcliffe-Harvard fellow and […]
Trombonist Craig Harris, bassist Wes Brown, and pianist John Kordalewski join together for a special trio performance. Expect the music to be both “inside” and “outside.” All three veteran improvisors studied with the great Makanda Ken McIntyre, and have performed frequently in Boston as part of the Makanda Project, which Mr. Kordalewski leads.
“Black History in Action (BHAC) at St. Augustine’s is proudly hosting The Prayers of Black Folks: Steph Davis and Jenny Oliver, a music and dance performance.
This program presents music by Italian 18th-century women composers working at the courts of Frederick the Great in Prussia and the House of Habsburg in Austria. These powerful monarchies sponsored both salon and stage, where passions ran high and the best musicians were hired.
This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including “folias”, “jácaras”, and “fandangos”, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish “Cancioneros” (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as “joropo” from Venezuela and Colombia and “fandanguito” from Mexico. Performers […]
Boston University’s Dance Theatre Group is pleased to present ORIGINS 2024, a Fall Dance Concert, on November 22nd at 8 PM and 23rd at 3:30 PM and 8 PM.