2020-2021 season
upcoming
Boston Latin Academy residency
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Over 3 consecutive weeks in March, Castle of our Skins will lead its first ever virtual residency, presenting interactive, educational performance videos for students of the Boston Latin Academy strings program.
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Stopping Time with Castle of Our Skins
Presented in collaboration with the Cambridge Public Library.
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Join Castle of our Skins for Stopping Time, an hour-long program for children to explore the relationship between blues and poetry.
Through listening, writing and performing, participants are transformed by the legacy of blues musicians like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Coco Taylor. April 22, 2021 @2:00pm: Virtual Register HERE. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. |
WITNESS: SPIRITUALS AND THE CLASSICAL MUSIC TRADITIon:
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Presented by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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"Witness" is a series of free, digital programs exploring the ways some Black American composers have found inspiration in the rich tradition of spirituals. Tune in below and save the dates for the next release!
May 21, 2021 - Episode 3: Wade in the Water June 18, 2021 - Episode 4: Calvary
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dream-visions
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This program is supported in part by a grant from Cambridge Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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“Dream-Visions” is the first collaboration between Castle of our Skins and Winsor Music, and Project STEP. The program includes a world premiere chamber piece by David Sanford, a high energy work by British contemporary composer Hannah Kendall, and a monstrous, highly indulgent, Neo-Romantic work by British trailblazer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The title “Dream-Visions” draws its name from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Over the Hill” poem, which Samuel Coleridge-Taylor set into song.
April 25, 2021 @2:30pm: Pickman Hall |
Family "Edu-tainment" : african american spirituals
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Join COOS for music, history and more in this family-friendly "edu-tainment" concert featuring string quartets by Black composers that showcase African American spirituals. Presented by the Strand Family Theatre Virtual Series.
Recommended for all ages. Littler ones will get a lot out of the music, and the historic context in between songs will resonate more with older kids and adults. Streaming May 1st through 16th Pay-What-You-Can Tickets: HERE ($20, $10, $5, or $0) A video link will be emailed to you after you purchase a ticket. This program is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
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from the motherland
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Castle of our Skins’ first concert program dedicated entirely to the continent of Africa. Curated in partnership with our Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residence Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa, this program will include dance, music, visual arts, a creative of color meet and greet, and general celebrations for the diversity of music from the motherland.
June 4, 2021 @7:00pm: Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Castle of our Skins is a Launchpad Resident at Boston Center for the Arts. Co-Sponsored by Boston Center for the Arts. |