2022-2023 season
upcoming
2022-2023 SHIRLEY GRAHAM DU BOIS CREATIVE IN RESIDENCE
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The Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residency program is generously funded by donors Arlene and Larry Dunn and invites creative artists to collaborate in various ways with COOS throughout the season.
Meet our 2022-2023 Creative in Residence: Angel C. Dye |
For black people
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Featuring the world premiere of Daniel Bernard Roumain's Music for Black People as part of Celebrity Series of Boston's Solo(s) Together project. Rescheduled due to COVID-19.
September 10, 2022, 3:00pm @ Arlington Street Church September 22, 2022, 4:00pm Digital Premiere |
Walker at 100
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In collaboration with violinist and composer Gregory Walker, Castle of our Skins is honored to present lectures, master classes and performances centering Black artistry and the life and works of Pulitzer-Prize winning composer George Walker.
October 2022, Times TBD @ Boston University College of Fine Arts |
Hardened beauty
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Featuring music by Derrick Skye, Yaz Lancaster and world premieres by Bongani Ndodana-Breen and Renée C. Baker, Hardened Beauty showcases works that touch on global identities, histories, stories, and subjects that are both personal and universal.
October 23, 2022, 3:00pm @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
Love Affects
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A reprise of our first concert EVER, Love Affects, pairs music with text to explore how love influences our sense of self, humanity, heritage, and future. Co-curated with Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence Angel C. Dye.
November 17, 2022, 6:30pm @ The Boston Athenaeum November 18-19, 2022, Time/Location TBD @ 5 Boroughs Music Festival |
Her Phantom happiness: Anthony R. green portrait concert
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Castle of our Skins is excited to be back in residence at the Longy School of Music of Bard College! As part of our fourth annual residency, we will feature an immersive three-day residency focused on the music of Anthony R. Green complete with lectures, master classes, open rehearsals and concerts culminating in our portrait concert: Her Phantom Happiness.
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It must all be done in darkness...
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It must all be done in darkness ... is a multimedia performance project examining the seven years of isolation endured by abolitionist and writer Harriet Jacobs. Created by Anthony R. Green, this world premiere critiques racial and scientific practices that “other” Black physiologies while celebrating Jacobs through film, spoken word, performance art, audience participation, music and more.
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time is an impatient thing
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The concept of time being impatient touches on each piece of this program in a distinctly unique way, from the asymmetrical and ever-shifting to the mysterious and provocative. Featuring a world premiere work by Allison Loggins-Hull written in honor of our 10th anniversary featuring coloratura soprano Dr. Louise Toppin.
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