An Experiment in Voices
Sat, Aug 09
|Linde Center for Music and Learning
Acclaimed poet Aracelis Girmay explores the legacy of her great-grandmother in this words-and-music collaboration with director Dawn M. Simmons, composer Brittany J. Green, and violist Ashleigh Gordon of Castle of our Skins.
Time & Location
Aug 09, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Linde Center for Music and Learning, 3 W Hawthorne Rd, Lenox, MA 01240, USA
About the event
An Experiment in Voices (concert)
📅 Saturday, August 9 📍 Tanglewood Learning Institute Studio E, Linde Center for Music & Learning (3 W. Hawthorne Rd., Lenox, MA)
⏰ 2:00-3:00pm
🎟️ https://www.bso.org/events/tli-presents-aracellis-girmay
An Experiment in Voices is a moving performance essay by acclaimed poet Aracelis Girmay, exploring the life and legacy of her great-grandmother through word, gesture, and sound. Featuring a world premiere electro-acoustic score by Brittany J. Green, performed by violist Ashleigh Gordon, this ~45-minute world premiere invites listeners to witness an intimate dialogue with memory, lineage, and Black sonic life. Presented as part of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s TLI Presents series.