2019-2020 season
latest virtual events: upcoming & recaps
Dances and Delights
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We're excited to join our friends at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra for their 2nd digital summer concert featuring works by Black and Latinx composers! With conductor Christopher Wilkins and violin soloist/COOS crew member Gabriela Díaz, you'll hear:
Aldemaro Romero's Fuga con Pajarillo David Baker's Roots II: Boogie Woogie Florence Price's Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (selections) Michael Abels' Delights and Dances Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (selections) July 29th @7pm: Tune in to the Boston Landmarks' website to catch the performance! |
The Founder's Chat
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This is a conversational series with the leaders of several outstanding music organizations representing Black artists. Co-founders Ashleigh Gordon and Anthony R. Green will hold discussions with an international roster of Black women - the leaders of these music organizations.
Tune in on our Facebook page (@CastleSkins) for these weekly interviews! |
Black composer miniature challenge
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Composers who identify as part of the African Diaspora were challenged to compose pieces for co-founders Ashleigh and Anthony! 18 composers rose to the occasion!
Catch all 18 virtual world premiere works for solo viola, solo piano, and viola-piano duo live every Friday at noon on Facebook/Instagram (@CastleSkins). |
poetry nightcap series
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Join us for an evening nightcap of original poetry and bubbly, all from the comfort of your own home. We'll supply the poets, you bring the rest.
Select Thursdays in June @ 8pm on Facebook Live June 25th @8pm on Facebook Live: Destiny Polk |
shirley graham du bois Creative in Residence
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Castle of our Skins is proud to announce its new Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative-in-Residence program, generously funded by donors Arlene and Larry Dunn. This new program invites creative artists from all disciplines to collaborate in various ways with Castle of our Skins throughout the entire season. Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa, the inaugural winner of the Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative-in-Residence program, will create new work(s), co-design at least one Castle of our Skins’ production, and write several thought-pieces for its BIBA (Beauty in Black Artistry) Blog. She will receive a $1,000 honorarium among other support during her tenure.
Listen to her works HERE and read the full press release HERE. |
poetry nightcap series
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June 18th @8pm on Facebook Live: Regie Gibson
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poetry nightcap series
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June 11th @8pm on Facebook Live: Charles Coe
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kid's korner storytime readings
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Sign up for our newsletter to catch all the storytime readings!
June 1: Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn & Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee June 8: Jacob Lawrence In The City by Susan Goldman Rubin & Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora June 15: Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen & Firebird by Caldecott Honoree June 22 and June 29th: BONUS! African American Play Songs and Games |
Julius Eastman "stay on it" virtual video premiere
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Castle of our Skins and a collective of arts organizations (Challenge the Stats, Contemporaneous, Kyle Marshall Choreography,The Dream Unfinished, and presented by Lincoln Center) have teamed up to create a diverse and inclusive online orchestra performing "Stay On It" by Julius Eastman. The performance is dedicated to blue-collar essential workers who overwhelmingly are people of color.
Premiered live on June 1st at 11am on the Lincoln Center's YouTube channel, Facebook page, and Lincoln Center at Home webpage. |
founder's chat
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COOS co-founders Ashleigh Gordon & Anthony R. Green
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anthony r. green's catto's courage world premiere
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With students from the Boston String Academy and Josiah Quincy Elementary School Orchestra Programs, and presented by The Celebrity Series of Boston Neighborhood Arts program, we gave the virtual world premiere of Anthony R. Green’s "Catto’s Courage," a work inspired by freedom fighter and educator Octavius Catto .
Premiered live on April 23rd |
Anthony r. green live
Composer and pianist Anthony R. Green
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Castle of our Skins' first live streamed concert, brought to you by co-founder Anthony R. Green and featuring 18th and 19th century piano works by Black composers.
April 12, 2020: 1:30pm
April 12, 2020: 1:30pm
