January 22, 2022
Brattleboro Music Center, VT
lecture (virtual) - 1:00pm
concert - 7:00pm
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HONORING ANCESTRAL STORIES THROUGH THE ARTS
We're continuing our ninth season theme - stitching together stories, history, and art - with Sound & Appliqué, an in-person concert complete with two world premieres, seven original quilts, and original poetry created by Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residence, Marlanda Dekine. A concert film version of Sound & Appliqué, filmed at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, will be released later this season.
PROGRAM INCLUDES: America (poem) - Marlanda Dekine Housetop - Elizabeth Brown (world premiere) I Cast the Spell (poem) - Marlanda Dekine Quilting Codes - Lauren McCall (world premiere) Ancient Flow (poem) - Marlanda Dekine Five Folksongs in Counterpoint - Florence B. Price ARTISTS INCLUDE: Orlando Cela, flute Sasha Callahan, violin Mina Lavcheva, violin Ashleigh Gordon, viola Kate Foss, bass Leo Eguchi, cello Sarah Bob, piano Marlanda Dekine, poet L'Merchie Frazier, artist Alpha M. Bruton, artist Lauren McCall, composer Elizabeth Brown, composer Vertical Divider
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Program Book | Sound & Appliqué Press Release
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Sound & Appliqué is funded in part by grants from the Fromm Music Foundation and the Harvard Musical Association, with additional support from the Brattleboro Music Center. The Sound & Appliqué Commissions are supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, and anonymous donors.
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