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SUMMARY:World Premiere: "Born on the 4th of July" by Queen Drea
DESCRIPTION:Queen Drea is a sound alchemist\, mixing sonic potions laced with looped vocals\, jagged rhythms\, and found sounds. Her project Born on the 4th of July is supported\, in part\, by American Composers Forum’s Recomposing America project. \nBorn on the 4th of July examines the impact of the Great Migration through the lens of Queen Drea’s mother\, a Black woman born in Mississippi in the 1940s who migrated through Chicago to Minnesota. The project provides a unique and creative way to explore the history and experiences of a Black family who received their 40 acres and a mule\, while also celebrating the rich culture and heritage of the American South. Blending experimental sound practice\, archival storytelling\, and live performance\, Born on the Fourth of July: From Mississippi to Minnesota creates an intimate meditation on history\, identity\, and freedom. \nTickets & more information → \nRecomposing America is a multi-year initiative led by American Composers Forum that highlights artistic perspectives unique to the United States and the broader Americas through direct commissions\, institutional collaborations\, and public dialogue. Timed with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, Recomposing America aims to refresh and reimagine the “who\,” “what\,” and “why” of the United States\, and the stories therein.
URL:https://composersforum.org/event/world-premiere-born-on-the-4th-of-july-by-queen-drea
LOCATION:Barbara Barker Center for Dance\, 500 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, 55455\, United States
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SUMMARY:ACF | create Premiere: Nava Dunkelman そして花びらは燃え、散りゆく And The Petals Burst Into Flames...
DESCRIPTION:IMA is the electro-percussion collaboration of Amma Ateria (electronics) and Nava Dunkelman (percussion)\, who combine noise music\, Japanese poetry\, and spatialized sound into a visceral and immersive live performance. \nOn Sept. 3\, they premiere Nava’s ACF | create-funded work\, そして花びらは燃え、散りゆく And The Petals Burst Into Flames… at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy\, NY. Performed in EMPAC’s 39-channel ambisonic sound environment\, the work for percussion and electronics is a stark and vibrant meditation on surrender\, destruction\, and transformation — an attempt to regenerate beauty through the unstable catalysts of pleasure\, noise\, and dissolution. \nTickets & more information →
URL:https://composersforum.org/event/acf-create-premiere-nava-dunkelman-%e3%81%9d%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e8%8a%b1%e3%81%b3%e3%82%89%e3%81%af%e7%87%83%e3%81%88%e3%80%81%e6%95%a3%e3%82%8a%e3%82%86%e3%81%8f-and-the-petals-burst-into-flames
LOCATION:Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center\, 44 8th St\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
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SUMMARY:World Premiere: "Black Joy Verses" by Daniel Bernard Roumain
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a prolific Black\, Haitian-American composer and performer known for his signature violin sounds infused with myriad electronic and African-American music influences. For his Recomposing America project\, ACF has co-commissioned a new work titled Black Joy Verses for Castle of our Skins\, to be premiered in Spring 2027. \nAbout the Commission\nBlack Joy Verses by Daniel Bernard Roumain explores Black agency\, self-determination and creativity — highlighting and illuminating the virtuoso talents of orchestral musicians within a full body embrace of their expressive capabilities. The orchestra will play\, speak\, sing\, shout\, whisper\, and produce sounds that express the soulful\, loving\, and powerful legacy of tragedy and triumph our collective American history continues to grapple with. The work will incorporate the writings of Frederick Douglas\, Earnest Roumain (a contemporary of Frederick Douglas and relative to DBR)\, and bell hooks\, principally concepts from their “All About Love\,” a manual on how we all do and won’t love. \nRecomposing America is a multi-year initiative led by American Composers Forum that highlights artistic perspectives unique to the United States and the broader Americas through direct commissions\, institutional collaborations\, and public dialogue. Timed with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, Recomposing America aims to refresh and reimagine the “who\,” “what\,” and “why” of the United States\, and the stories therein.
URL:https://composersforum.org/event/world-premiere-black-joy-verses-by-daniel-bernard-roumain
LOCATION:NY
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