Author: Lamar Smith
Ten Freedom Summers – Defining Moments in the History of the United States of America
Available for the first time in print.
‘Ten Freedom Summers’ is a large work inspired by the activity of the civil rights movement: from the Niagara Falls Congress of 1905, to President Harry S. Truman signing Executive Order 9981 in 1948, up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s Memphis speech in 1968.
In 19 movements, scored for a variety of ensembles.
Ten Freedon… Read More
Opening Weekend Concert with Wadada Leo Smith and Raven Chacon
As a student at CalArts in the early aughts, Raven Chacon studied with renowned composer-performer Wadada Leo Smith. The creative agency of Smith’s Ankhrasmation Symbolic Music Language inspired Chacon to develop compositions that give performers autonomy in choosing what they play. Twenty years later, the two artists share a joint concert at Arts and Letters, where each has a… Read More