Anthony R. Green
www.anthonyrgreen.com
www.anthonyrgreen.com
Conducting the
New Black Music Repertory Ensemble
(Photo courtesy of the Center for Black
Music Research,
Columbia College, Chicago)
Anthony R. Green has been featured on the blog over the years. This time he is taking part in a collaborative effort known as Castle of our Skins, presenting works of three composers featured at AfriClassical.com:
'Black Artistry Takes Center Stage in Local Concert Series’
Debut Performance
Roxbury,
MA: Castle of our Skins, a newly created chamber music concert series
dedicated to celebrating the music of African American composers, will
make its debut Friday, May 23rd at 8pm at Roxbury Community College. The
hour-long program, entitled Love Affects…, will pair music with spoken
word of noted African Americans including H.T. Burleigh, Martin Luther
King Jr. and President Barack Obama.
“With Love Affects…, we really wanted to create a
narrative already embedded in the concert experience,” Artistic Director
and violist Ashleigh Gordon describes. “The program weaves together
chamber music, poetry and speeches in an effort to explore how love can
affect our sense of self, responsibility to humanity, feeling of
cultural pride and dedication to our future.” Chamber works by
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, H.T. Burleigh and Adolphus Hailstork
intertwine with the poems and speeches of Nikki Giovanni, Paul Laurence
Dunbar, Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama.
While Love Affects… marks the debut concert
performance of Castle of our Skins, the young organization has already
reached over 200 elementary students in the greater Boston area through
its educational workshops held earlier this year. “Castle of our Skins
is not only celebrating the music of Black composers with audiences
young and old, but is also celebrating the achievements of diverse
artists, in spite of our struggle,” Assistant Director and
Composer-in-Residence of the series Anthony Green notes. “We hope that
our work of celebrating these artists will spread not only to the
general public, but also to working professionals - the respected
performers and educators in this field who are not aware of these
achievements.”
Friday, May 23, 2014 at 8:00PM
Roxbury Community College
1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury
*Tickets: $10 Adults; $5 Seniors (60+)
Children 10 and under FREE
Program:
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: “Calvary” String Quartet No. 1
H.T. Burleigh: Deep River
Adolphus Hailstork: Songs of Love and Justice
Poems/speeches of Nikki Giovanni, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama
Olga Patramanska-Bell; James Dargan, violins
Ashleigh Gordon, viola
Javier Caballero, cello
Farah Darliette, soprano
Anthony Green, piano
Laurelle Mathison; Patrick Rogers Dailey, narrators
About Castle of our Skins: Castle of our Skins
invites exploration into the rich heritage and modern culture of Black
America through the realm of Classical and Contemporary chamber music.
The series pairs music of past and present Black composers with
dialogue, interactive youth education projects, and creative artistic
collaborations in engaging and accessible ways. Seeking to help foster
cultural curiosity, Castle of our Skins strives to showcase the
multi-dimensional identity encompassing Black American culture. For more
information, please visit: www.castle-of-our-skins.com
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Anthony Green
www.castle-of-our-skins.com
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Hello! This looks amazing! Thanks so much! Cheers, Anthony [Anthony R. Green]
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