What: Castle of our Skins, Boston’s Black Classical concert and education series, ends its immersive three-day residency at the Longy School of Music of Bard College with a portrait concert of strings and piano chamber works by South African composer Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen. The capstone performance comes after an engaging, hand-on residency complete with lectures, master classes, class visits, and a Black Student Union co-hosted meet and greet.
When: Friday, December 3, 2021 at 8:00pm
Where: Longy School of Music of Bard College (27 Garden Street, Cambridge 02138) AND virtual via livestream. Both viewing options are free with RSVP: https://bit.ly/3rnVlfM
Who: Castle of our Skins musicians: Gabriela Díaz (violin), Mina Lavcheva (violin),
Ashleigh
Gordon (viola), Francesca McNeeley (cello), and Sarah Bob (piano).
Composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen has written a wide range of music
encompassing symphonic work, opera, chamber music and vocal music. According to The New York Times his “delicately made music – airy, spacious, terribly complex but never convoluted – has much to teach the Western wizards of metric modulation and layered rhythms about grace and balance.” For more information, please visit; https://www.ndodanabreen.com
About Castle of our Skins: Born out of the desire to foster cultural curiosity, Castle of our Skins is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. From classrooms to concert halls, Castle of our Skins invites exploration into Black heritage and culture, spotlighting both unsung and celebrated figures of past and present. For more information, please visit: www.castleskins.org
Why: Now in its ninth season, Castle of our Skins has been and remains deeply committed to fostering cultural curiosity through music and celebrating Black artistry. Highlighting Ndodana-Breen’s works for piano and strings, Safika centers around the piano quintet Safika: Three Tales of African Migration, which takes listeners on a journey of forced expulsion, dislocation, and the musical movement of a peoples from one space and culture to another.
For interviews contact Artistic & Executive Director Ashleigh Gordon: ashleigh@castleskins.org
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Anthony R. Green
Composer. Performer. Social Justice
Fellow, Universität der Künste, Graduiertenschule
Former McKnight Visiting Composer, American Composers Forum
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