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Affirmation: A Warp Trio/Palaver Strings Massivemuse
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Affirmation: A Warp Trio/Palaver Strings Massivemuse

Greenpoint

Sat, November 6, 2021, at 8:00 PM, EDT
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    Capacity
    56 of 100 tickets still available
    Vaccine policy
    Bring proof of COVID vaccination
    Testing policy
    COVID testing not required
    Indoors
    This is an indoor event
    Mask policy
    Masks are required for the entire groupmuse
    Social distancing
    Social distancing is required
    If you feel sick, stay home
    Drinking policy
    Don't bring your own drinks
    Wheelchair access
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Kids
    Kid-friendly event

    This is a Groupmuse Massivemuse

    Epic performances in unexpected spaces.

    Hosts

    Groupmuse Superhost
    Palaver S.

    Palaver Strings joins forces with the genre-defying chamber ensemble Warp Trio to present Affirmation. This program centers music and stories that have been suppressed or misrepresented in mainstream media narratives.

    This massivemuse will be held at the Park Church Co-op, a Brooklyn sacred space focused on sharing radical love of the neighbor.

    At the heart of the project is Affirmation, a new concerto grosso for piano trio, percussion, electronics, and strings. Written by Warp Trio’s own Josh Henderson, this piece is inspired by Assata Shakur’s poetry, which, in Henderson’s words, “encapsulates the experiences of Black trauma, chaos, loss, and joy while maintaining a commitment to Black life and living.” Shakur’s writing, the campaign of fear coordinated against her, and her arrest and escape, all find potent echoes in our current political climate.

    Our program also features Kareem Roustom’s Dabke for String Orchestra, Florence Price’s Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint, and Akenya Seymour’s Fear the Lamb, which addresses the life and death of Emmett Till in three vivid movements. In this age of unprecedented access to truth and misinformation, Affirmation reflects on the struggle for representation, in the concert hall and the world at large.

    This project is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and a Live Arts Boston grant from the Boston Foundation.

    What's the music?

    W4RP Trio Chamber Orchestra

    Kareem Roustom - Dabke for String Orchestra

    Florence Price - Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint

    Akenya Seymour - Fear the Lamb

    Josh Henderson - "Affirmation": Concerto grosso for piano trio, percussion, strings, and electronics.

    Location

    129 Russell St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA

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