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Obo Addy’s Okropong
Friday, October 10, 8:00 p.m., $20
In West Africa, master drummers enjoy the status and respect that other cultures extend to figures of high prominence—governors, priests, healers.
As keeper of musical lore from his native Ghana, Obo Addy is an extraordinary interpreter of African drumming traditions, and his charismatic performances with his Okropong ensemble pulse with the thrilling energy of drumming, dance, and song.
Honored in 1996 with a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, Addy has a decades-long presence on the international performance scene and is one of the key originators of the “Worldbeat” musical movement. |
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 Sweet Honey in the Rock
Friday, November 7, 8:00 p.m., $25
Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon in 1973 at the D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company, Sweet Honey In The Rock has evolved into an internationally renowned a cappella ensemble and a vital and innovative presence in the music culture of communities of conscience around the world.
The Biblical metaphor of sweet honey in the rock—sustenance and strength—captures completely these African American women whose repertory is steeped in the sacred music of the black church, the clarion calls of the civil rights movement, and songs of the struggle for justice everywhere. Their performances are at once grand celebrations of gorgeously blended song and occasions for affirmation of the highest values of humanity. |
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 Kronos Quartet
Wednesday, November 19, 8:00 p.m., $25
For over three decades Kronos has fearlessly pushed the horizons of music, blurring boundaries between the Western canon, gifted musicians from different corners of the world, and iconic figures in pop, jazz, and dance.
With collaborations extending from Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley to Dawn Upshaw, Allen Ginsberg, Zakir Hussein, and DJ Spooky, they have blazed a uniquely imaginative trail through contemporary music.
Their Williams Center concert will feature one of their signature pieces: George Crumb’s astonishing anti-war composition, Black Angels, in a newly conceived “staging” intended to dramatize the true theatrical power of Crumb’s richly-textured music.
WDIY 88.1 FM, Lehigh Valley Community Public Radio, is our media partner for this concert . |
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An Irish Homec o ming featuring Cherish the Ladies and Maura O’Connell
Tuesday, April 7, 8:00 p.m., $20
Traditional Irish music superstars Cherish the Ladies bring audiences to their feet with their “passionate, tender and rambunctious” (The New York Times) performances, and famed chanteuse Maura O’Connell’s voice “is so lovely and so expressive and so shimmery that the edges of the tone curl inward and draw you forward in your chair” (cmt.com).
They headline this special Homecoming program with a powerhouse collection of guest artists, including fiddler Liz Caroll, guitarist John Doyle, singer Eddi Reader, and an all-star ensemble of Celtic dancers.
WDIY 88.1 FM, Lehigh Valley Community Public Radio, is our media partner for this concert. |
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An Afternoon of A Cappella
Sunday, November 16, 3:00 p.m., $6
Lafayette’s student vocal ensembles (all-female Cadence, all-male
Chorduroys, and mixed-voice Soulfege) welcome guest groups
from other schools for an afternoon of song. This sixth annual a cappella
concert, sponsored by the Lafayette College Arts
Society, benefits Friends of Lafayette Music, which supports student-run
musical groups, and the Daniel P. O'Neil '06 Memorial Fund, which supports senior projects in engineering. |
