Music and Meaning: An Evening of Performance and Conversation: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 @ 7 p.m. @ Lafayette College Easton PA

 

With on-demand access available for 48 hours after the 7 p.m. premiere

Music and Meaning: An Evening of Performance and Conversation with:

Michael Avitabile, founder and flutist of Hub New Music

Carlos Simon, composer

Wendy Wilson-Fall, Chair, Africana Studies, Lafayette College

Jeremy Zallen, Assistant Professor of History, Lafayette College

This program, emblematic of Hub New Music’s far-reaching approach, offers a “first look” at a new work commissioned from composer Carlos Simon. Musically inspired by spirituals and liturgical music, Requiem for the Enslaved draws textual inspiration from historical documents detailing the sale of 272 enslaved people to pay the debts of Georgetown University, where the composer currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music. Lafayette College professors Wendy Wilson-Fall and Jeremy Zallen join Simon prior to the performance to discuss the import and impact of his research and music.

Composer Carlos Simon

In Soul House, composer Robert Honstein uses the ancient world’s practice of providing the dead with a small dwelling for the afterlife to explore memory, reflection, and nostalgia. An extended love letter to the composer’s childhood home, each movement of Soul House depicts a different scene and feeling. 

“Next time Hub New Music offers a concert, go, listen, and be changed” (Boston Globe).

Program: Simon / Requiem for the Enslaved (2020, excerpt) // Honstein / Soul House (2017, excerpts)

Run time: Approximately 65 minutes

General public livestream access: $15 / reserve here