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SUMMARY:Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America
DESCRIPTION:This remarkable program makes its way to the Dvořák Concert Hall in Charleston. This is a live concert experience that explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America. The program weaves original Native American melodies and moving African American Spirituals along with Dvořák’s most beloved chamber music. Short videos and imagery add to this powerful multimedia experience. Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America with its stellar and diverse cast of musicians is a catalyst for audience engagement as it entertains\, educates\, and inspires – drawn from the curiosity of a Czech composer a century ago. \nThe Program\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Finale from String Quartet No. 12\nR. Carlos Nakai (1946-): Butterflies Dancing\nTraditional African American Spiritual: Swing Low\, Sweet Chariot\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Allegro non tanto from String Quintet No. 3\nTraditional African American Spiritual: My Lord\, What a Morning\nR. Carlos Nakai (1946-): Clan of the Mists\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Allegro vivo—Un poco meno mosso from String Quintet No. 3\nTraditional African American Spirituals: Go Down Moses; By and By\nR. Carlos Nakai (1946-): Honoring Song\nJohn Newton (1725–1807): Amazing Grace\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Finale. Allegro giusto from String Quintet No. 3\nGoing Home \n \nThe Artists\nR. Carlos Nakai (Navajo-Ute) is the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute. He has appeared as a soloist and educator worldwide\, released more than 40 albums\, and been nominated for several Grammy awards. He also founded the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet. A Navy veteran\, Nakai earned an MA in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona\, authored The Art of Native American Flute with composer James DeMars\, and has received a multitude of awards and honors for his lifetime achievements. \nWill Clipman began playing drums and piano at age three and has since mastered a pan-global palette of percussion instruments. A seven-time Grammy nominee and winner of several US\, Canadian\, and Indigenous awards\, he has recorded over 70 albums\, and collaborated with many internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles\, most notably through his 30-year association with Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai. Clipman is a widely published\, prize-winning poet\, as well as an accomplished mask-maker and storyteller. In his 40-year career as an arts educator\, he has given hundreds of presentations\, impacting a range of communities from traditional school settings to hospitals\, prisons\, and parks. \nKenneth Kellogg is a Washington\, DC native and alumnus of the city’s Duke Ellington School of the Performing and Visual Arts. Active in both the US and Europe\, he has worked with the San Francisco Opera\, LA Opera\, Washington National Opera\, Opera de Oviedo\, and Opera de Lausanne\, among others. A sample of his many operatic roles includes the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni\, as well as Leporello and Il Commendatore; Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust; and Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. Of note\, Tazewell Thompson’s opera Blue was written for him. Kellogg holds degrees from University of Michigan and Ohio University. \nPamela Freund-Striplen served as artistic director and violist of San Francisco’s Gold Coast Chamber Players for 35 years. She has also performed with members of the St. Lawrence\, Alexander\, Escher\, and Verona String Quartets\, New European Strings\, and Amati Ensemble; with the San Diego Symphony\, San Francisco Opera Orchestra\, and San Francisco Symphony; and as principal violist with the San Diego Opera and Western Opera Theater. Motivated by the social impact of her special projects like Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America\, she now focuses on presenting these programs to national and international audiences. In this performance\, Freund-Striplen serves as violist\, curator\, and narrator.
URL:https://ciompi.org/event-calendar/cultural-crossroads-dvorak-in-america-9-12-2025/
LOCATION:Dvorak Concert Hall\, 1860 7th Street\, Charleston\, IL\, 61920\, United States
CATEGORIES:Touring
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