Artists Studio
The AACM: Power Stronger Than Itself
A Talk By George E. Lewis
November 18, 2023
Board of Officers Room
Founded on the virtually all-Black South Side of Chicago in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has played an unusually prominent role in the development of American experimental music, exploring an unprecedented range of methodologies, processes, and media. Scholar-composer George E. Lewis, Professor of Music at Columbia University and an AACM member since 1971, presents an historical overview of the works of the famed collective.
Performances
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 3:00pm
Gallery
Support
Public support is provided, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Also in the Series
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Artists Studio
AACM Listening Session
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Henry Threadgill joins Artists Studio curator Jason Moran for a discussion and listening session spotlighting the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and their creative impact on American music.
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Artists Studio
Double Bill: Thurman Barker & The Colsons
The Thurman Barker Quintet performs excepts from Barker's South Side Suite, Pandemic Fever, and Mr. Speed-str on a double bill with Adegoke Steve Colson and Iqua Colson's Unity Troupe with special guests Chico Freeman and Douglas R. Ewart.
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Artists Studio
The Reggie Nicholson Percussion Concept
Drummer and composer Reggie Nicholson performs some of his recent works and world premieres for percussion ensemble, displaying his “exquisite splashes of color and unmetered cascades on the drums” (Chicago Tribune) with his own ensemble.
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Artists Studio
Amina Claudine Myers Choral Workshop
Prodigious pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and improvisationist Amina Claudine Myers leads a vocal workshop for aspiring singers and the general public to perform some of her original compositions.
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Artists Studio
Double Bill: George Lewis & Amina Claudine Myers
Members of the International Contemporary Ensemble gives the US premiere of George Lewis' Blombos Workshop and Assemblage on a double bill with Amina Claudine Meyers and Richarda Abrams, performing Meyers' partially improvised work Stay in the Light.