Hosted by The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce
and the Albany Symphony
Join the panel in this discussion and explore the themes of identity, forgiveness, expression and the power of music in performance. On January 11, and January 12, 2025, the Albany Symphony will perform Daniel Bernard Roumain and Marc Bamuthi Joseph's Forgiveness, A Suite for Spoken Word & Orchestra at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.
Moderated by ABCC CEO Deshanna Wiggins and Albany Symphony Music Director David Alan Miller
Refreshments will be served.
Ticket Options/Pricing:
Tickets $25
Free to ABCC Members and Students (RSVP Required)
In composer Daniel Bernard Roumain’s words:
“This work is a marriage between Marc’s words, my music, and our ideas of how words and (orchestral) music can have impact and power as we navigate the roles we have to play within a culture of terror and frequent inability to see, hear, and forgive one another. Each of the four movements presents Marc’s ideas on forgiveness (i.e., 'Redemption', Reconciliation', 'Discernment', and 'Grace'). The music responds to these concepts in various ways at various points: as underscoring; as commentary; as a raucous, percussive crowd; or as a 'Greek Chorus', where Marc’s call elicits a response from the brass, woodwinds and string sections.” -DBR, 2023
About the Guest Artists:
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a Black, Haitian-American composer who sees composing as collaboration with artists, organizations and communities within the farming and framing of ideas. He is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. He is also the winner of the 2011 Herb Alpert Award in Theatre, and an inaugural recipient of the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awardcountries and his TED talk “You Have The Rite” has been viewed more than five million times.