Calliope, Chamber Music Pittsburgh & AWAACC Present Ruckus with Davóne Tines in “What is Your Hand in This?”
February 10 @ 7:30 pm
Calliope, Chamber Music Pittsburgh, and the August Wilson African American Culture Center have partnered to bring you an extraordinary evening of music at the August Wilson Center this February!
Use code CALLIOPE at online checkout for 20% off the ticket price!
Traveling through four centuries of reimagined songs, hymns, and ballads, early music band Ruckus and pathbreaking vocalist Davóne Tines offer a meditation on and interrogation of the American legacy through its revolutionary musics. Ruckus makes its Pittsburgh debut, joining forces with bass-baritone Tines, “[one] of the most powerful voices of our time” (Los Angeles Times). Their wide-ranging program features American Revolutionary War tunes, music of Handel and Julius Eastman, and protest songs both old and new, bringing audiences on a fascinating and thought-provoking musical journey through America’s history.
Learn more about Chamber Music Pittsburgh
Since 1961, Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) has provided Pittsburgh audiences with the opportunity to hear the world’s finest chamber music artists. CMP serves Pittsburgh’s diverse communities through a variety of series and programs, including its MainStage Live subscription series; its Pittsburgh Performs series featuring Pittsburgh artists in unusual venues outside of the traditional concert hall setting; and its free, need-based musical instrument lending library, administered in partnership with East Liberty’s Hope Academy of Music and the Arts. Each CMP season features a carefully balanced menu of acclaimed chamber ensembles and brilliant emerging groups, performing traditional musical masterpieces as well as contemporary, intercultural, and crossover compositions. Chamber Music Pittsburgh remains a vital element of cultural life in Pittsburgh and is recognized throughout the classical music world. The 65th Anniversary MainStage Live Season, which coincides with the American semiquincentenial, is entitled “Voices in Time: A Celebration of Chamber Music in America,” and features US-based artists in wide-ranging programs that exemplify all that chamber music can be in America.
Learn More About AWAACC
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a nonprofit cultural organization that generates artistic, educational, and community initiatives that advance the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. One of the largest cultural centers in the country, focused exclusively on the African American experience and the celebration of Black culture and the African diaspora, the Center welcomes more than 100,000 visitors locally and nationally. Through year-round programming across multiple genres, such as the annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Black Bottom Film Festival, AWCommunity Days, TRUTHSayers speaker series, and rotating art exhibits in its galleries, the Center provides a platform for established and emerging artists of color whose work reflects the universal issues of identity that Wilson tackled, and which still resonate today.