A potent symbol of unity in diversity, the American Patchwork Quartet draws influences from American folk, jazz and country as well as West African and East Asian styles to blend tradition and innovation in a celebration of America’s cultural mosaic. A co-presentation with historic local arts presenter Music Worcester.
Dedicated to serving transformative art experiences to all-age audiences, LayeRhythm invigorates communities from clubs, festivals, and stages, with interactive and improvisational games between the audience and performers. In SWITCH, audience ideas are collected and turned into music, lyrics and movement by the MC and performers.
Christine Sun Kim is a Berlin-based artist who works with sound, language, and the complexities of communication. She uses musical notation, infographics, and language—both in her native American Sign Language (ASL) and written English—to create drawings, site-specific murals, paintings, video installations, and sculptures. In her lecture-performance Deaf Death, Kim explores the frequent autocorrection of “deaf” to “death” in text-based technologies.
Composer, drummer and dhol player Sunny Jain celebrates cultural diaspora and the interconnectedness of global styles with his band in Wild Wild East, a raucous, powerful, and jubilant recognition of a truly American spirit.
Acclaimed choreographer Caleb Teicher brings the best of the swing dance world to The Prior. With live music by the Eyal Vilner Big Band, SW!NG OUT features exciting Lindy Hop choreography and improvisation. Each performance concludes with an on-stage jam session, inviting audiences to join in the fun!
yMusic is a genre-leading American chamber ensemble renowned for its innovative and collaborative spirit. Praised by NPR Music as “deeply, profoundly skilled,” yMusic has been tapped to lend their orchestral sound and instantly-recognizable style to recordings and concert projects by a dizzying array of popular artists from John Legend to Paul Simon.
