NOV 7 . 2024-NOV 23. 2024
After the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, a trip from coast to coast that used to take months was shortened to just under a week, allowing for the transport of goods and ideas across the continent in ways previously inconceivable. Profit-seeking corporations and the American government financed it, but the people who actually built it and who were most affected by it are the focus of this program of music—Indigenous and African Americans as well Irish, Chinese, Japanese, and other immigrant laborers whose contributions have been largely erased from history. Silkroad’s American Railroad seeks to right these past wrongs by highlighting untold stories and amplifying unheard voices from these communities, painting a more accurate picture of the global diasporic origin of the American Empire.
This project—several years in the making—represents Silkroad Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens’s vision for the Silkroad Ensemble, having first raised the idea early in her tenure. In addition to tours, American Railroad includes multidisciplinary components ranging from site-specific visual installations to an album, a podcast series, and curricular materials for use by educators. Learn more: http://www.silkroad.org/american-rail...
Nov 7, 2024 | Harris Theater | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Chicago,IL |
Nov 8,2024 | Hill Auditorium | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Ann Arbor,MI |
Nov 10,2024 | Schermerhorn Symphony Center | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Nashville TN |
Nov 12,2024 | Rogers Convention Center | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Rogers, AR |
Nov 14,2024 | Peace Center Concert Hall | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Greenville,SC |
Nov 16,2024 | Schwartz Center for Performing Arts | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Atlanta,GA |
Nov 17,2024 | Hodgson Concert Hall | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Athens,GA |
Nov 19,2024 | Gaillard Center | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Charleston,SC |
Nov 20,2024 | UNC Chapel Hill | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | Chapel Hill,NC |
Nov 23,2024 | BAM Howard Gilman Opera House | American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens | New York,NY |
For more information, please click：https://www.silkroad.org/american-railroad
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