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JOIN US FOR THIS ONE-NIGHT-ONLY CONCERT IN LOWER MANHATTAN!“Overwhelmingly beautiful.” “Deeply moving.”
“It will be one of the most uplifting and impactful musical experiences of your year.”
-Audience responses to the West Coast premiere
Portland-based composer/musician Alicia Jo Rabins joins sonic forces with 90 singers from the award-winning Camas High School Choir, a trio of top-tier rock musicians, and NYC's own Trio Fadolín string trio for the dynamic NYC premiere of "I Was A Desert: Songs of the Matriarchs."
Trio Fadolín will perform an opening set at 6:30, as well as performing with the choir for the full concert at 7:30! Doors open at 6.
Tickets are $18 or $10 for Senior/Student/Artist/Low Income
Listen to excerpts of the music at https://www.aliciajo.com/.
About the show: "I Was A Desert: Songs of the Matriarchs" is a gorgeous, richly-textured, life-affirming multimedia song cycle that builds upon Alicia Jo Rabins' long-running Girls in Trouble project, musically re-interpreting the ancient stories of women in Jewish tradition and seeking the hidden places where their lives overlap with ours.
With a colossal musical scale matching the power of these stories, this intergenerational, intercultural, and interdisciplinary supergroup draws from a rich palette of musical genres including orchestral indie rock, folk, and Jewish traditions.
Throughout, Rabins explores the meaning of spiritual texts in a secular world, and centers women’s experiences in historically patriarchal traditions. Both a celebration of Jewish culture and deep intercultural connections, this show is not to be missed!
We’d like to thank our local co-sponsors of tonight’s performance:
Carnegie Hill Concerts, Jess And Friends Music Lessons, Lab/Shul, Romemu, Schechter Manhattan
We are so grateful to those whose generous support makes this project possible:
Ronni Lacroute / The Ronni S. Lacroute Fund of Oregon Community Foundation, Peleh Fund, Arts for Learning Northwest, CMA Foundation, The Emily Georges Gottfried Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, Friends of Camas Arts, Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Revolution
Hall, and Third Angle New Music.
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission, and supported by funds from the Oregon Arts Commission.
Photo from the Portland premiere by Jason Quigley Photography.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 18 1st Pl, New York, NY 10280, United States,New York, New York
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