About this Event
EXPANDING BRIDGES
Music has the rare power to carry memory, identity, and lived experience across boundaries where words often fail. Expanding Bridges brings African American, Jewish, Indigenous, and immigrant traditions into conversation — not by erasing their differences, but by listening more deeply to what each carries.
Carlos Simon’s Warmth from Other Suns evokes the movement and longing of the Great Migration, while Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate brings an Indigenous musical imagination into the chamber tradition. Prokofiev and Golijov open another window onto Jewish memory and diaspora, before Shostakovich’s powerful Eighth Quartet confronts memory, survival, and witness with devastating intensity.
Different histories. Different voices.
One stage large enough to hear them together.
PROGRAM
Carlos Simon (b. 1986) · Warmth from Other Suns · for string quartet
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (b. 1968) · Pisachi (Reveal): Six Epitomes · for string quartet
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) · Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 · for clarinet, string quartet, and piano
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960) · Soprano chamber work to be confirmed · for soprano, clarinet, and string quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) · String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 · for string quartet
Event venue & nearby stays
Terry Concert Hall, Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd N, Jacksonville, United States
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