Tickets $10.
Julius Eastman was a queer Black composer whose music and ideas went under-appreciated during his lifetime, and only recently has his work started to reach wider audiences. Even today, 36 years after his death, his work is still under-listened-to and seldom-discussed outside of New-Music and Avant-Garde circles. This hour and fifteen minute long session, held two days after his 86th birthday, is an invitation to encounter Eastman’s music and voice together, with live performances of his compositions, contextual insight drawn from archival research, and an original composition utilizing some of his compositional techniques. Rather than offering a definitive account of his life or work, the focus is on listening closely, exploring his compositional ideas, and offering the context that surrounds them.
Photo of composer and musician Julius Eastman (1940-1990) by George Oliver. © David Oliver. Gift of Cordelia Oliver to the National Galleries of Scotland.
