'Burn the Box' - Clifton Joseph Guidry, III bassoonist/composer

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Bassoonist/composer Clifton Joseph Guidry, III performs an online concert followed by a Q&A.

ONLINE TICKET RESERVATIONS WILL END ONE HOUR BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE START TIME. You will receive an email the day of the event with the online/streaming links.Bassoonist and composer Clifton Joseph Guidry, III will join Virginia Tech in November for a virtual residency that will include two lectures and a solo recital.This multi-day residency will center around Blackness, radical self love, mental health awareness, and how music connects these movements. Everyone, regardless of experience or degree focus, is welcomed and encouraged to attend the lectures and concert. &quot;Burn the Box&quot; features a pre-recorded streamed recital, followed by a live Q&amp;A with Guidry. The program will feature three of his own compositions: &quot;2:19,&quot; &quot;How to Breathe While Dying,&quot; and the world premiere of a new work. Also included are compositions by Jessie Cox, Olivia Shortt, and Edgar Guzman. All of these works are influenced and informed by the central tenets of Guidry’s practice: radical self love, compassion, laughter, and the importance of amplifying Black and Indigenous art-makers and noise-makers. The last work on this recital contains mature language.This event is presented by the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts, with co-sponsorship from Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT), and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Susan Sanders at susansan@vt.edu at least 10 business days prior to the event.

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