D-Composed & The Nap Ministry Presents: Freedom Lullabies

D-Composed & The Nap Ministry Presents: Freedom Lullabies

On Juneteenth, join D-Composed, a Black chamber music collective, and Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry for Freedom Lullabies, a rest experience that celebrates the power of our Ancestors freedom and uplifts Black composers' works with revolutionary text readings.

While the D-Composed string quartet performs the music of Black composers live, Tricia Hersey will read revolutionary text from historical figures such as WEB DuBois, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and excerpts from her New York Times Bestselling Book, "Rest is Resistance." Attendees will collectively rest and nap amongst the lush sounds and affirmative text as we celebrate liberation and dream for the future.

There will be a limited number of yoga mats available. In the spirit of community and coziness, please bring yoga mats, blankets, sleeping bags, pillows, socks, and other items that feel like care to you. Food and refreshments will be served right after the performance.

Space is limited so please ensure that you are registered for the event. Doors open 12:30p. Performance begins @ 1p sharp

This Black liberation event is for those who identify as part of the African Diaspora.

About D-Composed

As a Black ensemble that focuses exclusively on the works of Black composers, D-Composed ensures to partner with institutions that have a proven commitment to communities of color. They’ve collaborated with Apple, Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Kennedy Center, Kaufman Music Center, and TEDx. While merging the worlds of contemporary music and classical, they’ve also collaborated with Jamila Woods during her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper.

The walls that exist to keep Black people out of America’s most beloved cultural institutions are meant to be scaled and then dismantled by the creative architects who are bold enough to build against the status quo.

The meaning of the collective’s name embodies that boldness in action.

D–COMPOSED /DEE-KUHM-POHZD/ – ADVERB - Our creative process that involves the breaking down of preconceived notions, barriers, and opinions of what people think classical music should be to re-writing our own narrative to reflect what the classical world could be.

Tricia Hersey is a multidisciplinary artist, theologian, activist and founder of The Nap Ministry. She is the global pioneer and originator of the “rest as resistance” and “rest as reparations” frameworks, and collaborates with communities all over the world to create sacred spaces where the liberatory, restorative, and disruptive power of rest can take hold. Tricia is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto and The Nap Ministry’s Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture. She is a Chicago native who believes in daydreaming and porch sitting.