Name: Dancing Home with Palaver Strings
Start: 2024-09-26T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-26T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Mechanics' Hall

Dancing Home with Palaver Strings

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Mechanics' Hall (Maine)

Chamber orchestra Palaver Strings presents Dancing Home, a program of lively, dance-oriented music for strings.

Mechanics' Hall

Dancing Home explores themes of heritage, belonging, displacement, and resilience through the lens of dance. At the heart of this program is the world premiere of ḥawwāsh by Kareem Roustom. Inspired by the ḥawwāsh, or lead dancer of a traditional dabke dance, this piece allows any musician to lead the ensemble at any given moment, sharing fluid leadership through physical and sonic cues. This program also features Palaver’s arrangement of Bartok’s Romanian Dances, original fiddle tunes by Palaver violinist Maya French, and Kinan Azmeh’s Syrian Dances, commissioned by Palaver in 2022. Dancing Home celebrates social dance as a meeting place for tradition and innovation, and a vehicle for building resilience, joy, and trust. Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 pm (doors 6:30 PM), approximately 60-minutesThere is a $3 ticket surcharge on the day of the performance. Photo Credit: Titilayo Ayangade ABOUT THE ARTISTSSince 2014, <a href="https://www.palaverstrings.org/" title="https://www.palaverstrings.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palaver Strings</a> has made its mark as one of New England’s most innovative chamber ensembles. The ensemble’s Co-Artistic Directors curate artistic programming collaboratively and democratically, rotating project direction and musical leadership. Some musicians also hold administrative roles. Each year Palaver presents a full concert season featuring diverse programming and world-renown collaborators, and offers music instruction to hundreds of students through the Palaver Music Center. Violin / Tiffany Chang, Bree Fotheringham, Maya French, Grant Houston, Jesse MacDonald, Yulia PriceViola / Brianna Fischler, Lysander Jaffe, Elizabeth MooreCello / Adalus Low Manzini, Nathaniel Taylor, Kamyron WilliamsBass / Maggie Cox

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