Leslie Odom, Jr., Questlove and Dr. Jessica Harris, connect in conversation for the premiere of RECOVERING BLACK HISTORY, a Curator Culture talk hosted by Tom Healy and presented by The Bass and The Studio Museum in Harlem, Wednesday, April 7 at 6 p.m. on The Bass Museum of Art YouTube Channel.
Nu Deco NXT is a youth ensemble for 7th-12th grade students that applies the Nu Deco model of combining the traditional orchestral instruments (Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion) with a full rhythm section (guitars, drums, keys) and performing works by living composers, rearranging works by innovative artists, and exploring improvisation and musical creation.
Nu Deco is currently accepting musicians in 7th – 12th grade to participate in the Nu Deco NXT Spring Break Intensive (March 28 – April 3) taking place at the Adrienne Arsht Center.
In September, the Arsht Center launched the Heritage Project, an artistic online salon series. The first salon, Songs of Freedom, explored the role of music in social justice movements. The panelists deconstructed songs that have served as songs of freedom or songs of protest, and have been used as coded language in various struggles for freedom.