AMERICAN RHAPSODY
The Gershwin Songbook
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For a special student matinee celebrating the enduring music of composer George Gershwin with a live performance by The Gershwin Big Band, led by bandleader and vocalist Michael Andrew with guest vocalist Michelle Amato. Topics: Theater Arts, Music, History, Poetry
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PANEL TALK: THE INSPIRATION OF TRADITION – CENTRAL ASIAN COOL
March 11 at RISD Tap Room
Welcome the Aga Khan Music Initiative artists of Qyrq Qyz/Forty Girls with a community dinner and panel exploring the expression of traditional storytelling and music through the representation of powerful female mythology in the Muslim world.
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VIDEO GALLERY
2017/18 season artists
featuring Artistic Icons Chick Corea and Steve Gadd, American Rhapsody: The Gershwin Songbook, Manual Cinema, Betsayda Machado “The Voice of Venezuela, Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls) from the Aga Khan Music Initiative, and more
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Watch previews of Artistic Icons and Frontier Series performances
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REIMAGINING GERSHWIN:
RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE
February 6 – Brown University
FREE lunchtime talk for Curator’s Circle Members RSVP required
George Gershwin’s enduring influence on African-American music is explored by Wall Street Journal Jazz critic Larry Blumenfeld and polymath composer/producer/musician Melvin Gibbs in this FirstWorks Creative Conversation.
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ART IN THE STARS
FIRSTWORKS WINTER SHOWCASE & FUNDRAISER
February 8 – Rooftop at The Providence G
Join us for an evening of cocktails, oysters, hors d’oeuvres, live music and entertainment to benefit FirstWorks Arts Learning educational programs for Rhode Island’s youth!
TICKETS: $45-65
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ART IN THE STARS
FIRSTWORKS WINTER SHOWCASE & FUNDRAISER
February 8 – Rooftop at The Providence G
Join us for an evening of cocktails, oysters, hors d’oeuvres, live music and entertainment to benefit FirstWorks Arts Learning educational programs for Rhode Island’s youth!
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ARTISTIC ICONS SERIES
AMERICAN RHAPSODY:
THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK
February 22, 2018 at The VETS
A unique concert produced by the Gershwin Family Foundation celebrates iconic American music by one of the most indelible composers of the 20th century! Part of FirstWorks Artistic Icons Series at The VETS.
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FRONTIER SERIES
QYRQ QYZ (FORTY GIRLS)
March 14 at RISD Auditorium
An epic story of the Central Asian Amazons told through music, poetry and contemporary film.
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