AUREA ENSEMBLE
World Premiere! Crossings
April 23, 2017 at St. Martin’s Church
Featuring pipa player Yang Wei of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. Rhode Island’s own performance ensemble with a superb string quartet at its heart.
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The Creative Capital’s signature arts festival brought over 75,000 visitors to the city center for art, music, food and spectacle
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COMMUNITY MASTER CLASS WITH PATRICK CORBIN
March 12, 2017 at Ashamu Dance Studio
In this technique class, participants will learn movement from Paul Taylor’s “Piazzolla Caldera” from Corbin, a member of the original cast. FREE and open to the public.
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THE PAUL MURPHY TOURING ENSEMBLE
The next generation of Rhode Island jazz
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School take the stage at PVDFest in the form of the Paul Murphy Touring Ensemble, an elite group of high school musicians from all over the state. These inspiring young talents play a mix of contemporary jazz and original compositions with a depth of musical sophistication well beyond their years.
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EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION BAND
Award-winning, activist street band
An open band of brass, reeds and drums, there are over 30 musicians and dancers in the ERB family. Their musical influences range from New Orleans jazz to Middle Eastern klezmer, Spanish revolutionary songs to funk, rhythm & blues.
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SALSA Y GAITAS
Get ready to dance in the streets!
Salsa Y Gaitas is a reflection of Providence present, with 12 members drawn from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic playing a multicultural blend of music from around the Caribbean and Latin America.
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DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN
Redemption songs + project launch
A Harlem composer on a unique musical journey combines signature violin sounds with electronica and urban influences to create something entirely his own
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GRUPO AFINCAO
Modern Merengue for a new generation
Grupo Afincao uses merengue and salsa to speak to a new generation of listeners.
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ARC IRIS
Exploding the boundaries of pop music
Arc Iris’ music is fiercely bold and experimental, yet retains enough folk/pop DNA to be immediately recognizable as something accessible and compelling.
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