Premiere of Conversations Between Four Black Abolitionist Music-Makers
Sat, Feb 01
|SECU Auditorium NCMA
The history you may not have known is uncovered!
Time & Location
Feb 01, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
SECU Auditorium NCMA, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
About the Event
United Strings of Color is presenting an immersive experience of Black history using music, theatre, and mixed media arts to educate about the lives, countries, times, systemic laws, and iconic contributions of the four Black abolitionists: Ignatius Sancho, Joseph Bologne "Chevalier", Solomon Northrup and Frederick Douglass.
4:00 pm : Pre-show interactive immersive activities.
5:00 pm : Performance
Throughout the production, USC groups will play music either composed by the historical figures themselves, associated with them in historical documentation, or of the era in which they lived. Following the formal presentation, the audience will be invited to converse with our musical Black abolitionists and engage further in the discoveries the production uncovers. Tickets are on sale through the NC Museum of Art.