WARMTH FROM OTHER SUNS
2020
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Small Ensemble
Between 1916 and 1970, the mass exodus of African-Americans leaving the rural South, seeking homes in the urban West, Midwest, and Northeast became known as the Great Migration. Inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Suns , I chose to bring these stories to life through the voice of a string quartet.
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WARMTH FROM OTHER SUNS
duration
6 minutes
instrumentation
string quartet
premiered by
commissioned by
the Sphinx Organization
Between 1916 and 1970, the mass exodus of African-Americans leaving the rural South, seeking homes in the urban West, Midwest, and Northeast became known as the Great Migration. Inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Suns , I chose to bring these stories to life through the voice of a string quartet.
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