Helga Davis with Face the Music at National Sawdust

Gig Alerts | Feb 8, 2019

Helga Davis with Face the Music at National Sawdust, Mon. Feb. 11
Tickets: $15-20. Show at 7 pm.

Vocalist and WQXR radio host Helga Davis joins the young musicians of Face the Music and composers Courtney Bryan and Shelley Washington for "a program that speaks with fierce urgency to unheard stories and issues facing Black America today" (National Sawdust). Hear Courtney Bryan's Yet Unheard (inspired by the tragic death of Sandra Bland) along with sax player and composer Shelley Washington's piece, “A Kind of Lung”, which uses Central Asian string instruments alongside the Western violin, cello, and piano. There's also music by violinist/composer Mazz Swift, on this program inspired by the 2016 film Hidden Figures. The concert is at 7 pm at National Sawdust on Monday, Feb. 11.

Helga Davis also hosts the podcast, Helga.

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