Concert: “CONVERGENCE: Spirituals from the Shtetl. Davening from the Delta” by Anthony Russell

• Performance

• Event Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
• Time: 7:30 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

Part of the CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series

CONVERGENCE is a new repertoire of works exploring exile, spirituality, hope and redemption. Combining diverse strains of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish and African American music, CONVERGENCE stands directly at spiritual, historical and textual crossroads. The musical sources are diverse: Chassidic piyyutim, negro spirituals, Yiddish labor union songs, Civil Rights anthems, Israeli folksong and traditional Ashkenazi synagogue music. The musical idioms are diverse as well, bearing elements of contemporary classical, jazz, blues, gospel, klezmer, chazzanut and experimental music.

Mr. Russell is accompanied by pianist Rachel Jensen.

The CAS/MillerComm public events series brings to campus people who offer unique cross-disciplinary contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the university.

This Center for Advanced Study event is hosted by the Program in Jewish Culture and Society in conjunction with the Department of African American Studies, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of History, Department of Religion, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Music, and the Spurlock Museum.