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Swarthmore College Residency: Pop-up Concert November 12, 2020

Thursday @ 6:00 pm

Swarthmore, PA

Gig Details

Admission:: Free

Venue Details

Address: Swarthmore College Lang Music Building 500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA

Akropolis gives a pop-up concert during student rush at the Dining Hall.

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Buy Tickets ✨ Announcing Our 6 Show Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott July 15 – 19 June 26, 2020
We stand with you. Akropolis pledges to be a better ally. June 3, 2020
Meet the 2020 Akropolis Mastermind Participants May 29, 2020
A strong Akropolis 🏛️💛 with your support! May 28, 2020
Akropolis Premieres Concerto by Roshanne Etezady with the University of Michigan Symphony Band March 10, 2020

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📣 You're invited to our Virtual Club Paradise!

📣 You're invited to our Virtual Club Paradise! Join Akropolis & composer Jeff Scott at our 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲́𝗲, an intimate, interactive 6-show online concert experience this summer, July 15 - 19.⁠⠀
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Our Virtual Soirée features live performances from Akropolis members, a live interview with composer Jeff Scott, a historical review of Detroit's Paradise Valley neighborhood and musical legacy from "primordial Detroiter" Marsha Music, and the 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮, Jeff Scott's new 25-minute masterwork for reed quintet!⁠⠀
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★ Tickets & Details ★ OR 🔗 in BIO https://akropolisquintet.org/clubparadise/⁠⠀
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The Paradise Valley neighborhood was a predominantly Black neighborhood in Detroit, which, along with the adjacent Black Bottom neighborhood, was razed by freeway projects and other urban renewal in the 1960s. We invite you to this 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲́𝗲 so that through music we can share this part of Detroit's history and educate each other about its wide-ranging consequences.⁠⠀
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Are you a K-12 student? You and your family are welcome to attend for FREE! Visit the link below for details 🙌⁠⠀
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𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 was commissioned by and composed for Akropolis in 2019, with support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.⁠⠀
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We hope to Zoom with you soon! 🎥🎧🖥⁠⠀
@jeffscott9167

Great catching up with this guy today! We're pumpe

Great catching up with this guy today! We're pumped to be collaborating on a new commission with composer extraordinaire Corey Dundee! @chaoticxyroq Corey was one of 10 composers Akropolis commissioned for our 10 year anniversary ~ 10 composers project. He's also the saxophonist 🎷of the amazing Kenari Quartet. 👀Look out for this #newmusic come 2021!⁠⠀
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This will be Corey's 2nd work for #reedquintet, having composed "Special Ops" in 2012. Watch here 🎧🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ynJqOR2DY⁠⠀
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See more of Corey's awesome music here ➡️➡️➡️www.coreydundee.com/

🍃🌻Taking the time to enjoy the breezy and be

🍃🌻Taking the time to enjoy the breezy and beautiful summer weather. We hope you enjoy the serene and peaceful 7th movement “Weeping Willow” of @marcmellits 8 movement #reedquintet masterwork called “Splinter” where each movement is inspired by a different 🌳 tree.
We seriously miss touring this piece around the country, especially hearing @tgocks on this soaringly beautiful oboe line!
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🎥 full video on YouTube @akropolis5tet filmed at @chambermusicnw⁠⠀
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Love this video? 📲Subscribe to our @youtube page for more new music! www.youtube.com/akropolis5tet

This year, Akropolis worked with the music student

This year, Akropolis worked with the music students at Cass Technical High School, Martin Luther King High School, and Detroit School of Arts, teaching them composition 📝and the joys of performing chamber music. For 3 years, this residency has ended each June in conjunction with Akropolis' #TogetherWeSound festival, resulting in the us recording and presenting world premieres of 6-10 student compositions.⁠⠀
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Today, we're excited to announce that in lieu of being able to physically premiere these student compositions at our festival, we'll be premiering them 🎶🖥split-screen style alongside each student composer!⁠⠀
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Up first, we hope you enjoy "Calm Before the Storm" by Cass Tech graduating senior Kailah Arnold. 👏Congratulations to Kailah for all her hard work on this composition this year!⁠⠀
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A special thanks to Ms. Markita Moore, the band director at Cass Technical High School, for all her help in organizing our residency this past school year, and thanks to support from our funders, without whom our year-long residency and festival would not be possible. ⁠⠀
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💛 National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.⁠⠀
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@cass_tech⁠⠀
@dsa_dpscd⁠⠀
@neaarts⁠⠀
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