On Being Enslaved
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A joint project of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Berklee College of Music String Department, and the Africana Studies Division, the Boston Conservatory Chamber Orchestra will join to support the Marian Anderson String Quartet in a performance at the beautiful Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury.
About the Marian Anderson String Quartet
The critically acclaimed all-female ensemble has performed at presidential inaugurations, the Library of Congress, and more, making history in 1991 when they won the International Cleveland Quartet Competition—the first African American ensemble to win a classical music competition. Their rich program presents works reflecting on the theme of enslavement, beginning with MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, Grammy Award winner, and musical polymath Rhiannon Giddens’s “At the Purchaser’s Option with Variations,” through a suite by Jonathan McNair composed for the story of the underground railroad, and pieces written in honor of the quartet’s namesake, before leading organically into a performance of Dvorak’s beloved “American” Quartet.