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PROGRAM ONE
About the Artists
You and your students will meet New York City–based artists who represent three different musical genres and cultural traditions; many have reinvented these deeply rooted traditions to make them their own. Together, you will learn songs and dances that you will perform along with the artists during the digital concert experience at the end of your semester.
Ilusha Tsinadze is a singer, guitarist, composer, and arranger born in Tbilisi,
Georgia. After studying jazz in college, his passion shifted to the music of
his homeland. In 2011, Ilusha ...
Ilusha Tsinadze is a singer, guitarist, composer, and arranger born in Tbilisi,
Georgia. After studying jazz in college, his passion shifted to the music of
his homeland. In 2011, Ilusha released his debut album, Deda Ena (Mother
Tongue), which featured his own distinctly personal interpretations of
Georgian folk songs along with compositions of his own. The music
video for his song “Mokhevis Kalo Tinao” went viral in Georgia and has since
won him wide acclaim and national fame in the country. He has performed
with his Brooklyn-based band around the world, allowing audiences to
experience his emotional renditions of Georgia’s beautiful and little-known
musical traditions.
Called a “postmodernist Bessie Smith” by The Village Voice, composer,
vocalist, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri has collaborated with an eclectic
array of artists including ...
Called a “postmodernist Bessie Smith” by The Village Voice, composer,
vocalist, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri has collaborated with an eclectic
array of artists including Herbie Hancock, John Legend, Vijay Iyer, Carrie
Mae Weems, and Robert Ashley. Her breakthrough album The Gypsy Diaries
was released to critical acclaim. In 2016, Imani made her Lincoln Center
American Songbook debut and was a featured performer on Black Girls
Rock! on BET. She also composed and co-wrote lyrics for a new musical
GIRL Shakes Loose, which was selected for the 2016 O’Neill National Music
Theater Conference, and is currently composing a contemporary opera, Hush
Arbor. She recently collaborated with The Public Theater on a concert tour of
community centers, shelters, and prisons, and is Founder and Artistic Director
of Revolutionary Choir.
Haitian songstress Emeline Michel is internationally acclaimed for fusing pop, jazz, blues, and traditional Haitian rhythms into deeply moving, joyful music delivered through charismatic ...
Haitian songstress Emeline Michel is internationally acclaimed for fusing pop, jazz, blues, and traditional Haitian rhythms into deeply moving, joyful music delivered through charismatic live shows. A master entertainer, Emeline has shared her message with audiences for more than 20 years, including appearances at the United Nations, Montreal’s International Jazz Festival, and MTV’s Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief. Hailed by the New York Times as a “diplomat of music” and “the dancing ambassador with a voice serene and warm like the breeze,” she is now based in New York City, where she runs her own production company, Production Cheval de Feu, and remains an important voice for social issues concerning women and children worldwide.
