The Osher School of Music at The University of Southern Maine Concert Band, Choral Ensembles, and guest artist, Rollo Dilworth will join forces on April 25, 2023 at 5pm at State Street Church in Portland, Maine to perform titled: Weather: A Concert for Climate Change and Social Justice. This concert will include various selections related to climate change and will culminate with the performance of Rollo Dilworth’s Weather.
Weather is music set by Dr. Rollo Dilworth to a poem by Dr. Claudia Rankine. Claudia Rankine’s poem ‘Weather’ appeared on the front cover of the June 21 issue of The New York Times. Dr. Rankine is the author of “Citizen: An American Lyric” and other collections, as well as two plays and various essays. She teaches at Yale University. Her new book, “Just Us: An American Conversation,” was published in September 2020. ‘Weather’ takes a hard look at the climate in America in 2020 taking into consideration systematic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
State Street Church159 State Street
Portland, Maine 04101
United States
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