Davóne Tines

Davóne Tines & Ruckus


Feb 01
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall
455 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Adult Tickets from $28 | UR Employee Tickets $20 | UR Student Tickets FREE | See Other Discounts 

Pre-show artist talk at 6:30 p.m. moderated by VPM Classical Host Mike Goldberg

Of Davóne Tines, the Los Angeles Times raves, “[He] is as mesmerizing as a singer can be … His voice can fill a space and then some, ringing gloriously but also, under pressure, distorting (you might even say queering) the very space he commanded.” Meanwhile, San Francisco Classical Voice described Ruckus as “the world’s only [baroque] period-instrument rock band.” All of the musicians are members of American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) and share that forward-looking ensemble’s commitment to creating collaborative, contemporary work. Together Tines and the band will explore four centuries of American music with reimaged songs, hymns, and ballads in a meditation and interrogation centered around the Black American experience.

Ruckus features Doug Balliett on violone and electric bass, Elliot Figg on harpsichord and synthesizer, Keir GoGwilt on violin, Manami Mizumoto on violin and viola, Paul Holmes Morton on banjo and theorbo, and Clay Zeller-Townson on reeds and percussion.

PROGRAM

Doug Balliett Steps to Compassion
Traditional,
arr. Davóne Tines
Jesus Lover of My Soul
George Frideric Handel Convey Me to Some Peaceful Shore (1748)
Traditional Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Unknown What Mean Ye (1720/1837)
Julius Eastman Buddha (1983)
John Dickinson,
arr. Doug Balliett
The Liberty Song
Joshua McCarter Simpson,
arr. Tines & Ruckus
To The White People of America (1854)
Benjamin Carr,
arr. Doug Balliett
The Federal Overture (1793)
George Frideric Handel Why Do the Nations (1741)
Clyde Otis This Bitter Earth (1960)
Doug Balliett Knowledge
arr. Allan & Robinson The House I Live In (1942)
Davóne Tines,
arr. Doug Balliett
What Is My Hand In This?