Upcoming events.
D-Composed and The Nap Ministry Presents: Freedom Lullabies
On Juneteenth, join D-Composed, a Black chamber music collective, and Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry for Freedom Lullabies. This rest experience celebrates the power of our Ancestor’s freedom and uplifts Black composers' works with revolutionary text readings.
Doors Open: 12:30
Performance Begins: 1:00 PM
The approximate run-time of the performance is 45-minutes
3rd Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Join us at the 3rd Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival for a special performance featuring D-Composed. We’ll be joined by a special guest, poet Harold Green III.
The D-Composed performance begins at 1:15 PM
Davóne Tines with D-Composed
We’re making our Harris Theater debut in collaboration with acclaimed bass-baritone, Davóne Tines for a special program during Mix at Six.
D-Composed & Plínio Fernandes for TUCCA
More information to come. The concert will be held in the Classic Sãu Paulo room.
https://tucca.org.br/d-composed-e-plinio-fernandes/
D-Compressed with Cherish Hicks of Beyond
Join us at Gary Comer Youth Center for our music & meditation experience, D-Compressed.
Chicago Humanities Festival Presents D-Composed
Join us at The Chicago History Museum for a performance of the works of contemporary Black composers featuring compositions from Carlos Simon, Tomeka Reid, Jessie Montgomery, Ahmed Al Abaca, and Daniel Bernard Roumain.
This program is generously underwritten by the Paul M. Angell Foundation Family Foundation.
D-Composed at Gateways Festival
Our acclaimed program, D-Composition x Love Is… returns for a special presentation at Gateways Music Festival.
D-Composition pairs the music of Black composers with poetry by Black authors. All works seek to examine and understand the many definitions of love.
Featured poets & storytellers include Diamond Sharp, Shanta Nurullah, Krista Franklin, avery r. young, Davon Clark, and Raych Jackson with compositions by Carlos Simon, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Ahmed Al Abaca, Sharon Udoh, and Jessie Montgomery.
Kaufman Music Center Presents: Pamela Z & D-Composed
Composer and media artist Pamela Z and D-Composed, the Chicago-based chamber music collective that honors Black creativity and culture, perform music by Pamela Z and the Grammy-nominated composer, flutist, and vocalist Nathalie Joachim. Featuring the world premiere of a new version of Joachim’s “In Between”, written for D-Composed and Pamela Z.
CSO MusicNow: D-Composed Pre-Show Concert
Join us in the Grainger Ballroom before Jessie Montgomery’s CSO MusicNOW performance with Curtis Stewart.