Bloodlines Interwoven
Bloodlines Interwoven
INAUGURAL BLOODLINES INTERWOVEN FESTIVAL
JUNE 10–16
120 Broadway
Tivoli, NY 12583
Rajna, Martha, Nasheet, Jen, Jeff, Mino, Misha, Susie, Maeve and Kaoru taking a break for some eclipse viewing
Featured Festival Artists:
Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Alicia Hall Moran (voice), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Du Yun (composer, performance art), Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), Jen Shyu (voice, lutes and zithers), Layale Chaker (violin and voice), Maeve Gilchrist (Celtic harp), Martha Redbone (voice), Matt Garrison (electric bass), Mino Cinélu (percussion, voice, guitar), Nasheet Waits (drums), Rajna Swaminathan (percussion), Susie Ibarra (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese percussion and flutes)
Weekend daytime artists include Hassan Hakmoun, Imani Uzuri, Adam Rudolph, Samora Pinderhughes, and Arun Ramamurthy.
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Matt, Kaoru, Jen, Martha, Rajna, Nasheet, Layale, Maeve, Susie and Misha
The week-long Bloodlines Interwoven Festival will feature artist talks, workshops in traditional and contemporary music, evening-length concerts featuring world premieres by acclaimed composers, intimate sunrise performances, late-evening fireside music-making, and curated storytelling and discussion sessions. All will be led by Festival Artistic Director Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned instrumentalist and composer, and feature a multicultural collective of world-class musicians.
As part of this initiative, the fifteen featured artists—whose work is informed by their diverse creative, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds—are currently deep in a months-long residency at Baryshnikov Arts in Manhattan, where they are sharing the stories of their ancestors, artistic process, and artistic vision in multiple “Gatherings,” in order to collectively create new musical compositions that draw from the interweaving of each other’s narratives. This unique artistic process will culminate in the festival.
Adam, Susie, Jen, Rajna, Martha and Matt pushing pins into a world map, marking the journey of their famililes and themselves
SCHEDULE *
Monday, June 10, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Featuring: Kaoru Watanabe, Martha Redbone, Rajna Swaminathan
Venue: Black Box Theater (Indoors)
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Featuring: Matthew Garrison, Jen Shyu, Layale Chaker
Venue: Black Box Theater (Indoors)
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Featuring: Maeve Gilchrist, Jeffrey Zeigler, Alicia Hall Moran
Venue: Black Box Theater (Indoors)
Thursday, June 13, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Featuring: Susie Ibarra, Amir ElSaffar, Mino Cinélu
Venue: Black Box Theater (Indoors)
8:00 PM–9:30 PM | Members-Only Event | Barn Concert and Reception
Featuring: Ensemble Performance
Venue: Barn
Friday, June 14, 2024
4:30 PM–6:00 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Featuring: Nasheet Waits, Adam O’Farrill, Du Yun
Venue: Black Box Theater (Indoors)
7:00 PM–8:30 PM | Interwoven Concert I
Featuring: All Artists
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
9:00 PM–10:00 PM | Fireside Music
Featuring: Various Artists
Venue: In Front of Barn (Outdoors)
Please join the Bloodlines Interwoven artists for intimate post-concert fireside sessions of music, dance, and storytelling. Southeastern Woodland’s traditional stomp dance and call-and-response songs led by Martha Redbone, as well as folk tales, ghost stories, and lullabies from Ireland, Japan, Appalachia, Southwest and Southeast Asia, and more, all with improvised soundscapes by the artists.
Saturday, June 15, 2024
12:00 PM–6:00 PM | Music in the Field
Featuring:
12:00 PM–1:00 PM Jen Shyu (Studio Complex, Studio 2)
1:00 PM–2:00 PM Mino Cinélu (Black Box Theater)
2:00 PM–3:00 PM Maeve Gilchrist (Barn)
3:00 PM–4:00 PM Adam Rudolph Trio—with Stephen Haynes, Alexis Marcelo, and Adam Rudolph (Black Box Theater)
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Hassan Hakmoun Trio—with Abdurrahim Hakmoun, Hassan Hakmoun, and Adam Rudolph (Black Box Theater)
5:00 PM–6:00 PM Susie Ibarra (Meadow Stage)
6:00 PM–6:45 PM Members-Only Event | Pre-Concert Reception
Venue: Studio Complex, Studio 2
Enjoy food and beverages between performances.
7:00 PM–8:30 PM | Interwoven Concert II
Featuring: All Artists (Mountain Stage)
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
9:00 PM–10:00 PM | Fireside Music
Featuring: Various Artists (In Front of Studio Complex)
Venue: Studio Complex Grounds (Outdoors)
Sunday, June 16, 2024
11:00 AM–2:00 PM | Music in the Field
Featuring:
11:00 AM–12:00 PM Samora Pinderhughes, Amanda Krische (Black Box Theater)
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Arun Ramamurthy Trio (Black Box Theater)
12:45 PM–1:15 PM Imani Uzuri (TBD, Outdoors)
1:15 PM–2:00 PM Arun Ramamurthy Duo—with Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy (Meadow Stage)
3:00 PM–4:30 PM | Interwoven Concert III
Featuring: All Artists
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
Repertoire includes How Sweet I Roam’d by Martha Redbone, Down Victoria Street (feat the Grassmarket Reel) by Maeve Gilchrist, Elaf’s Eyes (based on “Tahir’s Day”) / I Walk Into the Fire by Jen Shyu, No Boundary by Amir ElSaffar, and Heartstrings by Alicia Hall Moran.
Susie with the map sharing stories about her family, and about the culture and traditions of the Philippines. She spoke about the spiritual connection to water, about how rhythms work in Kulintang music and more.