Vision Festival at Tufts

October 27, 6:30pm
Distler Hall at Tufts University
20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155

Free Admission

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1pm: WORKSHOP IN IMPROVISATION by WILLIAM PARKER, for the young musicians of the Tufts Community Music Program
 
5:30pm: SYMPOSIUM: “SOUND AND SOCIAL JUSTICE”: Tufts faculty (David Locke, Anthony Romero, Joel LaRue Smith, Erica Walker) in dialogue with Fred Moten and the musicians of the Vision Festival

Featuring the art of Bill Mazza
6:30pm: MATTHEW SHIPP (piano), MICHAEL BISIO (bass)
 
7:15pm: REVOLUTION / RESURRECTION with PATRICIA NICHOLSON (dance, text), JASON KAO HWANG (violin), MICHAEL TA THOMPSON (drums) BILL MAZZA (live video painting)
 
8:00pm: FRED MOTEN  (reading)
 
8:30pm: WILLIAM PARKER (bass, double reeds), ANDREW CYRILLE (drums), FRED MOTEN (reading) ROB BROWN (alto sax),  STEVE SWELL (trombone)

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Featured Performances

Matthew Shipp / Michael Bisio Duo
6:30pm
Matthew Shipp - piano
Michael Bisio - bass
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Fred Moten
8:00pm
Fred Moten - reading

Revolution / Resurrection
7:15pm
Patricia Nicholson - dance, text
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
TA Thompson - drums
​Bill Mazza - live projections

Parker / Brown / Cyrille / Moten / Swell
8:30pm
William Parker - bass, double reeds
Rob Brown - alto sax
Andrew Cyrille - drums
Fred Moten - poetry
​Steve Swell - trombone

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