Quartet and Chava Florendo created collaborative ‘honor song’: ‘It’s straight from the river’
Before wrapping up a week of local events with a landmark reunion concert Sunday, Nov. 5, members of the Uptown String Quartet and two special guests took part in a public discussion Friday at the Ashland Elks Lodge about contributions of Black and Native women to American music, past and present, and connections between the Black and Native communities. Local nonprofit Anima Mundi Productions produced and hosted the evening's discussion.
The evening’s theme, “How do we come together to share and understand our vast cultures and break bread together?” was set with an opening poem, “Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees,” read to the audience by quartet member Maxine Roach, followed by the quartet’s rendition of the spiritual, “Let Us Break Bread Together.”
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