Davóne Tines: What Creation Sounds Like

Davóne Tines: What Creation Sounds Like explores how stories of humanity’s beginnings might illuminate the present and future. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines and pianist John Bitoy join innovative composer and pianist Vijay Iyer for a program combining live performance, improvisation, conversation, and musical examples.

The event draws on works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Robert Schumann, Alice Coltrane, and Philip Glass, along with excerpts from *Creation*, a new work by Osvaldo Golijov, David Henry Hwang, and Leah Hager Cohen. It is presented in partnership with the Harvard Department of Music.

When: Tuesday, November 10

Showtime: 6:00 p.m.

Venue: John Knowles Paine Concert Hall

Performers: Davóne Tines, bass-baritone; Vijay Iyer; John Bitoy

Program: Live performance, improvisation, conversation, musical examples from Beethoven, Ellington, Schumann, Coltrane, and Glass, and excerpts from *Creation*

Tickets: Price not available

Presented by: Presented in partnership with the Harvard Department of Music

Support: Support includes backing from Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser for the Creation Festival, the Golijov commission, and Humanities events, with additional Creation Festival support from Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis.