University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)
Monty Adkins — Winter Tendrils
Nathalie Joachim — The Race: 1915
Freida Abtan — My Heart Is A River
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay — asinglewordisnotenough 3 [invariant]
Fredrick Gifford — Difficult Grace
Seth Parker Woods, cello, narrator, & movement
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – "III. Calvary Ostinato" from Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite
Fredrick Gifford – Difficult Grace
Monty Adkins – Winter Tendrils
Nathalie Joachim – The Race: 1915
Freida Abtan – My Heart Is A River
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 [invariant]
Evocative, theatrical, and genre-bending, Difficult Grace is an evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force conceived by and featuring cellist Seth Parker Woods in the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, and movement artist, performing music written for and with Seth by Freida Abtan, Monty Adkins, Fredrick Gifford, Michael Gordon, Nathalie Joachim, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay.
Heightened by film, spoken texts, dance, and visual artwork by Jacob Lawrence, Barbara Earl Thomas, Zoë McLean, and Freida Abtan, Difficult Grace creates a vivid sonic and visual canvas that draws its inspiration from the Great Migration, archive research in the year 1915 of the historic newspaper The Chicago Defender, immigration, and the poetry of Amiri Baraka and Dudley Randall.
In fall 2022, Difficult Grace will premiere in its fully realized new iteration including an on-stage collaboration with choreographer and dancer Roderick George with new musical commissions from composers Ted Hearne and Devonté Hynes a.k.a Blood Orange.
Dr. Woods is a UB Center for Diversity Innovation Distinguished Visiting Scholar, ’21-22.
A discussion from the stage between Music Department faculty member Dr. Jamie Currie and Dr. Woods about the program will follow the performance.
The concert will begin at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific.
Attending in person: All spectators at on-campus concerts must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and wear masks inside Slee Hall. A vaccination card, a photo of a vaccination card, an Excelsior Pass or a digital vaccine card are all acceptable. Attendees should be prepared to show photo ID as well.
The performance will take place at:
Lippes Concert Hall at Slee Hall
University of Buffalo (North Campus)
Buffalo, New York 14260
In-person tickets for UB faculty, staff, alumni, seniors and non-UB students:
$10 plus $2.40 fee online (up to 90 minutes prior to concert time).
$14 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6pm Eastern Tuesday and Wednesday)
$18 at the door (one hour before concert time)
All UB faculty, staff and students with a valid ID will receive one complimentary ticket to this performance.
In-person tickets for general public:
$15 plus app. $2.55 fee online (up to 90 minutes prior to concert time)
$19 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6pm Eastern Tuesday and Wednesday)
$23 at the door (one hour before concert time)
Note that in addition to the individual transaction fee outlined above, TicketMaster also adds a $2 order charge to every order, whether one ticket or multiple tickets are being purchased in that order.