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Folk Rock

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Friday, Mar. 15 8:00 PM
Saturday, Mar. 16 8:00 PM

Apollo Chamber Players

Folk Rock

WORLD PREMIERE commission by Pamela Z

Over the past decade, audiences have shared with us their ideas of what constitutes folk music. Composer-performer Pamela Z offers her take on folk music, with a new commission inspired by American 1960’s/70’s folk rock. Steven Snowden’s ‘Appalachian Polaroids’ provides a juxtaposed look at the DNA of American and Appalachian roots music, a work inspired by photographs of remote Appalachian mountain communities. And Snowden's 'Take This Hammer' finds its origins on a bluesy prison work song that later inspired the music of British folk-rocker Sandy Denny.


ApolloLab

In addition to two performances of this program, we offer a first-ever ApolloLab - an informal, behind-the-scenes look at the composer and new commission. Apollo presents this unique experience to you FREE of charge on Saturday, March 16th, at 2:00 PM in Matchbox 1. 


Program

  • Pamela Z: The Unraveling for string quartet, voice and MacBook Pro
    20x2020 NO. 16 | WORLD PREMIERE 
  • Pamela Z: Solo Works TBA 
  • Steven Snowden: Appalachian Polaroids & Take This Hammer
GUEST ARTISTS & COMPOSERS:
Pamela Z
Steven Snowden