Joel Thompson's Seven Last Words of the Unarmed: And Other Selections of Hope and Inspiration

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Presented By Triangle Gay Men's Chorus

Saturday, February 17th at 7:00pm EST

Online sale ends: 02/17/24 at 8:00pm EST

Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

4907 Garrett Road

Durham, NC 27707

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Talent

Triangle Gay Men's Chorus

Description

The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed contains seven movements, each of which quotes the last words of an unarmed Black man before he was killed. Thompson has said that in composing the piece, he "used the liturgical format in Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ in an effort to humanize these men and to reckon with [his] identity as a black man in this country in relation to this specific scourge of police brutality." Thompson was also inspired by the illustrations of Iranian-American artist Shirin Barghi.

The work was premiered in November 2015 by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club under the direction of Eugene Rogers. We hope to see at this powerful presentation of Joel Thompson's work.

Tickets: $20; $25 day of concert.

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Time

Event starts at 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30pm

Price

General Admission: $20.00
Guest Ticket: $20.00
T-Shirt: $20.00

Age

All Ages

Venue

Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship<br> 4907 Garrett Road<br> Durham, 27707

Info Line

info@tgmchorus.org