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IAC Commissions: Tamar Korn and Dennis Lichtman

“Walking into the Unknown," premiering April 25 as part of Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope festival

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Grásta: Grace in Uncertainty

Our second program to premiere as part of Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope festival features vocalist Tamar Korn and jazz, swing, and bluegrass musician Dennis Lichtman performing: "Walking into the Unknown," a new, co-written piece by the artists tracing the existential lines of the times; "There'll Be Some Changes Made," a 1923 Harlem Renaissance classic by Higgins and Overstreet; and an oration-as-interlude from the Michael Ventura essay "Predictions: The Next 200 Years."

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has curated a Black Liberation Reading List, featuring 95 works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with a focus on Black authors, including a number of writers from the Harlem Renaissance, of which Higgins and Overstreet were a part. Many of these titles are available digitally on SimplyE, NYPL’s free e-reader app.

Premiered April 25, 2021, as part of Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope festival. 

Conversation + music available on Irish Arts Center's Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, and YouTube channels.

To listen to just the music, click here.

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"Walking into the Unknown" (2021, by Tamar Korn & Dennis Lichtman)
"There'll Be Some Changes Made" (1921, by Benton Overstreet & Billy Higgins) 

Tamar Korn: vocals
Dan Levinson: clarinet
Dennis Lichtman: resophonic tenor guitar and 2nd clarinet 

Oration excerpted from “Predictions: The Next 200 Years” by Michael Ventura 

Produced by Tamar Korn and Dennis Lichtman 

Presented as part of Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope Festival 2021 

Executive producer, podcast: Dean Cappello 
Producer, podcast: Paul Chuffo 

Music for podcast from "Inagh Valley / Rockin’ the Boat" by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, and Patrick Doocey

Commissioned by Irish Arts Center as part of Grásta: Grace in Uncertainty, 2020-2021.

Irish Arts Center's Grásta commissions series challenged twenty-six artists, reflecting a range of perspectives and disciplines, to create work in response to the idea of finding grace in uncertainty. Click here to learn more.

About the Artists

Tamar Korn
Dennis Lichtman
THE PROJECT

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