The Cartography Project
My Commissions
My commissions for the first two years will focus on Blackness in Seattle, the third year will be a topic of my choice. The entirety of the commission spans over three years and includes mentorship by Carlos Simon & Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The commissions will premiere at the Kennedy Center at a date to be announced.
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Carlos Simon, SassyBlack, Marc Bamuthi Joseph
About “The Cartography Project”
As a part of Cartography Project 2.0, there will be a total of four commissions. The NSO and WNO will each have two commissions selected from the focus cities of Seattle, Houston, New Orleans, and Detroit. In alignment with our commitment to Black dignity, the focus of Cartography 2.0 will be the future of Black dignity.
What do they look like in New Orleans? What do they sound like in Detroit? What are we doing today to shape the Black lives of tomorrow? This will be the charge to our commissioned composers and librettists to uncover through mentorship, community engagement, and composition workshops.
During the summer of 2023, the Kennedy Center will engage in a series of Hometown Community Activations with arts and cultural partners in each of the focus cities, to deepen and strengthen the work of the commissioned artists and the communities from which they have geographic proximity.
