Moss Vault: Leaves of Grass - Celebrating Walt Whitman with Music (Online Event)
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Time: 8:00 AM - 11:55 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech continues their online series the Moss Vault with the musical performance "Leaves of Grass" starting on Monday, May 18, 2020 at 5:00 pm through Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at midnight.

Just because you can’t currently attend performances in the Moss Arts Center's spectacular theatre doesn’t mean you can’t experience unforgettable music, dance, and theatre right where you are.

For a limited time, we’re raising the curtain on past performances from our archives. Find a new performance here each week. Each performance will only be available for two days, so don’t miss your chance to see what we’ve released from our video vault.

Jazz composer and pianist Fred Hersch’s Leaves of Grass premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2005. It celebrates the life and poetry of the American bard Walt Whitman, whose work redefined American poetry and had a significant, life-affirming impact on Hersch.

Led by Hersch on piano, an eight-piece ensemble evokes sweeping melodicism, while vocalists Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry present Whitman’s words with grace, emotion, and lyrical sweetness. It has been over 160 years since Whitman wrote his epic masterwork, Song of Myself, the centerpiece of Hersch’s Leaves of Grass, and its messages seemed almost alien to society at the time. Now, its promotion of unapologetic love for one’s true self, appreciation of the present, wonder at the miracle of nature, and the openhearted love of all beings is especially timely and important. It is a powerful experience to witness this profound poetry spun into song by one of today’s leading musical visionaries.

The performance was performed live on Friday, April 26, 2019.

To view the performance, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/moss-vault.html.

The performance will only be available for three days before being removed.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/mac-virtualprogramming.html or https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/moss-vault.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or call 540-231-5300.

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