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Join us for an Evening of Original Poetry and Music by local artists!
The evening's program included:
**Original improvisatory music performed by cellist/artist Jae Wes
**Original poetry read by poet/author André O. Hoilette
**Two new pieces for cello ensemble by composer Kari Clifton, performed by community youth cellists and featuring cellist/artist Jae Wes
**The youth premiere of Seasons of Blight, a three-movement quintet for cello and spoken word by composer Lee Knight and poet André O. Hoilette. Seasons of Blight dialogs with musical composition and poetry to engage the listener in seeing elements of Black life in American society, to be performed by André O. Hoilette in collaboration with community youth cellists. (Content warning: Seasons of Blight contains verbal descriptions of violence against persons committed by authorities.)
Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 7pm (6:30 doors)
Junkyard Social Club
2525 Frontier Ave., Unit A
Boulder, CO
Free and open to all; Suggested Donation: $20 adults/$10 students
All donations from this event will go to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and Cellists for Change, specifically to fund music lesson scholarships for youth of color.
General admission seating
RSVP: cellistsforchange@gmail.com
Funded by Cellists for Change and Community Foundation Boulder County
Cellists for Change is a 501(c)(3) for purpose organization that empowers youth by nurturing creativity, celebrating diversity, and fostering inclusivity in music education and the arts through representation, equity in access, and meaningful community engagement.
The evening's program included:
**Original improvisatory music performed by cellist/artist Jae Wes
**Original poetry read by poet/author André O. Hoilette
**Two new pieces for cello ensemble by composer Kari Clifton, performed by community youth cellists and featuring cellist/artist Jae Wes
**The youth premiere of Seasons of Blight, a three-movement quintet for cello and spoken word by composer Lee Knight and poet André O. Hoilette. Seasons of Blight dialogs with musical composition and poetry to engage the listener in seeing elements of Black life in American society, to be performed by André O. Hoilette in collaboration with community youth cellists. (Content warning: Seasons of Blight contains verbal descriptions of violence against persons committed by authorities.)
Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 7pm (6:30 doors)
Junkyard Social Club
2525 Frontier Ave., Unit A
Boulder, CO
Free and open to all; Suggested Donation: $20 adults/$10 students
All donations from this event will go to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and Cellists for Change, specifically to fund music lesson scholarships for youth of color.
General admission seating
RSVP: cellistsforchange@gmail.com
Funded by Cellists for Change and Community Foundation Boulder County
Cellists for Change is a 501(c)(3) for purpose organization that empowers youth by nurturing creativity, celebrating diversity, and fostering inclusivity in music education and the arts through representation, equity in access, and meaningful community engagement.
Lee Knight |
The first instrument Lee ever played was the autoharp. Showing a natural pension for rhythm and harmonies at an early age on the autoharp, Lee’s parents were encouraged to enroll the six year old in piano lessons. Lee then picked up the trombone, and studied trombone performance and conducting at Pepperdine University before transferring Boulder. At the University of Colorado at Boulder Lee performed with the Symphony, Wind Symphonies, Big Bands, and Jazz Combo groups.
Currently Lee serves as the choral conductor for Christ Servant Lutheran Church in Louisville. Lee regularly performs with Balkan brass band Gora Gora Orkestar, Boulder based funk band Legitimate Front, Denver based soul band Leon and the Revival. Lee has had the opportunity to share the stage with Denver based talents such as Joe King from the Frey, DeVotchka, the Flobots, and international touring acts such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, grammy award winning Latin group Ozomatli and many other Denver based and internationally performing groups. In addition to their endeavors as a composer, conductor, Lee is also an electronic musician and producer. Performing with their hybrid solo project Black Wolf, which released the EP ‘Sovereign Identity” in October of 2019. When not making music, you can find them enjoying a short glass of whiskey, hiking with their dogs, fly-fishing, mountain biking, or taking some time out to enjoy an adrenaline packed weekend of rodeoing as a bull rider. |
André Hoilette |
André O. Hoilette is a Jamaican-born poet living in Denver, Colorado. He is a Cave Canem alumnus and the former editor of ambulant: A Journal of Poetry & Art and former assistant editor of Nexus Magazine.
He earned an MFA in Fiction and Poetry from Regis University’s Mile-High MFA program. 2020 nomination for Pushcart Prize. Previous publication in Role Call, Stand Our Ground, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam and Cave Canem 10-Year Reader anthologies and journals: Inverted Syntax, Cultural Weekly, Rigorous, milk magazine, Nexus magazine, South Broadway Press and Burrow Press. |
Kari Clifton
Cellist Kari Clifton resides, performs, and teaches in the Denver-metro area. She is actively involved in a number of musical projects and collaborations in multiple genres including classical, jazz, rock, pop, indie, alternative, folk, as well as new works by 21st century composers. As a classically trained musician with a love for all musical styles, Kari aims to bridge the gap between classical music and just about everything else. She performs regularly at weddings, events, and churches in the Denver area and enjoys teaching cello as well as beginning-level violin and piano. Kari holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Cellist Kari Clifton resides, performs, and teaches in the Denver-metro area. She is actively involved in a number of musical projects and collaborations in multiple genres including classical, jazz, rock, pop, indie, alternative, folk, as well as new works by 21st century composers. As a classically trained musician with a love for all musical styles, Kari aims to bridge the gap between classical music and just about everything else. She performs regularly at weddings, events, and churches in the Denver area and enjoys teaching cello as well as beginning-level violin and piano. Kari holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Jae Wes
Coming from more of a classical music background, Colorado artist Jae Wes played in orchestras all across Denver during his adolescent years. This is where he would learn basic music theory, and he would eventually earn himself a full-time career, as a cello player. Possessed by passion, Jae Wes would eventually turn to song writing & creating more modern sounding rap/hip-hop tracks.
Coming from more of a classical music background, Colorado artist Jae Wes played in orchestras all across Denver during his adolescent years. This is where he would learn basic music theory, and he would eventually earn himself a full-time career, as a cello player. Possessed by passion, Jae Wes would eventually turn to song writing & creating more modern sounding rap/hip-hop tracks.
