Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St
Add this concert to ICALFirst Inversion and FuturPointe Dance join forces for a program of music and movement for social change. Following a successful collaboration featuring African-American Spirituals on the 2019 Rochester Fringe Festival, the two organizations expand upon their work with a program that addresses more specific, contemporary social justice issues. Joel Thompson’s direct and moving work, “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” for men’s voices and small instrumental ensemble, sets to music the final words of seven unarmed African-American men shot by police officers in recent years. Caroline Shaw’s “To the Hands,” for voices and string quintet combines words from diverse sources including the Bible and the Statue of Liberty with traditional and contemporary soundscapes to comment on the universal need to care for those displaced by greed, violence, natural disaster, and war.