Let it be our reminder to LIVE!'Ītlas Soul is a multiple award-winning band performing original music that celebrates polyrhythm and melodies rooted in the Afro-Mediterranean traditions organically punched with deep funk, jazz, and intelligent hip hop. We stand on the shoulders of my ancestors, as well as standing on their graves.

Amanda's work examines her personal life experiences, social justice issues, and healing through trauma utilizing art as the tool. Shea will be releasing her first book, “Pieces of Shea,” in the Fall of 2023.

Her work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, The Boston Globe, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC News, and much more. Shea was a featured artist for 2022 Thought Artist for SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light at Mount Auburn Cemetery. In 2021, she was named one of WBUR The ARTery's 25 artists of color: transforming the cultural landscape. She co-founded and curated five iterations of Activating ARTivism, a community festival to amplify POC through art, activism, and resistance. She has hosted numerous poetry events, including BAMSFest (Boston Art & Music Soul Festival). Shea is an artist, performer, educator, activist, publicist, host, and curator. With degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory, he is currently Lecturer in Music at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Ĭlick here to download A Besere Velts lyrics and translations.Īmanda Shea is the 2022 Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Prior to his work with A Besere Velt, he was choir conductor for the men’s and women’s choirs at Walden School (2015-2017). An accomplished composer, conductor, and music educator based in Boston, Derek’s music has been performed in Europe and throughout the United States. Derek David has been Music Director of A Besere Velt. These songs contain the sounds of the history, the culture, and the progressive values to inspire us to action today. The repertoire of A Besere Velt grew out of the shtetls, the sweatshops and union meetings, the camps and ghettos. From haunting melodies to workers’ anthems, the songs come alive with multi-layered harmonies and allow us to express Jewishness and social justice in the same breath-it’s called radical Yiddishkayt! This vibrant intergenerational community chorus weaves the heartache and irrepressible idealism of Yiddish music into a vision of justice and humanity for the 21st century. Register now to get the latest updates about artist announcements and performance schedules.Ī Besere Velt (A Better World) Yiddish Chorus of Boston Workers Circle is proud to be a voice for justice. New England Revolution Soccer Activities.This multi-day event will feature a range of performances and attractions from local and national artists, performers, and community partners, including: Our Washington Street campus-from the Old State House to Old South Meeting House and beyond-will be activated with experiences for people of all ages. On September 23rd and 24th, walk in the footsteps of revolutionaries who came before us.

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, join Revolutionary Spaces in September for a vibrant, multi-disciplinary arts festival in the heart of downtown Boston that celebrates the power of protest throughout history. Revolutionary Spaces presents the Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest. Uplift and celebrate voices of revolution-past, present, and future!

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