Caramoor: PubliQuartet: “What is American?” PUBLIQuartet ponders this question through a musical kaleidoscope of composers and diverse genres that make up America’s rich musical history. Featuring a reimagination of Dvořák’s “American” Quartet, in which the composer’s original melodies meet PUBLIQuartet’s blues, jazz, and rock-inflected improvisations, the works on this program connect the dots to honor the past, present, and future of American music.

Program

WHAT IS AMERICAN?
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls 
PUBLIQuartet: Mind | The | Gap Project: Free Radicals
Improvisations on “Law Years” and “Street Woman” by Ornette Coleman
Vijay Iyer: Dig The Say – for James Brown
PUBLIQuartet: Mind | The | Gap Project: What is American? Improvisations on Antonin Dvorak’s “American” Quartet