For the 4th Annual Big Red Lied Experience, the Lied Center invites all instructors to kick off their courses with a live cultural experience. The performance, entitled “Black Violin” features four musicians: two string players, a drummer, and a DJ, who collaborate to create original hip-hop music and remix classical favorites http://blackviolin.net
Since beginning their Unity Tour in 2016, Black Violin has played for over 100,000 students and sold out crowds in the US and Europe. Their performance weaves threads of personal narrative into a program that enigmatically brings together composers as diverse as Beethoven and Bruno Mars. The show touches on many themes including identity construction, creative collaboration, addressing adversity, historical and contemporary music genres, and unity.
‘Black Violin’ at the Lied Center for Performing Arts , 301 N. 12th Street.
Thursday, September 7th at 7:30pm
Friday, September 8th at 7:30pm
If you are an instructor and would like to bring your class to the Lied Center for one of these performances, please contact Director of Education & Community Engagement Erin Poor at erin.poor@unl.edu or 402-472-3015.
You may also contact Lied Center Education staff to discuss ways to incorporate this performance and any other show at the Lied into your course content.