While tonight's performance is sold out, some tickets will be released at the box office before the show on a first come first served basis.

The Roscoe Mitchell Trio will play the second half of this concert at 8:30PM and is included in your admission.

Percussionist-composer Alex Cline realizes a years-long aspiration with a performance of his arrangement/re-imagining of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s “People in Sorrow,” composed by Roscoe Mitchell. The piece, recorded by the Art Ensemble in 1969, had a profound and lasting impact on Cline, who first heard it as a teenager. Offered as a tribute to Mitchell, the Art Ensemble, and the AACM, the composed material along with the spirit of the original performance on the classic recording become the starting points for this deeply personal version of the piece, featuring sensitive and adventurous interpretations and improvisations by an all-star eleven-piece ensemble, with Sister Dang Nghiem contributing chant via recorded video performance. By retaining and showcasing its special beauty, evocative of the turbulent times in which it was first performed while simultaneously being a transcendent, timeless work of art, Cline endeavors to present “People in Sorrow” as a celebration of the transformational power of music.

photo by Ernestine Lona