{"id":13915,"date":"2020-06-04T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=13915"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T21:13:38","slug":"damien-sneed-tapped-by-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/damien-sneed-tapped-by-library-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien Sneed Tapped By Library Of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Multi genre artist Damien Sneed is one of ten performers commissioned by the Library of Congress to premiere new music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Library of Congress will premiere a series of 10 commissions of new music from composers across America in The Boccaccio Project, inspired by a similar literary effort in the mid-14th century by Giovanni Boccaccio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new commissions will premiere on the Library\u2019s website and social media channels on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> on weekdays from June 15 to June 26, and the commission manuscripts will become part of the Library\u2019s music collections. The full schedule will be announced soon at this website: loc.gov\/concerts\/boccaccio-project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-14th century Boccaccio (1313-1375) wrote the \u201cDecameron,\u201d a collection of 100 stories shared among a group of 10 acquaintances who had removed themselves from society during the darkest period of a plague. This early artistic response to an outbreak provided context and a means of expression. That moment in history parallels the quarantine and social distancing phenomena we have been experiencing worldwide in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, curators in the Library\u2019s Music Division drew on Boccaccio\u2019s example to offer some musical responses. The curators asked 10 pairs of composers and performers to write brief solo works to be premiered over the course of 10 days. The composers and performers are working remotely, and once the new commissions have been recorded, they will be released on the Library\u2019s digital platforms and by the artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of the commissions over 10 days is a nod to the \u201cDecameron\u2019s\u201d structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following participants will compose and perform new works as part of the Boccaccio Project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Del Sol String Quartet (San Francisco)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n