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Sat, Jun 10
|Ojai Music Festival
Ojai Music Festival / Omar's Journey
Rhiannon GIDDENS/Michael ABELS Omar’s Journey
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Jun 10, 2023, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Ojai Music Festival, 201 S Signal St, Ojai, CA 93023, USA
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8:00PM OMAR’S JOURNEY
Libbey Bowl
Seckou Keita kora Justin Robinson fiddle Rhiannon Giddens soprano Cheryse McLeod Lewis mezzo-soprano Limmie Pulliam tenor Michael Preacely bass-baritone Ojai Festival Ensemble
Music from Senegal and the Carolinas Rhiannon GIDDENS/Michael ABELS Omar’s Journey World Premiere
An Ojai-commissioned work for voices and chamber ensemble drawn from the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, framed by traditional music that traces the journey of the real-life Omar Ibn Said from Senegal to the Carolinas.
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