AACM Great Black Music: Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble

12 Jun 2011
20:00:00 - 22:00:00

Settlement Music School - Mary Louise Curtis Branch

Sunday, June 12, 2011

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Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

In celebration of Roscoe Mitchell's 70th birthday, please join Ars Nova Workshop for night two of our Composer Portrait: Roscoe Mitchell series featuring a performance by Mitchell's Sound Ensemble, a quintet with Hugh Ragin, Spencer Barefield, and Jaribu Shahid.

$15 General Admission

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