The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

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Wed Apr 16 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

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Greenwich House Music School | New York, NY

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CD release performance by the Hemphill Stringtet: Curtis Stewart and Sam Bardfeld violins, Stephanie Griffin viola, Tomeka Reid cello
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Continuum Culture & Arts' Soup & Sound and Greenwich House Music School present



THE HEMPHILL STRINGTET PLAYS THE MUSIC OF JULIUS HEMPHILL
exclusive NYC cd release performance!


CURTIS STEWART, SAM BARDFELD violin
STEPHANIE GRIFFIN viola
TOMEKA REID cello



BLACK COMPOSERS UPSOUTH
Night 2: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

doors open at 7:15



[email protected]



also in the BLACK COMPOSERS UPSOUTH series at Greenwich House...

Night 1: Tuesday April 15, 7:30


DANCE CLARINETS
Play the Music of OLIVER LAKE, JAMES "JABBO" WARE, & JULIUS HEMPHILL
with special guest OLIVER LAKE reading his poetry
12+ bass clarinets, piano, bass, drums
admission $20 at the door only


Night 3: Friday, April 18, 7:30


JULIUS HEMPHILL: BLUES & BALLADS
MARTY EHRLICH saxophones, JONATHAN FINLAYSON trumpet, JEROME HARRIS electric bass guitar, PHEEROAN AKLAFF drums
with special guest AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS piano
admission $25





THE HEMPHILL STRINGTET PLAYS THE MUSIC OF JULIUS HEMPHILL

On the second night of BLACK COMPOSERS UPSOUTH, The Hemphill Stringtet gives a rare New York performance in celebration of the release of their debut recording, The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill which releases April 4 on the label Out of Your Head.

The Hemphill Stringtet is a collective string quartet formed in 2022 to perform the music of composer and saxophonist Julius Hemphill (1938-1995). The quartet’s members—violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam Bardfeld, violist Stephanie Griffin, and cellist Tomeka Reid—have diverse backgrounds and are all distinguished improvisers.

The group’s repertoire currently consists of “Mingus Gold,” a string quartet commissioned but not recorded by the Kronos Quartet; and a selection of pieces that Hemphill wrote for the World Saxophone Quartet (edited for string quartet by Marty Ehrlich). Mingus Gold is a suite of three pieces by Charles Mingus which Hemphill put his own compositional stamp on.

The quartet aims to bring greater attention to Hemphill’s compositions and highlight his role as a major Black American composer of the late twentieth century. In his obituary, The New York Times called him “one of the most important musicians of his generation.” Additionally, the group aims to expand the role of improvisation, particularly from the African American tradition, in the string quartet instrumentation. The group is notably inspired by some of the polyphony and group improvisation practiced by the World Saxophone Quartet (of which Hemphill was a member).

The group has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival (2022), Chicago Frequency Festival (2022), The Stone (NYC, 2023), Edgefest (Ann Arbor, 2023), and The Andrew Freedman Home (NYC, 2023).


Black Composers Upsouth is a co-production of Continuum Culture & Arts and Greenwich House Music School. Soup & Sound is a program of Continuum Culture & Arts, Inc. a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.


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