march, 2019

Event Details
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with author, educator, and musician Davu Seru Establishing Place: The Uses of Music, Culture, and History in the Local African American Community Friday,
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Event Details
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with author, educator, and musician
Davu Seru
Establishing Place: The Uses of Music, Culture, and History in the Local African American Community
Friday, March 22, 2019, 7PM
Davu Seru is a drummer and composer who has worked with numerous improvising musicians and composers throughout the United States and France. For the year 2017-2018, he served as the first-ever composer-in-residence at Studio Z in Saint Paul. Davu has also received awards from the Jerome Foundation (2017-18 Composer/Sound Artist Fellow), American Composers Forum (Minnesota Emerging Composer Award), the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Next Step Fund), and has received commissions from the Zeitgeist Ensemble and Walker Art Center. In addition to his musical pursuits, Davu is a published author (including the introductory essay to SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SOUL) and a professor of English and African American literature and culture at Hamline University. Davu has performed on several occasions here at the East Side Freedom Library.
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East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street
Free and open to all
info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org and 651-230-3294
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm CST
Organizer
East Side Freedom Libraryemail info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org or call 651-230-3294