jerome kitzke: i wonder if this ground has anything to say

Tribeca New Music and Kaufman Music Center present the world premiere of Jerome Kitzke’s epic new work, I Wonder If This Ground Has Anything to Say (A Treaty Illumination). With a 24-section libretto built by Kitzke from litanies of definitions, dates, names, places, and historic quotations—from Red Jacket to an unlikely Richard Nixon—the work sheds light on the existence of Treaties and Agreements made between the Indigenous Nations and the White Europeans/U.S. Government from 1613 to today. The Treaties made between 1775 and 1871 are still constitutionally the Law of the Land, and have often not been fully honored, especially in the areas of land base, education and health care. Kitzke’s musical illumination arrives as a fierce and timely reminder of the enduring legal and moral obligations set forth in the Treaties.​

THU OCT 16 @ 7:30pm

Kaufman Music Center
Merkin Hall
129 W 67th Street
​New York NY

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I wonder if this ground has anything to say (A Treaty Illumination)
[world premiere]
by Jerome Kitzke

Performed by:
alejandro t. acierto
Gelsey Bell
Isabel Castellvi
Andrew Livingston
Paul Pinto
Erin Rogers
Dennis Sullivan

Projections by 
Dave Ruder