November 8-10
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

ONE WEEKEND ONLY

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Michael Gordon’s “Travel Guide to Nicaragua” has been praised by The New York Times for its profound exploration of memory and identity. I Care If You Listen describes the performance as an "immersive soundscape that transports listeners through time and space," creating a deeply engaging experience for the audience.

Experience the profound journey of Michael Gordon's Travel Guide to Nicaragua at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, where music becomes a powerful tool for uncovering hidden histories and lost identities.

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Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon’s Travel Guide to Nicaragua is a deeply personal and evocative work that explores themes of memory, displacement, and identity through a unique musical lens. The piece is structured as a tapestry of vocal and instrumental elements, with the renowned The Crossing and cellist Maya Beiser having premiered the music. The music is characterized by its layered textures and the interplay between voices and cello, which together create an immersive soundscape.

What To Expect

🎭 Beyond the Conventional Concert Experience

  • Immerse yourself in a multi-sensory journey that blends music, storytelling, and visual elements.

  • Engage with the complexities of identity and inheritance as Gordon's personal story unfolds through innovative musical techniques.

🤝 Reflecting on Shared Histories

  • Join a post-performance discussion with Michael Gordon and the performers, delving deeper into the themes of cultural rediscovery and family legacy.

  • Connect with fellow audience members to share your own stories of hidden histories and cultural intersections.

✨ A Transformative Musical Experience

  • Allow the evocative composition to guide you through a process of reflection on your own family history and cultural identity.

  • Be part of a communal experience that celebrates the power of music to heal, connect, and transcend generational and cultural boundaries.

  • Sung in: English and Spanish

  • Subtitles in: English

  • Runtime: 1hr  10minutes

  • No Intermission

  • The entire concert is seated

Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon is known for his monumental and immersive works. Decasia, for 55 retuned spatially positioned instruments (with Bill Morrison’s accompanying cult-classic film) has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Minimalist Jukebox Festival and at the Southbank Centre. Timber, a tour-de-force for percussion sextet played on amplified microtonal simantras has been performed on every continent, including by Slagwerk Den Haag at the Musikgebouw and Mantra Percussion at BAM. Natural History, a collaboration with the Steiger Butte Drum of the Klamath tribe, was premiered by the Britt Festival Orchestra and Chorus on the rim of Crater Lake (Oregon) by conductor Teddy Abrams and is the subject of the PBS documentary Symphony for Nature. Gordon’s vocal works include Travel Guide to Nicaragua, an autobiographical choral work for The Crossing; the opera What to wear with the legendary director Richard Foreman; and the film-opera Acquanetta with director Daniel Fish. Recent recordings include Clouded Yellow, Gordon’s complete string quartets performed by the Kronos Quartet.