Concert Performance - On the Road to Arivaca

The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Washington, DC, invites you to the concert performance of On the Road to Arivaca on October 13, at 7 pm, as part of the project On the Road – Migration in the 21st Century at George Washington University.        

 

The project On the Road – Migration in the 21st Century provides an open space to examine the issues surrounding migration in Europe and Latin America and bring the communities together at the table to address the needs of the people. Overall, the project strives to contribute to the shared values of democracy, the defense of human rights, freedom of expression, thought and creativity, diversity and cultural dialogue in order to respond to the global challenges and achieve more stable, cohesive and inclusive societies in Europe and Latin America in diverse global settings.

 

EVENT DETAILS: 

 

October 13, 2022 - 7 pm         

Concert Performance - On the Road to Arivaca   

Hammer Auditorium 

George Washington University  

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Flagg Building  

500 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 

 

RSVP required: https://ontheroadtoarivaca.eventbrite.com      

 

Admission is free. 

 

The concert performance of On the Road to Arivaca, by Composer Rosino Serrano and Librettist Susan Galbraith, addresses the ongoing refugee crisis on the southern border of the U.S. The performance, based on a poem by Larry Ortiz and conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez, serves as a catalyst for dialogue about forced human migration globally. The cast features Javier Arrey, Israel Lozano, Darcy Monsalve, and Yvette Spears and the Youth Chorus (Coro de la comunidad) of Alliance for New Music-Theatre.

 

They will sing selections from the opera premiering next spring, which is based on a true encounter between a “Samaritan” and an undocumented “Sojourner.” The opera will put the audience “on the road” in difficult encounters that surround the many issues of immigration, national boundaries, and cross-cultural-and-linguistic engagement. How does one act when one has to decide in a split second on the fate of a fellow human being?      

 

The project, led by the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Embassy of Portugal, and the Embassy of Spain, is presented by the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Washington, DC, the Ibero-American Cultural Attachés Association (AACIA), and the Alliance for New Music-Theatre, funded by the EULAT 4 Culture Program under the presidency of Spain, in collaboration with the George Washington University's Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program (LAHSP) at the Elliott School of International Affairs, and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.