THE UPPER ANACOSTIA – LOWER GOLD COAST SYMPHONIC: DRUMS ALONG THE POTOMAC – A Global Go-Go Fantasia  

TUALGCSTHE UPPER ANACOSTIA –LOWER GOLD COAST SYMPHONIC: DRUMS ALONG THE POTOMAC–A Global Go-Go Fantasia

TUALGCS will debut a polyrhythmic and romantic orchestral Go-Go suite inspired by 70s spiritual-jazz balladry and the work of DC’s greatest cartographers in verse– notably Sterling Brown, Essex Hemphill, Jonetta Barras, Edward P. Jones, Rita Dove, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Monica Hand, Toni Asante Lighfoot, and Etthelbert Miller.

TUALGCS is  a collaborative experimental ensemble comprised of Greg Tate, Marc Cary, talking drum master Abou Mboup, tabla master Sameer Gupta, poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, noted Washington D.C. Go Go players, Donnell Floyd, Go-Go Mickey & Kenny “Kwick” Gross and musicians from Greg Tate’s Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber.

DRUMS ALONG THE POTOMAC–A Global Go-Go Fantasia was co-commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the Target® Free Thursdays series at the David Rubenstein Atrium and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

THE UPPER ANACOSTIA — LOWER GOLD COAST SYMPHONIC
Greg Tate – conduction/guitar/laptop
Marc Cary – acoustic piano/electric piano/synthesizer
D. Floyd – MC
Thomas Sayers Ellis – poet
Sameer Gupta – tabla
Abdou Mboup – talking drum
Lisala – vocals
Meah Pace –  vocals
Mazz Swift – violin & vocals
V. Jeffery Smith – tenor  sax
Luqman Brown – trombone
Ben Tyree  – guitar
Jason Di Matteo – acoustic bass
Jared Michael Nickerson – electric bass
Milton “Go-Go Mickey” Freeman – congas
Kenny ‘Kwick’ Gross – drums

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
“Target Free” Thursdays presents at The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center‎ for the Performing Arts
61 West 62 Street
New York, NY 10023
showtimes: 7:30pm & 9pm
Free to the Public
All Ages
Information: (212) 875-5350

Target Free Thursdays is generously underwritten by Target.

DRUMS ALONG THE POTOMAC–A Global Go-Go Fantasia was co-commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the Target® Free Thursdays series at the David Rubenstein Atrium and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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Monday, May 20th, 2013
The Grand Foyer Millennium Stage at
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
6pm showtime
Free to the Public
All Ages
Information: 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600
The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation.
The Millennium Stage is brought to the public by Target Stores, with additional funding provided by
Capital One Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., 
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Jaylee M. Mead†, The Meredith Foundation,
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation,
Suzy and Bob Pence, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, Thomas W. Haas Foundation,
U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund.
Millennium Stage Endowment Fund – James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation,
James V. Kimsey, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Anonymous,
and other gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage.