Chamber Music Pittsburgh Presents Ruckus with Davóne Tines

As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and reflects on shared history, how can the American traditions of artistic expression and cultural evolution guide our interconnected future? Traveling through four centuries of reimagined songs, hymns, and ballads, early music band Ruckus and path-breaking vocalist Davóne Tines offer a meditation on and interrogation of the American legacy through its revolutionary musics.

Ruckus makes its Pittsburgh debut in this remarkable program, bringing an utterly unique approach to early music that is “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (The New York Times). The band joins forces with Tines to ask: how can our fragile American experiment hold?

The Ruckus early music band features Doug Balliett on violone and electric bass, Elliot Figg on harpsichord and synthesizer, Keir GoGwilt on violin, Manami Mizumoto on violin and viola, Paul Holmes Morton on banjo and theorbo, and Clay Zeller-Townson on reeds & percussion.