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Violins & Poems 'war' Set For February 3, 2024 At The Delancey

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Courtesy Robert C. Ford

Source: Robert C. Ford
February 2, 2024
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A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
—Edmond de Goncourt

On Saturday February 3, 2024 at 6:30pm at The Delancey (168 Delancey Street, NYC),

Composers Concordance

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Composers Concordance presents Violins & Poems 'War'. A concert where violinists & poets meet to explore the subject of war.

The poets for this event are

Robert C. Ford

vocals
b.1967

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Erik Thomas Johnson

poet / spoken word

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Imelda O'Reilly

poet / spoken word

" data-original-title="" title="">Imelda O'Reilly. They will be joined by violinists

Lynn Bechtold

violin

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Funda Cizmecioglu

violin

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Tasos Papastanou

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Mark Zaki

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Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter

Michelle Shocked

" data-original-title="" title="">Michelle Shocked will also participate and premiere a new arrangement (by

Randall Woolf

" data-original-title="" title="">Randall Woolf) of her composition 'Ethel Died For Your Sins'.

" data-original-title="" title="">Robert C. Ford will read his poem 'The War Within' which was recently published in Maintenant 17, the renowned journal of contemporary dada writing and art, by Three Rooms Press. Other featured compositions include