The Ruby is a catalyst for creativity and a home for making art at Duke.
The Ruby is a catalyst for creativity and a home for making art at Duke.
Performance
CANCELLED: Mary Halvorson: Code Girl
Open To The Public
One of New York’s most in-demand guitarists, with a style that stretches and transcends more that it sticks to the familiar, presents her first project as lyricist as well as musician. She's joined by an adroit sextet capable of executing her rock-adjacent ideas.
von der Heyden Studio Theater at the Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Drive Durham,
NC
27705
Description
Mary Halvorson is one of New York’s most in-demand guitarists. Though most often labeled a jazz player, collaborating with artists including Anthony Braxton, Jason Moran, and Marc Ribot, among many others, her style stretches and transcends more often than it resides within more familiar confines. “When all her influences click into place, the result is like little else,” says Pitchfork of her catalog; her most recent bandleading proves no exception to that rule.
2018’s Code Girl, Halvorson’s first project for which she has written both lyrics and music, presents an adroit sextet of artists capable of executing Halvorson’s rock-adjacent ideas. Halvorson is joined at Duke Performances by Amirtha Kidambi (vocals), María Grand (saxophone, vocals), Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Michael Formanek (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums).
