Cynthia Tobar & Nathaniel LaNasa present: "American Icons"
American Icons is a collaborative series centering music and stories by Americans who live in the shadows cast by our national myths and monuments. Whose stories are told, whose erased?
Join us for an evening of music that questions and deconstructs nationalistic artifacts from the past, while creating space that honors stories of America’s present. For our Brooklyn segment, students and teachers from our community partner Brooklyn Music School share their experiences of teaching and learning music, thoughts on our national musical heritage, and their reflections on music education’s role in creating a more expansive portrait of Americanness, one that feels true to the multicultural roots of Brooklyn students.
Learn more about our participating Brooklyn Music School narrators, composers and team here.