Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? at Performing Arts Houston

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Akropolis Reed Quintet Pascal Le Boeuf, pianist and composer Christian Euman, drums

GRAMMY® award winning Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a “tour-de-force” (I Care If You Listen) of a concert experience that blurs the lines between classical, jazz, and contemporary music, examining what Ralph Ellison calls “the unity of American experience.” With a hybrid ensemble comprised of Akropolis Reed Quintet, pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf, and drummer Christian Euman, Le Boeuf deconstructs the fabric of his American experience by recognizing the strands of his musical DNA—Geri Allen, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, and Leonard Bernstein. What are the strands that form our collective identity, and are we dreaming the same dream?

“Brilliant writing, exquisitely performed, and ingenuously conceived! Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a musical journey that shares a sound world that reveals the deep layers of life experience, and done so in the hands of some real masters of their instruments.”

-Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize & Grammy Award-Winning Composer