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Pass the Mic: Creating a Stage for Change

This podcast is a part of the Tennessee Theatre’s Pass the Mic: Creating a Stage for Change series, providing an opportunity for artists from marginalized and underserved communities to share their art with others. Through podcast episodes, concerts/performances, visual art displays, discussions and panels focusing on important issues, and educational opportunities, artists have the chance to engage with the community. The Tennessee Theatre is proud to provide a space for audiences and artists to better understand one another.

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The Big Ears Collection #3: Samora Pinderhughes

Jul 3, 2024

For this episode of Pass the Mic: Creating a Stage for Change, we spoke to composer, pianist/vocalist, and interdisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes during the 2024 Big Ears Festival. Samora is a graduate of The Julliard School and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry. He is the first-ever Art for Justice / Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2020 Visionary Award. Much of Samora’s long term work as an artist has been dedicated to documenting experiences of incarcerated individuals and critically examining structural violence and policing in the United States. Through his multimedia project, The Healing Project, Samora explores these realities while presenting an abolitionist vision through the lens of community care. Samora’s most recent album, GRIEF (2022), is the latest addition to The Healing Project’s collective body of work. In this conversation, Samora describes his motivation for highlighting experiences of incarcerated individuals, his approach to scholarly activism, and life as a young working artist in New York. He also describes his early experiences with music and hopes for the impact of this work.

This episode features music by Samora Pinderhughes. These include the 2024 single "Sweet", and the following tracks from the 2022 album GRIEF: "Breath", "The Cry", "Grief" and "Hope Intro". Theme music for this episode was composed and performed by William Wright.