Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens at Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Dates: (11/5/2023 )
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Great Performances at Mason
4373 Mason Pond Drive
Fairfax,VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-2787
Tickets: Tickets: $60, $51, $36; half-price for youth through Grade 12
Returning for their second of three years as a Mason Artist-in-Residence, Silkroad Ensemble
presents American Railroad, an initiative that maps American music through the various
immigrant communities involved in building the late-1800s Transcontinental Railroad. Artistic
Director and 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens joins the ensemble for this
performance, which is told through the stories and sounds of African American, Chinese, Irish,
Mexican, and Native American communities. Traditional instruments—such as the guzheng,
pipa, erhu, and qinqin—cross paths with fiddles, bones, tambo, and banjo to remind audiences of
America’s intricately interwoven history.
Ages: This performance is appropriate for all ages.
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