February 7, 2014 6:00-8:30 PM Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra at The Barnes Foundation

Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra
FOUR TRADITIONS, ONE VOICE

A high-energy celebration of polyphonic rhythms, Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra unifies four percussion batteries into one distinct voice: North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and West African djembe. They link the past and the present, the sacred and the secular with a symphonically textured fusion of traditional and contemporary drumming and choral compositions. Spoken Hand is a two-time winner of Philadelphia City Paper’s “Best World Music/Roots Performance” and is nationally recognized for its collaboration with tabla master Zakir Hussain and hip-hop dance guru Rennie Harris in the “Flammable Contents” project, and more recently for “Skins and Songs,” their collaboration with Philip Hamilton's Voices. Click here to read the Philadelphia Inquirer's recent feature on “Skins and Songs.”
6–9 pm
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
$25; members free
Purchase tickets online or call 215.278.7200.
After this, head over to Tropicalismo at Underground Arts (see post below)