Mark Lomax will be performing excerpts from 400: An Afrikan Epic with his Quartet and faculty.
Mark Lomax will be performing excerpts from 400: An Afrikan Epic with his Quartet and faculty.
The Mark Lomax Quartet will be performing excerpts from 400: An Afrikan Epic.
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National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, 1350 Brush Row Rd, Wilberforce, OH 45384
The Mark Lomax Quartet will be performing excerpts from 400: An Afrikan Epic.
The Mark Lomax Quartet will be performing excerpts from 400: An Afrikan Epic.
Eddie and Mark present #BlackLivesMatter a 55 minute concert with community conversation.
Less than a week after the world premier of Lomax's 400 Years Suite, the Duo returns to the Lincoln Theatre stage to present new work from Duo Meditations, their most recent release.
Columbus-based composer, recording artist, and drummer Mark Lomax II and his musical compatriots perform selections from his 12-album cycle 400: An Afrikan Epic. Supported by a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award, this ambitious project tells the story of black America stretching from precolonial Afrika, through the 400 years after the start of the Transatlantic slave trade in 1619, and into the Afrofuture while celebrating the creativity of a people who continue to endure.
Streetlight Guild presents an encore performance of “The New Black Eastside Songbook,” a six-song suite conceptualized by Columbus writer Scott Woods, featuring new music composed by Counterfeit Madison, Paisha Thomas, Krate Digga, The Ogun Meji Duo (Mark Lomax and Eddie Bayard), and Jordan Sandidge. “The New Black Eastside Songbook” is an exploration of black life and culture in Columbus historically and now, touching on subjects ranging from local jazz legends and privilege to the police and gentrification. It interrogates the definition of Columbus culture, and what relationship such culture might have to the people who both create and partake of it. Utilizing some of Columbus’ brightest musical talent across a variety of styles and backgrounds, this work seeks to establish a bar for the marriage of political context and musical examination, adding new bricks to the foundation of whatever Columbus
Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.
This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.
Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.
This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.
Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.
This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.
Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.
This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.
Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.
This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.
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Maroon Arts Group, 925 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43203
Join Maroon Arts Group on Sunday, September 24, 2017 as we explore the music of the Maroon culture. The Ogún Meji Duo ( Mark Lomax, II & Eddie Bayard) with DJ Krate Digga will be bringing us music that is inspired by the historic culture of the Maroons. This will be a treat you do not want to miss. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!!!
Dr. Lomax has been commissioned by the Maroon Arts Group to compose and perform three concerts of music for small ensemble based on the traditional music of the Maroons, Africans who escaped American slavery.
Jack Novotny- woodwinds Benito Gonzales- piano Juini Booth- bass Mark Lomax, II- drums
The MLQ presents a new arrangement of Dr. Lomax's critically acclaimed composition 'Song of the Dogon.' This work is inspired by and derives from the folk music traditions of the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa.
The MLQ presents a new work by Dr. Lomax titled 'The Coming'. Named after the Daniel Black novel, the three movement composition traces the journey of captured human beings from Africas shores to the uncertainty of the new world.
The Ogún Meji Duo present their stirring performance and community discussion piece, #BlackLivesMatter.