Spring Event
Connecting Cultures
through
Music
Featuring
Stone Sound Collective
&
Sean Blackman’s In Transit
Sunday ~ April 23, 2023
2 - 4 PM
The SHAC @ River's Edge
125 S. Main, Milford, MI
Join us for our free family-friendly spring event, brought to you through a grant from the Lynch & Sons Foundation in honor of Heather Grace, founding member of HV MLK.
This event is open to all who are interested in experiencing and learning about how rhythms and musical styles, from around the globe, present people with opportunities to discover common humanity with others.
Following the performances there will be a chance for audience members to participate in Q and A, with the musicians, while enjoying complimentary light snacks and beverages.
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Mark Stone
Prof. Mark Stone is a composer-performer with a passion for using music to bring diverse communities together. An internationally recognized percussionist, Stone has performed with the foremost musicians of Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, India, Trinidad, Ecuador, and the United States. As a composer his work is rooted in traditions stretching from classical Indian music to European concert music and American jazz to traditional African music. The cross-cultural capacity of his music has been described as, “revolutionary to our musical landscape. The experiences he gained traversing geographical borders has put him in a unique position to cross genre borders and break conceptual boundaries.”
His newest project, the Stone Sound Collective, crosses these borders and boundaries as it unites diverse musicians and instruments. The group brings together ancient percussion traditions of Africa and India with the lyricism of stings and saxophone. The collective performs original compositions rooted in member’s wide-ranging musical influences, creating music that celebrates the oneness of humanity by uplifting hearts, expanding minds and connecting souls.
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Sean Blackman
Sean Blackman’s unique World Music style is influenced by his deep passion for traditional ethnic music from around the world and of course, growing up in Detroit -- Jazz, Blues, Rock and Soul. Blackman works with internationally renowned performers as well as Detroit’s finest and always brings a cross-culture approach to his shows and recordings.
Blackman has been honored with many Detroit Music Awards, has launched and directed World Music Festivals and worked as creative director of entertainment for corporate events for Red Bull, Chrysler and the grand opening of the McNamara Terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport – one of the nations most state-of-the-art terminals.
As an established world-music musician, Blackman continues to compose and produce new material that links different genres of music with dance and theatrical performance. Whether on the streets, in front of thousands at a theatre concert, or inside a smoldering hidden nightclub, Blackman's music is disciplined from a lifetime of training, yet his raw passion makes every note seemingly intimate.
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