Department of Music Graduate Student Samora Pinderhughes was recently featured on Season 2, Episode 2 of the Harvard ArtLab’s podcast, Works in Progress. On it, Pinderhughes discusses his artistic practice and musical inspiration for The Healing Project.
The episode includes excerpts from a recent performance of The Healing Project at Harvard, presented by ArtLab and the Harvard University Committee on the Arts. Pinderhughes’ thesis advisor, composer-pianist Vijay Iyer, Harvard’s Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts, offers the introduction.
The Healing Project, conceived in 2014 by Samora Pinderhughes, is an arts organization based in New York City. The project creates artistic works, collective healing spaces, and advocacy initiatives in partnership with individuals impacted by structural violence to build a world based on healing rather than punishment.The Healing Project concert at Harvard included Samora Pinderhuges on piano and vocals, Dani Murcia on vocals, Nia Drummond on vocals, Nio Levon on vocals, Elliott Skinner on guitar and vocals, Jebreal Jackson on vocals, and Joshua Crumbly on bass.
You can listen to the podcast on the ArtLab website and wherever you listen to podcasts.