This evening’s multiform presentations reflect on Homer’s fatally alluring Sirens as refigured by the African American painter Romare Bearden, whose Odysseus and musicians are people of color. Collaborating on Robert G. O’Meally’s talk on this subject will be the singer Christine Correa and her gathering of jazz voices and instrumentalists, performing songs of political intervention and deep love—songs to die for. Robert G. O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Christine Correa, program music director Featuring: Andrew Boudreau (keyboard), Oliva Harris (voice), Kanoa Mendenhall (bass), Dayeon Seok (drums) Co-presented with The Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University in conjunction with the Year of Water. Registration Required.
