SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Members of the Silkroad Ensemble hosted an open workshop in Springdale generating new music as part of their American Railroad Project.
The American Railroad Project highlights the impact that African American, Chinese, Indigenous, Irish and other immigrant communities had on the creation of the U.S. railways.
Silkroad says these communities "played a fundamental role in one of America’s most important technological and economic achievements of the 19th century – and shaped its cultural identity – yet their contributions have all too often been erased from history."
Silkroad artists and a research specialist from the Museum of Ozark History explored untold stories from these communities with a focus on history and chronicles unique to Arkansas.
According to its website, the project is set to offer many other methods of telling these stories such as:
- Commissions of new music
- Artist residencies in schools and communities
- A new album
- Documentary series
- Nationwide tours
- Curriculum development
- Theatre production
To learn more about the American Railroad Project, click here.
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