Art + Soul Oakland and The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol

“Blues, Baroque, and Bars: From the Streets to the Symphony,” an evening-length suite of music reimagining traditional blues to tell the story of Black Americans journey from Africa, to the American South, through the Great Migration.

Art + Soul Oakland is commissioning African American blues and jazz vocalist The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol to create an evening-length suite of music for a cross-genre ensemble of vocals, piano, acoustic bass, drum set, string quartet, and a rapper. The work will reimagine traditional blues pieces and tell a sweeping story of Black Americans in transit from the shores of Africa, to the plantations of the American South, through the Great Migration. The title of the project is “Blues, Baroque, and Bars: From the Streets to the Symphony,” and it will premiere in 2022.