{"id":106941,"date":"2021-06-07T22:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T02:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106941"},"modified":"2021-06-07T22:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T02:42:42","slug":"black-violin-to-perform-at-musikfest-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106941","title":{"rendered":"BLACK VIOLIN TO PERFORM AT MUSIKFEST 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Featured Image: Black Violin<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The classical, meets hip-hop group will perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is proud to welcome\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blackviolin.net\/\">Black Violin<\/a>\u00a0to the Wind Creek Steel Stage on\u00a0<strong>Sunday, August 15,\u00a0<\/strong>the closing night of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/artsquest-announces-plans-for-musikfest-2021\/\">Musikfest<\/a>. Tickets will go on sale beginning\u00a0<strong>Tuesday, June 8<\/strong>\u00a0for ArtsQuest Members and\u00a0<strong>Friday, June 11 at 10 a.m<\/strong>. to the public at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/tickets\/\">musikfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group, led by duo Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus, performs a fusion of classical music and hip-hop, occupying a musical lane that\u2019s entirely their own. Black Violin has steadily built a devoted following and a diverse touring base. Individually and together, members have worked with the likes of Alessia Cara, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. They have also performed two sold-out shows at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Black Violin\u2019s work extends far beyond the stage, reaching deep into urban communities with numerous free performances for students and hands-on engagement with youth symphonies and community centers.<\/p>\n<p>Musikfest 2021 dates are Aug. 6-15, with a special preview night on Aug. 5. Black Violin completes the Wind Creek Steel Stage lineup along with previously announced artists Darius Rucker, Sam Hunt, Zedd, KT Tunstall, Phillip Phillips, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Shinedown, Jimmie Allen, Colin Hay Band and The Wood Brothers. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\">musikfest.org<\/a>. Additional details on Musikfest offerings will be announced throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Harrell<br \/>\nArtsQuest Director of Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image: Black Violin\u00a0 The classical, meets hip-hop group will perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is proud to welcome\u00a0Black Violin\u00a0to the Wind Creek Steel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106941\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BLACK VIOLIN TO PERFORM AT MUSIKFEST 2021<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Black-Violin.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}