Davóne Tines

THE BLACK CLOWN “a dramatic monologue to be spoken by a pure blooded negro.” —Langston Hughes @sarahsilbiger for the @phillyinquirer

THE BLACK CLOWN opens TONIGHT!! Don’t miss this incredible show, cast, band, artistic team, and crew. 📸: Dominic Mercier @billy_pilgrim

Some performances entertain. Some stay with you. Davóne Tines at HACS Harrogate Music Festival is the second. HACS Harrogate Music Festival 📆Friday 12 June at 8pm 📍Wesley Centre, Harrogate 🎫Link in the bio for tickets #musiclover #classicalmusic #livemusic #vocals @alsoanoperasinger

1. DEEPLY EXCITED to open this piece by PHILIP GLASS at the Paris Opera in the incomprehensibly magnificent Palais Garnier (Yes the opera house that inspired Phantom of the Opera). Directed and Choreographed by @bobbijenesmith and @or_schraiber and starring bestie @arcostanzo , this meditation on the principles of Ghandi balances power and restraint to make an altogether transcendent even. We’ve cried in rehearsal often. Here’s some random things from my camera roll: 2. Journey from my dressing room to the stage 3. In the studio 4. Flaming entrecôte 5. Picture of me found in a vintage store dressing room 6. Escalator hell of the Bastille Opera House (aka Deathstar) 7. Creation of the best pants ever (ordered a pair for myself) 8. Fake dancing on the stage of the grandest ballet 9. Geniuses at work 10. BROTEIN 11. Reason for said brotein 12. When your goodest judy shows up on a Spring day 13. Vintage film at the fancy gym I go too with no shame(?) 14. My Emily in Paris drag #basic 15. One of the most difficult scores I’ve learned (in Sanskrit) 16. Dust of Krishna 17. The whimsical staircase in my apartment #goodvibes 18. Garnier kisses 19. Me trying in a dope dressing room 20. The pups I miss

Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tonight to hear our performance of Rachmaninov’s glowing Symphony No. 3, Davóne Tines’s powerful collaborative work ANTHEM, and Bernstein’s electrifying Symphonic Dances from West Side Story ✨ Davóne Tines gave a remarkable performance, matched by the brilliant energy of guest conductor Daniele Rustioni. Don’t miss your chance to hear it! The concert will be broadcast at 7.30pm tonight on BBC Radio 3, and it’s available on BBC Sounds for 30 days 🎧

Davóne Tines returns to the New World Symphony for the I Dream a World Festival. This Saturday and Sunday’s concert, Davóne Tines: Anthem, features the Miami premiere of his Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM, conducted by Kalena Bovell. The program also brings together NWS Conducting Fellow Ziwei Ma and the Ambassador Chorale of Florida Memorial University, and includes Banner by Jessie Montgomery, The Montgomery Variations by Margaret Bonds, “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me,” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by J. Rosamond Johnson. Join us this weekend at the New World Center. Tickets at nws.edu. _____ Davóne Tines regresa a la New World Symphony para el I Dream a World Festival. El concierto de este sábado y domingo, Davóne Tines: Anthem, presenta el estreno en Miami de su Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM, bajo la dirección de Kalena Bovell. El programa también reúne al Conducting Fellow de la NWS Ziwei Ma y al Ambassador Chorale de Florida Memorial University, e incluye Banner de Jessie Montgomery, The Montgomery Variations de Margaret Bonds, “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me” y “Lift Every Voice and Sing” de J. Rosamond Johnson. Acompañanos este fin de semana en el New World Center. Entradas en nws.edu. #NewWorldSymphony #DavoneTines #ClassicalMusic #BlackHistoryMonth

America… are you okay? Let’s talk about it at the WHAT IS YOUR HAND IN THIS? TOUR through 400 years of revolutionary music from baroque to soul with singer Davóne Tines @alsoanoperasinger and classical rock band @ruckusearlymusic / INFO at alsoanoperasinger.org and ruckusearlymusic.org [ Thank you @lavlightgospelchoir for singing this song from my home church’s heritage so beautifully ] #america #civicengagement #art #therapy #instagood #classicalmusic #rocknroll #music #viral #reels #explorepage✨#opera #art

America has a 400 year old tradition of questioning itself thru music join me and ruckus and local choirs from across the country to travel from classical music to soul asking WHAT IS YOUR HAND IN THIS? / info at alsoanoperasinger.org and ruckusearlymusic.org

CAPITAL “O” OPERA SINGIN: I’m back in Detroit, a city I’ve grown to love and care about over the years to sing in “HIGHWAYS & VALLEYS” with Detroit Opera. As some (many / all?) of you know, I dabble in many corners of the vocal and performance spectrum singing contemporary, self-devised, or genre-blending things. Rarely do I fully employ a more traditional/standard/Western European–born operatic vocal prodution aside from the underlying bel canto technique, partly because that part of my voice wasn’t favored and developed while I was in conservatory. And because it symbolized allowing the weight, pain and limitations of the western classical music tradition, or at scale, the train of an oppressive institutional exclusionary culture to flow welcomed and be-labored through my own body. My journey with my voice technically and spiritually has caused me to continually re-find how I relate to my body, and how I (not an institution) decide to employ my voice and its colors. Being here in Detroit to sing Kurt Weill’s ‘Down In the Valley’ and William Grant Still’s ‘Highway 1’ — stories and composers who experienced many versions of exile — with an all black principal cast and a production centering Black love stories led fiercely by @kanezaschaal has allowed me to feel that my big-boy opera voice is for a reason. #happyopening @detroitopera 🖤

🖤 #detroit #opera #black #love #stories

🖤 VERMEER MADE ME DO IT PHOTO @internetjohn_ STYLING @juliocesardelgato HAIR @causeshecutz JACKET @bode SHIRT @walesbonner

! SEE YOU THIS FALL🖤 @auditoribcn @barbicancentre @runningamoc @moca @thebrick_la @sonnambulaviols @blackmaninofff @ccontourr @artyardcenter @dgktheflutist @ruckusearlymusic @frickcollection @clarkart @detroitopera