Rosette, a Richmond-based string quartet, will perform the music of composer Derrick Skye SIX times in SIX different venues during the month of November! They will be joined by double bassist Ayça Kartari for each performance. Because four out of six performances are free and open to the public, we need to reach our fundraising goal in order to make this series viable. 

The So Hot Right Now series brings the music of one very hot, very alive composer to Richmond audiences by performing their work multiple times, and in a variety of venues, over the course of one month. 

The goal of the So Hot Right Now series is to let as many Richmonders as possible

Rosette's November performances will take place in a record store, an art gallery, a private home, a wine bar, a church, and a pop-up location. Four out of the six performances are free and open to the public.

Derrick Skye is a Los Angeles-based composer, conductor and musician known for his transcultural approach to music, integrating various musical practices from different cultures around the world into his work.

Fascinated by the musical connections that can be found across cultures, Skye’s compositional process involves layers of problem-solving to integrate seemingly disparate musical traditions in a way that is not so different from the scientific method. With degrees in composition from the University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts, Skye is a student of West African drumming and dance with Kobla Ladzekpo, Beatrice Lawluvi, and Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole; Persian classical music theory with Pirayeh Pourafar; tala in Hindustani classical music with Swapan Chaudhuri and Aashish Khan; Balkan music theory with Tzvetanka Varimezova; and Balinese gamelan with I Nyoman Wenten.

In addition to his work as a composer, Skye is dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding through music. His mission is to create music that transcends cultural boundaries and bridges diverse communities.

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