"More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump's name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year's Eve concert, and the institution's president saying the cancellations belie the artists' unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity."
"After Trump ousted the Kennedy Center board and named himself the institution's chairman in February, performer Issa Rae and the producers of "Hamilton" cancelled scheduled engagements while musicians Ben Folds and Renee Fleming stepped down from advisory roles."
"The group didn't mention the building's renaming or the Trump administration but did say that, when they return to performing, they wanted to ensure 'the room is able to celebrate the full presence of the music and everyone in it,' reiterating a commitment 'to playing music that reaches across divisions rather than deepening them.'"
More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center after the facility added President Donald Trump's name. Jazz supergroup The Cookers withdrew from a planned New Year's Eve concert, saying the decision came together quickly and expressing a desire for performance spaces to celebrate the full presence of the music and everyone in it, and to play music that reaches across divisions rather than deepening them. The cancellations follow earlier backlash after Trump ousted the Kennedy Center board and named himself chairman in February, prompting Issa Rae and the producers of "Hamilton" to cancel engagements while Ben Folds and Renee Fleming stepped down from advisory roles. Saxophonist Billy Harper publicly said he would never consider performing in a venue bearing that name and controlled by that kind of board, calling it representative of overt racism.
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