"The 550-seat Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton filled only a little more than half its seats, and what a bummer that so many were empty. A lot more people could have heard this moving program and history lesson during Black History Month before Trump likely declares that designation illegal or too "woke" amid his ongoing outrageous racist comments and commentary."
"The hour-long concert, designed primarily by Tines and Ruckus bassist and composer Douglas Adam August Balliett and presented by the Friends of Chamber Music and The Reser, was a hopeful and sometimes rousing plea for a better world. Its music unspooled in a multi-genre concert with talented performers who refuse to be wedged into any kind of box. Tines is an imposing man with the broad chest and impeccable posture of an opera singer, which he is sometimes."
Davóne Tines wrote and performed "What is My Hand in This?" at a Feb. 5 concert with Ruckus, a period-instrument group with a rock-band streak. The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts seated only a little more than half full. The program combined music and history during Black History Month and carried a hopeful, sometimes rousing plea for a better world. The concert featured multi-genre repertoire and performers who resist categorization. Tines has performed operatic roles including Malcolm X and an escaped slave aria; his range spans low D to high E-flat, and he reserves his voice for music and messages he believes in.
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