# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Grooves, avant guard, pop, classical, funk, blues — it’s all good music and Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble will explore the whole terrain to bring something familiar and something new.

Portraits of Sonic Freedom celebrates the historical journey of creative music and its contributions to jazz, the Black intellectual tradition, Afrofuturism and the expansion of human consciousness. 

Since 2010, Nicole Mitchell has been named “Top Jazz Flutist” each year by the Jazz Journalists Association and Downbeat Magazine. As a former president of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, her music celebrates contemporary African American culture as she builds alternative worlds that bridge the familiar with the unknown. She is a Guggenheim fellow and a professor of Music where she teaches composition, improvisation and sound studies at the University of Virginia.  

Nicole Mitchell - flutes
Maya Kronfeld - piano
Rayah Thomas - bass
Jeremy “Bean” Clemons - drumset
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durham/nicole-mitchells-black-earth-ensemble-portraits-of-sonic-freedom/200030667498602
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Durham
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sharp 9 Gallery
- **lat**: 35.940798649484
- **long**: -78.901657896215
- **full address**: Sharp 9 Gallery, 4608 Industry Ln, Ste L,Durham,NC,United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom" being held?
  - **A:** Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom" takes place on Sat, 10 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 10 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Sharp 9 Gallery, 4608 Industry Ln, Ste L,Durham,NC,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom"?
  - **A:** Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom" is organized by Sharp 9 Gallery.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom" is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Durham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, "Portraits of Sonic Freedom" sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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