Black History Month | Constant Flow
Music Workshop
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Online via Zoom at 7 PM CET / 1 PM ET
Musician Charles "BLVK SAMuRaI" Burchell will lead a presentation on Afrofuturism and Black creative imagination through the lens of music. This lecture would cover a wide range of music from the last 100 years, reference musical roots throughout Africa and the diaspora, and link to the innovations of modern artists such as Jonaelle Monae, Prince, Flying Lotus, and Thundercat.
"I feel black history events focus so much on a troubled history of african americans and I'd like to use my platform to speak on the ways in which we've imagined and created better futures for ourselves as an act of resistance throughout American history."
Charles "BLVK SamuRaI" Burchell is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, educator, and diplomat from New Orleans, LA. He has studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the New England Conservatory (B.M. ’12) and most recently completed the Masters of Arts in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed. M ’13). Burchell has recorded, produced, and performed with artists such as Omar Sosa, Yilain Canizares,Christian Scott, Braxton Cook, Talib Kweli, Ran Blake, Ciel Rouge, Jason Moran and Iman Omari. His band, The Love Experiment, released their self titled debut album last year and have been featured on prominent music blogs such as 2dopeboyz. Burchell also works as a cultural diplomat with the Next Level Program and has designed many programs to teach music production. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, Italy. BLVK SamuRai performs internationally as a DJ, drummer, and rapper (Karnival Kid).