The Transformations Suite

SAMORA ABAYOMI PINDERHUGHES
The Transformations Suite

“Wonderful…an absolutely gorgeous piece of music. A huge undertaking; a nuanced, delicate, and powerful perspective on heavy and important topics.”

-Anna Deavere Smith

Continuing in the tradition of artists like Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, and Tupac Shakur, Samora Pinderhughes’ The Transformations Suite paints a musical picture of the current state of social inequality and injustice in the United States and beyond. Moving through five sections – Transformation, History, Cycles, Momentum (parts 1 and 2), and Ascension – the suite connects contemporary issues such as the prison industrial complex and the Black Lives Matter movement with the history of revolutionary movements of color as it builds a bridge between the past and the future. Lyrics are drawn from original poems by actor and poet Jeremie Harris, as well as Pinderhughes, Saul Williams, and Tupac Shakur.