treya lam
Civic Speakeasy
The Underground at Jaffe Drive
Jaffe Dr
New York, NY 10023
Jun 15, 2024
6:00 PM EDT
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About this concert
Lincoln Center presents in collaboration with Citizen University
These events, hosted by Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence, are dedicated to celebrating the intersection of art and democracy, embracing shared values, and building joyful communal civic traditions through music, poetry, keynote speeches, and reflection. Together, we can foster relationships and rebuild belief in each other. Hosted in collaboration with Citizen University, this gathering is designed for those seeking new ways to strengthen civic culture in their community through art.
FEATURING
Mahogany L. Browne
Treya Lam
Anthony McGill
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or guestexperience@lincolncenter.org.
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treya lam Biography
treya lam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who’s joyously complex identity informs but does not define their work, whether solo or when collaborating with a variety of multidisciplinary ensembles. Their strident voice, politically charged songwriting and fluency on guitar, piano and looped viola recalls Nina Simone and Andrew Bird. treya’s debut Good News was created by womxn and genderqueer collaborators and released via Kaki King’s label. lam is currently developing otherland - an audiovisual chamber-folk album on healing in the wake of grief and loss, radical self acceptance and the relationship between individual and collective healing as a 2022-2023 recipient of the New York Voices commission from Joe’s Pub at The Public.
Smithsonian Magazine states lam’s work “perfectly captures the mixture of love, loss and hope”. lam is a OneBeat fellow, NYCLU Artist Ambassador and active member of the Resistance Revival Chorus. Their song Dawn was featured on the RRC’s debut album This Joy - released on Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records. treya was an artist in residence at Joe’s Pub in 2019 and MASS MoCA in 2020. lam has performed original music at Lincoln Center, the Prospect Park Bandshell and the American Museum of Natural History.
“perfectly captures the mixture of love, loss and hope” - Smithsonian Magazine
“Lam is encouraging anyone who has ever felt less than to embrace themselves and to shine their light.” - American Songwriter
“[They] draw you in, hypnotizes you, and all at once you’ll get taken up by a huge tide, a swell that takes you over completely.” - Village Voice
Read MoreSmithsonian Magazine states lam’s work “perfectly captures the mixture of love, loss and hope”. lam is a OneBeat fellow, NYCLU Artist Ambassador and active member of the Resistance Revival Chorus. Their song Dawn was featured on the RRC’s debut album This Joy - released on Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records. treya was an artist in residence at Joe’s Pub in 2019 and MASS MoCA in 2020. lam has performed original music at Lincoln Center, the Prospect Park Bandshell and the American Museum of Natural History.
“perfectly captures the mixture of love, loss and hope” - Smithsonian Magazine
“Lam is encouraging anyone who has ever felt less than to embrace themselves and to shine their light.” - American Songwriter
“[They] draw you in, hypnotizes you, and all at once you’ll get taken up by a huge tide, a swell that takes you over completely.” - Village Voice
Genre Queer
Folk
Chamber-folk
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