Composer Portrait of Matana Roberts at Snug Harbor

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Matana Roberts is an American composer, saxophonist, and creative artist. Their work is visceral, brilliant, relevant, engaging, and challenging; it defies categorization and focuses on sonic experimentation through a multi-faceted, often socially and politically conscious lens. Experience the world premiere commission of a new iteration of I call america: Sandy Speaks, a multimedia work for twelve improvising musicians written in reflection of Sandra Bland—her life and untimely death.