Matisyahu to Headline Project Dialogue’s 25th year
Project Dialogue is a year-long, University-wide program that seeks to involve the entire Vanderbilt community in public discourse and reflection connecting classroom learning with larger societal issues. Project Dialogue also serves to increase contact between students, staff, and faculty and encourages interaction among student organizations through implementing various methods of perspective including: lectures, debates, films, art displays, theater productions, panel discussions, and reading material.
2014-2015 marks the 25th year for Project Dialogue with the celebratory theme Music as Dialogue. In looking for someone who uses music as a means to inspire and create critical dialogue, we are proud to be bringing Matisyahu to campus on Tuesday, September 9th. In collaboration with Vanderbilt’s Interfaith Council, and Vanderbilt Hillel, Project Dialogue will host an outdoor, acoustic concert with Matisyahu on the Commons Lawn at 7:30 pm.
Matthew Miller, more commonly known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu, came on the scene in 2004 and turned heads exploring Orthodox Judaism through the genres of reggae, rock, and hip hop. Over the years, Matiisyahu has brought issues of faith, Middle East relations and other political and social topics into his music. In 2006, Matisyahu stated that “All of my songs are influenced and inspired by the teachings that inspire me. I want my music to have meaning, to be able to touch people and make them think. Chasidism teaches that music is ‘the quill of the soul.’ Music taps into a very deep place and speaks to us in a way that regular words can’t.”
Matisyahu continues to explore his faith and his social and political concerns through his music, creating space within the art for critical reflection and opening dialogue to wide and diverse audiences.
This event is only possible through the collaborative effort of Project Dialogue, Vanderbilt’s Interfaith Council, and Vanderbilt Hillel. To check out the other wonderful offerings by the Interfaith Council and Hillel, please click their names to visit their web sites.
For more on Matisyahu click on the links below:
https://www.popmatters.com/review/183580-matisyahu-akeda/
Tickets are available at the Sarratt Student Center Box Office starting August 18th and will be FREE for students, staff, and faculty when presenting their VU ID, and will be only $10 for the community. Please bring a blanket, and something to eat and drink to enjoy the show. Bags will be checked at the gate when tickets are presented. No alcohol will be permitted.
