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ONE VOICE, MANY FREQUENCIES: THE FUTURE OF HYBRID PERFORMANCE

ONE VOICE, MANY FREQUENCIES: THE FUTURE OF HYBRID PERFORMANCE event graphic is seen with photos of Ahamefule J. Oluo, Tim Hall, Amanda Shea, Cliff Notez
Date and time
Thursday, February 12, 2026
In-person:
Begins at 7 pm

One Voice, Many Frequencies brings together boundary-pushing artists, educators, and cultural leaders to explore how contemporary solo work is breaking down the walls between music, theater, and storytelling, and what that means for artists and audiences right now.

At the center of the conversation is Ahamefule J. Oluo, whose acclaimed solo performance The Things Around Us blends live trumpet, looping, humor, and storytelling to explore identity, memory, and connection. Their work is known for its emotional range, musical sophistication, and ability to transform deeply personal material into shared experience.

Oluo is joined by artists who represent a creative core of Boston’s music and performance scene as performers, builders of platforms, communities, and futures: Amanda Shea, Tim Hall, and Cliff Notez.

Rooted in lived artistic practice and real-world experimentation, One Voice, Many Frequencies offers a rare look at how solo performance is being reimagined right now by artists who are making the work shaping scenes, building communities, and inspiring the next generation of performers.

A man sits in front of a piano with a black vest on and a red banana around his neck while holding a trumpet at his side
Ahamefule J. Oluo (they/them) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, comedian, and creator of live performance. They were a member of award-winning experimental jazz quartet Industrial Revelation. They are a Mellon Creative Research Fellow, Creative Capital awardee, MAP Fund awardee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Creative Research Fellow, FCA Emergency Grant recipient, USArtists International grantee through MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, and Artist Trust Arts Innovator awardee.
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Tim Hall is a Boston-based musician, poet, educator, and cultural facilitator whose work bridges jazz, neo-soul, hip-hop, and spoken word. A saxophonist and live-looping solo artist, Hall is known for weaving music and storytelling into performances that explore Blackness, masculinity, resilience, and care.
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Amanda Shea is a Boston-based spoken word artist, poet, and cultural leader working at the intersection of poetry, music, social justice, and community building.
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Cliff Notez is an award-winning Boston-based multimedia artist, musician, and cultural connector whose work moves fluidly across hip hop, jazz, folk, soul, and R&B.
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