For our newest Etherbound project, we’ve teamed with writer/director Bill Barclay and local documentary filmmaker Gregg Jamback of Swiftwater Media to bring you The Chevalier: A Voice to be Heard. This 15minute film captures the essence of our crossgenre collaboration with Concert Theatre Works, the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, and Authoring Action as we produce The Chevalier, Bill Barclay’s newest playwithmusic premiering at the 2021 National Black Theatre Festival.

The Chevalier chronicles a period during the life of 18thcentury Black violinist, composer, swordsman, and activist, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de SaintGeorges. Bologne, the archetypical Renaissance man, a gentleman of the nobility revered during his time for his prowess as a musician and as a fencer, has long since been forgotten by history if only for the color of his skin.