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Friday, January 27, 2023 - A Cahokia-inspired premiere at the St. Louis Symphony
8 minutes Posted Jan 27, 2023 at 12:43 pm.
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Old film footage of indigenous dancers inspired composer James Lee III's "Visions of Cahokia," premiering this weekend at Powell Hall. The piece references Cahokia Mounds, the historic site of one of the largest Native American settlements in North America, in what is now Collinsville.