10/25, 7pm: Davone Tines (bass-baritone) with Ruckus: Honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, "What is your hand in this?" about revoluition; "Why do the nations so furiously rage?" from Handel's "Messiah"; Claude Otis's song, "This Bitter Earth"; The early American hymn, "Jesus Lover of My Soull"; Julius Eastman's "Buddha"; Doug Balliett's world premiere, "Steps to Compassion"