Port City explores tango music throughout the genre’s history, and features bandoneon visionary Heyni Solera as soloist and composer. Palaver will perform danceable classics alongside contemporary tango-inspired compositions.

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Palaver Strings: Port City ft. Heyni Solera

National Sawdust

From military marches to therapeutic music, humans have always relied on melody to steady them where words might fail. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the U.S.’s rich history of protest songs. Sung in every era of America history, these songs tell the country’s story as well as any textbook.

Palaver Strings | A Change is Gonna Come

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Dancing Home explores themes of heritage, belonging, displacement, and resilience through the lens of dance. At the heart of this program is ḥawwāsh by Kareem Roustom commissioned by Palaver Strings in 2024. Inspired by the ḥawwāsh, or lead dancer of a traditional dabke dance, this piece allows any musician to lead the ensemble at any given moment, sharing fluid leadership through physical and sonic cues. This program also features Palaver’s arrangement of Bartok’s Romanian Dances, original tunes by Maya French and Jamie Oshima, and Kinan Azmeh’s Syrian Dances, commissioned by Palaver in 2022. Dancing Home celebrates social dance as a meeting place for tradition and innovation, and a vehicle for building resilience, joy, and trust.

Palaver Strings

Apr 17, 2026

Dancing Home | Palaver Strings | Artistic Partner

Nov 16, 2025

Palaver Strings: Port City ft. Heyni Solera

Sep 29, 2023

Palaver Strings | A Change is Gonna Come

Palaver Strings