Uncharted ’26: Night 1
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Rhythms of Resilience: Featuring Jacquelene Acevedo & Audry Funk
Jacquelene Acevedo
Show Description:
For her Uncharted performance, Jacquelene steps out as a band leader for the first time, presenting Dreamers and Computers, an exploration of the relationship between the temporal and the eternal in time and rhythm, and how those forces intersect with death and artistic rebirth. Drawing from drumming, voice, dance, and visual art, she moves through themes of loss and grief while honoring the audacity of life to remain gorgeous and even hilarious in the face of it all.
Bio:
Meet Jacquelene Acevedo, the multi-percussionist powerhouse who’s redefining the field with her dynamic beats and electrifying performances. Known for her musicality, sensitivity, power and passion, Jacquelene is the heartbeat behind some of the most thrilling musical experiences of our time.
She has performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The View, PBS, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the GRAMMYS, and Bad Bunny. She was an invited weekly guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and she’s opened stages for Lauryn Hill, Patti Smith, & Stanley Clarke.
Jacquelene was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2017 for her genre-bending work with Flor de Toloache, adding percussion and funk to mariachi music.
She is featured in Spike Lee’s 2020 Emmy-nominated film adaptation of American Utopia. She is also a 2021 TONY Award recipient for the stage production of the critically-acclaimed Broadway show by the same name. She performed with David Byrne acting, dancing, and singing in addition to playing 10 percussion instruments.
Trained in theater, dance, and music, she brings a multi-faceted artistic approach to her work, blending technical excellence with creative expression. Widely recognized for her work as a sought-after sideperson, her participation in the Uncharted residency marks an important step in honing her voice and developing a project as a leader.
Audry Funk
Show Description:
Audry Funk and the NYC Music Family present an evening of Audry’s original music, performed for the first time with a live backing band and special arrangements by Latin GRAMMY Award–winner Felipe Fournier. The program blends reggaetón, cumbia, and rap, tracing Audry’s musical journey from Puebla, Mexico to New York City while layering rhythm, storytelling, and her bold Puebla–York sensibility.
Bio:
Known as Audry Funk, Audry Bustos Díaz is a singer-songwriter, MC, and activist born in Puebla, Mexico. Residing in the Bronx, New York, she has been an international presence in the independent music industry for twenty years.
Her powerful message has reached notable venues, such as the Festival Puebla Ciudad Mural, Puebla, MX (2022) Lincoln Center, NYC, USA (2022), SEIKANAHH Festival, FR (2022), La Media Torta, Bogota, CO, (2022), San Juana Festival, Chicago, USA (2022), Festival Internacional de Puebla, Puebla, MX (2022), the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, USA (2021), among other stages in Latin America, the US, and Europe. And her music has been spotlighted in Latino Rebels, BBC, The Guardian, and VICE.
She has also given talks about philosophy, feminism, and migration at forums such as the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute, Doctoral and graduate student’s council – Mexican Studies Group (NYC, USA), Centro Cultural Chimkowe de Peñalolén (CL), Colegio Comfandi Calipso (Cali, CO), Centro Colombo Americano (Bogotá, CO), Hudson River Museum (NYC, USA), Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (MX).
She is considered one of the most important exponents of Hip-Hop in Spanish andhas been featured with various artists and producers from all over the world, such as Víctor Murillo (USA), Rebeca Lane (Guatemala), Linda Chichester (USA), Comagatte (IT), Medusa (TN), Lirosse (FR), among others.
Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency
Now in its 12th year, Uncharted is Greenwich House Music School’s annual concert series grounded in an artist-centered approach to supporting performing artists of color, female-identifying, immigrants, religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These artists are central to New York City’s vitality and identity, yet they often face systemic barriers to sustained investment in career development. Uncharted aims to shift that dynamic.
Tonight’s performances are the culmination of work developed during the Elebash Artist Residency, held at the School over the past several months.
Learn more about Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency here.
Sponsors
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
The Uncharted Residency Program is made possible by The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund.
