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Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:30 pm GRAMMY Award-nominated violinist Tessa Lark curates CURRENT: Roots, exposing the far-reaching roots of Bluegrass deep within America’s musical foundation. The final CURRENT program this season pays homage to the “father of Bluegrass,” Bill Monroe, examines the cross-pollination of blues, jazz, and Northern European music styles within Americana’s musical seedlings, and showcases both modern-day and centuries-old masterworks inspired by folk idioms. Lark says, “It also gets into the weeds of Southern California’s further cultivation of Bluegrass by way of Vern Williams and many others.” Lark, a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky as well as an esteemed classical artist, taps her unique artistic sensibilities to craft this intriguing capsule of musical Americana. Autry Museum of the American West, Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Tessa Lark, curator, leader, and violin laco.org