In musical terms, a reprise is the repetition of a core idea, a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action that may not be complete. The reprise event seeks to connect this concept to the experience of a displaced person, a revisiting of a story or the central identity of an artist.

By presenting artists resettled in the U.S. this event seeks to highlight and celebrate the tremendous, enduring creative spirit of refugees who have made this passage and seek to reconnect to a past.