[applause]. It was 110 years ago. John: For his album, We Are. Announced by Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music, the news is very welcome to the 28-year-old organization, which works to connect and support . 3 James V. Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. THE COOPER UNIONThe Great Hall Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Gateways Brass Collective, Gateways String Quartet, the Marian Anderson String Quartet and special guest artists perform in a joint concert featuring old and new-to-some chamber music repertoire. We are about to hear this performance of the, , music by Johannes Brahms based on a theme that probably wasn't actually written by Haydn. Gateways Music Festival is thrilled to announce that renowned Hollywood and symphony orchestra conductor Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Orchestra for its concerts in Rochester, NY and New York City, including the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut! Michael Morgan, conductor. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. John Schaefer's here as well. Gateway Festival Orchestra BRINGING FREE CONCERTS TO THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1964 Announcing our 2023 season Save the dates. Media Only: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. Sure. It's available to this art form too if it wants to. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org (585) 274-1170. Free, but tickets are required.. Alcohol served. Their conductor back out on stage, pointing out the different sections of the orchestra, thanking them for their performance on this program, and asking members of the ensemble to rise. Favorites More Music Features Price. Jeff: He's having so many moments at one time, yes. One of which is to support musicians of African descent who are isolated even in the ensembles in which they play as happens in other kinds of workplaces in the world, but also looking out at, as you said, the audience members who haven't found that Carnegie Hall is for them as well. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. When I got the call to be part of this momentous occasion tonight and the request was to write a piece that was inspired by a written word, this felt very apt. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. All right. Special guest Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano The mission of Gateways Music Festival is to connect and support professional classical musicians of African descent and enlighten and inspire communities through the power of performance. How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. That type of dance and the music that accompanied it was so important that Florence Price actually gave that name, Juba, to the third movement of all of her symphonies. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. The conclusion of seven days of performances in New York City. and D.M.A. It was a historic concert when the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall.It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. Featuring Johannes Brahmss Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. 3. Right now, the stage door opens and back out to center stage here at Carnegie Hall, strides the conductor Anthony Parnther to lead this first performance at Carnegie Hall of George Walker's Sinfonia No. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. Experience the rich sounds of the @gateways_music orchestra on Wednesday, April 20 at @EastmanTheatre for free. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. From hall music by the late American composer, George Walker, his SinfoniaNo. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. George Walker composed it in 2003. 2022 Gateways Orchestra 2022 Guest Artists & Chamber Music Musicians Gallery Listen Gateways Radio Stream . For his work with Chicago Sinfonietta leading the premiere of Joel Thompson's "breathe/burn: an elegy" for cello and orchestra, the Chicago Tribune praised "Clark . In fact, the third movement is called Juba, which is a type of body percussion and dance that was widely found in musical traditions of enslaved Afro-Caribbean people. In Wynton Marsalis's re-imagining, A Fiddler's Tale, he takes Stravinsky's early jazz ingredients even further, melding jazz and classical idioms together with an updated narrative. Follow me. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. I'll share it with you now. There's a great degree to which American orchestras and American so-called classic music generally has really kept its most powerful legacy at arm's length, which is the music of Black people and Black Americans. A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. share this message of hope and healing to inspire communities throughout the world and affirm our unity." For 27 years . Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. What else is Gateways beyond this? Although certainly, his most famous piece is the, , I urge you to check out George Walker's. John: I Can, the name of that piece. Jeff: If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. All Rights Reserved. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. I think also really significant for us is this is the first time that the orchestra or the festival has toured, has branched out of being in one place. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. by Petrus A. April 15 2022. in Divertissement, musik. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on, Conductor Anthony Parnther goes on stage, to conduct the final work on this program, the Fantasia on. He also told us they want to be a resource for the larger community. 560 Music Center. Those 5 Grammy Award wins came on the heels of 11 Grammy nominations an almost unheard-of hall for one artist, including a nomination in the best classical composition category. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. Jeff: Pleasure to talk to you. Anthony: Exactly. All rights reserved. She thought, "If a five-year-old kid sees the Gateways orchestra up there and that kid will say, You know what, I can play hip hop. Gateways Radio airs Friday evenings at 9 p.m. beginning on February 3. Since 1995, Gateways Music Festival has brought together professional classical musicians of African descent in Rochester, NY to both celebrate the contributions and increase the visibility of. The concert features Jon Batiste, who just won five Grammys at this year's ceremony, including the highly-coveted title, "Album of the Year". Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. The Brahms to begin, and then the Variations on "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to conclude and in between, four works by four composers of African descent that even if they weren't world premieres like Jon Batiste's work, were the first time they were being heard on the Carnegie Hall stage. Enjoy the show. Alex, thank you for stopping by. The work we'll hear today is a bigger piece by George Walker, his Sinfonia No. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from, . 3. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. [crosstalk]. Here are your tickets. It's a real challenge for us to in very limited rehearsal time with a lot of events going on simultaneously put together especially a program of this difficulty and variety together and lightning fast. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. It's a world premiere. That'll be the next work on the program. That annual festival, which features classical musicians of African descent, will include a performance this coming. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. General admission. Founded in 1993 by pianist and music professor Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisa, the Gateways Music Orchestra was cultivated to connect Black musicians with a shared passion for classical. Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Click on individual event for more information and to purchase tickets. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. This performance is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . John: It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. 3 of Florence Price, performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther in the orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut and he first time that work has ever been performed at Carnegie Hall, written in the 1930s with help from the federal government, the WPA program at that time, Florence Price created this Symphony No. John: Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. Tags: diversity, Eastman School of Music, Gateways Music Festival, performing arts, The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut on Sunday afternoon, April 24, with conductor Anthony Parnther (far right) and Grammy Award-winning pianist Jon Batiste (in gold). Ruling year info 1999 President & Artistic Director Mr. Lee Koonce Main address 26 Gibbs Street Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604 USA Show more contact info EIN 16-1562873 That type of dance and the music that accompanied it was so important that Florence Price actually gave that name, Juba, to the third movement of all of her symphonies. Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. This place for musicians is key and essential and critical to the mission because most of our players work in environments where there are very, very, very few people, if any, who look like them. Congratulations. Today, 110 years later, another African American orchestra is making its first appearance on the stage of Carnegie Hall. John: And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. is sacred to my community. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" Alex: All right. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called I can. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. There is an improvisatory element to it. It is his heart. This April, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, presents events around NYC, culminating with its eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut on April 24. This April, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, presents events around NYC, culminating with its eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut on April 24. Guest engagements include Chicago Sinfonietta, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and the Gateways Music Festival. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Orchestra Hall Jeff: Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. Thank you, gentlemen. 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