For the 12th consecutive season,Carnegie HallandWQXRproudly unite to presentCarnegie Hall Live,a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. We'll hear her Symphony No.3, one of more than 300 compositions of hers, symphonies, concerto, chamber music, and choral music, most of which were lost for decades. Female Speaker: Okay. Jeff: The ensemble taking center stage is part of the Gateways music festival, a larger organization dedicated to providing a community and a performance hope for classical musicians of African descent. Jon Batiste & the Gateways Festival Orchestra. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. Anthony: I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. Jeff Spurgeon: It was 110 years ago. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. Jeff: That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. I believe she's 84-85 years old. 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 . Media Only: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com 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. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. A Gateways Orchestra concert in New York City's famed Carnegie Hall will highlight the 2022 Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, according to plans announced today. Adults: $20 | Seniors and Students: $15 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH132 W 138th StreetNew York, NY. John: Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of "I can.". As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? 3 in C Minor, James Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing and the world premiere of a work for narrator and orchestra by Oscar-winning, GRAMMY-nominated Jon Batiste, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Jon Batiste once at the center stage. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. << Galilee Chamber Orchestra. 3 in C Minor and Sinfonia No. What does it mean to this orchestra? (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster), downloading the latest version of Internet Explorer, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes Carnegie debut, Fantastic Rochester undergraduate research highlighted at annual expo, How to get a job after college: 5 tips for juniors and seniors. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. Yes. Join Terrance McKnight of New York Citys classical music station WQXR for an engaging conversation with Lee Koonce (president & artistic director of Gateways Music Festival), Ann Hobson Pilot (retired principal harp, Boston Symphony) and Titus Underwood (principal oboe, Nashville Symphony Orchestra). American conductor, Anthony Parnther, is the Music Director and Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and the Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles. George Walker composed it in 2003. I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. John: It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. We exist outside of space, time or this place." It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. and D.M.A. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022 | 7:30 PM The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nation's foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. Featuring five of Gateways most popular pianists performing works by Black and other composers. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. by Petrus A. April 15 2022. in Divertissement, musik. 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 Conductor Anthony Parnther led this orchestra, all musicians of African descent, and. Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. The Sphinx Organization, based in Detroit, supports young Black and Latinx musicians, the Gateways Music Festival in Rochester features musicians of color from around the country, and the . Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. Price. The concert also included works by the German composer Johannes Brahms (18331897); George Walker 56E (DMA) (19222018), the first composer of African descent to win a Pulitzer Prize (Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, 1996); Florence Price (18871953), the first African American female composer to have her work performed by a major orchestra (1933 Chicago Symphony performance of Symphony No. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? 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. During April 2022 Festival, the Gateways Orchestra became the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra ever presented by New York City's Carnegie . 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. Congratulations. John Schaefer's here as well. We're delighted to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Alex Laing, who is the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and also with the Phoenix Symphony, and is an educator and a speaker around the country. I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. In no time he charmed us with his wit and delighted us with his energetic performances. When Gateways musicians walk out on stage, a new line of inquiry a new conversation is opened with the audience before we even play a note because the backdrop of classical music is that this is a white art form. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. There are some elements of truth to that, but what's happening in a concert hall is not just a celebration of Brahms and Walker and Batiste and Price, but it's also a celebration of the audience. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and . From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. WQXR is a proud media partner of the Gateways Music Festival 1,198 views Apr 19, 2022 On April 24, 2022, at 3pm WQXR is proud to present a live broadcast of the Gateways Music Festival. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. Anthony: Lift Every Voice and Sing. Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS National Youth Orchestra of the United States of . We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. Exactly. Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. Exhausting, but exciting. 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. John: A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. . The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. John: There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. Jeff: A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. Press Room. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The chairs can be adjusted and the Brahms piano can be pushed out. 3. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Here are your tickets. conducting engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Chineke! Jeff: Now, you, as a very busy conductor on sound stages in Hollywood, are accustomed to looking at a score and getting the musicians all organized and playing it. He . That's an unfair question. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. John: 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. . That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. We talked on Friday with Lee Koonce, the festival's president, and artistic director about exactly who it was, who started this whole Gateways thing, and what her vision has led to. I'd love to see this orchestra personally go on tour so that audiences outside of New York State have the privilege of witnessing the power and beauty of such a special ensemble. It turns out that Gateways isn't just an organization that serves musicians. Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. A very gala-feel to this event. Alex: Yes. 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. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. 230 were here. Okay. The historic concert was broadcast live on WXXI in Rochester and on the New York City classical station WQXR. Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu After a highly successful 2019 season, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, announced today it will become an annual event starting in the fall of 2020. What does it mean to this orchestra? In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. Today, 110 years later, another African American orchestra is making its first appearance on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Jones and Johns are current musicians in the Gateways Music Festival orchestra and its members recorded themselves at home for WQXR to put together for a virtual from-home performance. A critically acclaimed series . The Gateways Music Festival is opening up a vital future for classical music, and we are honored to be part of it." To learn more about Gateways Radio or locate stations that broadcast the series, go to GatewaysRadio.org. This is really, I think what Gateways does for us, in addition to bringing us together to make a joyful noise, in addition to bringing together a community that is often geographically separate but spiritually connected, it allows for an intellectual exchange that is captivating to us and we're finding to others as well. Not surprisingly, he will be the piano soloist in that piece. George Walker composed it in 2003. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. Gateways is an all-Black classical symphony orchestra created in 1993 by concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. Ticket prices vary by location. Jeff: Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. 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. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. We'll hear her Symphony No.3, one of more than 300 compositions of hers, symphonies, concerto, chamber music, and choral music, most of which were lost for decades. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. It's available to this art form too if it wants to. Then we'll proceed into the piece, From Carnegie Hall Live, the world premiere of. BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUMNEW YORK LIBRARY FORTHE PERFORMING ARTSLincoln Center111 Amsterdam AvenueNew York, NY. 3, which has a little more of a modernist aspect to it, at least at the beginning, although the texture clears out a little bit as the piece goes along. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Bless the Michael Morgan. Recent guest. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra are set to perform at Carnegie Hall on April 24th, 2022, making them the first all-Black orchestra to do so in the renowned venue's 130-year history. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. The work we'll hear today is a bigger piece by George Walker, his Sinfonia No. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing together professionals from leading orchestras across the country to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. Anthony: Exactly. She's a person that no one really says no to. I think it's really interesting, Alex, that this idea that-- Representation, of course, is important, but this idea of the narrative of classical music is beyond race, is something universal. Does that resonate with you? To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. 224. , composed by Jon Batiste and performed by him at piano and the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making its Carnegie Hall debut in this concert under the direction of conductor Anthony Parnther. General Admission. Follow me. We have made 400 complimentary tickets available, and you can reserve yours at the link below with promo code RACF50. Brahms: Haydn Variations George Walker: Sinfonia No. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. Now, Batiste on his feet, really not moving away from the piano, receiving the applause from this audience and passing it on to all the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and a deep bow from everyone on the stage. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut this month led by Anthony Parnther . Does that resonate with you? Gateways Music Festival Orchestra (photo: Keith Bullis) Gateways Music Festival has received a substantial award of $800,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is interesting that you went to Mozart and Beethoven. It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as Saint Anthony's Chorale, but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. Jeff: He's having so many moments at one time, yes. 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 Orchestras Carnegie Hall debut! Black Lives Matter. That is the first time that piece has been played on stage here at Carnegie Hall, by an orchestra also making its Carnegie Hall debut in this special event. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org (585) 274-1170. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing young professionals from across the country together with established musicians from leading orchestras to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. Of course, that's not true. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. Michael Morgan, conductor. Butler is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performing artist. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" At recent festivals, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra comprised 125 instrumentalists, many drawn from such major orchestras as the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Cleveland Orchestra and the National, Boston, Houston, Phoenix and Detroit symphonies. Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. We should mention too that I Can, this new work also is credit offered in the program to orchestrator Matt Wong. Last week I spoke to Carl Craig, who is one of the pioneers of the second wave of Detroit techno, who played here as part of Carnegie's Afrofuturism festival. There's a significant difference between conducting full-time orchestras and in this orchestra of special musicians from all over the country who do not play together regularly, once every year, once every couple of years. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. Thank you, gentlemen. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. We did that in Rochester also a couple of days ago when we presented this program minus the Batiste work. They're equally important to us. Well, I think that's another thing we're saying about what do we think can and should happen in a concert that would be called classical and where is this music coming from and who are our composers. Jeff: Pleasure to talk to you. It's a beautiful moment. That's an unfair question. Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. Orchestra Hall May 12, 2021. It takes active participation to do that. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. . All rights reserved. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. 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. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. 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). Subscribe to Gateway Notes, the GFO Newsletter, and "Get the Know with the GFO"! I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. Gateways For: STUDENTS ; FACULTY & STAFF; ALUMNI; PARENTS 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. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. Our thanks to Clive Gillinson and the staff at Carnegie Hall, the WQXR recording crew, Edward Haber, George Wellington, Irene Trudel, Duke Marcos, and our production team. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the, , I urge you to check out George Walker's. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. Aug 3 2019. Jeff: We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE26 Gibbs StreetRochester, New York. It can also serve as a beard or it can veil other, I think, less inclusive narratives. 3. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the famed venue. 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! 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. PO Box . Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. In NYC, five of New York Citys premier venues welcome Gateways ensembles and guest artists. 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