Anthony: I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and Lift every voice and sing is sacred to my community. Anthony: Lift Every Voice and Sing. You'll find lots of stuff on the wqxr.org website that Kelly was involved with during her time with the APL. with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. I believe she's 84-85 years old. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from, . What's the potential of this orchestra? She is deeply grateful for the many . Orchestra, Gateways Music Festival and Bellingham Festival of Music. Alex: Sure. John Schaefer's here as well. Thank you so much. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. 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. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. Jeff: Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. Congratulations. That's more than 20 years now. I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. To Learn More, Click Here Rochester, NY | APRIL 18-20, 2022 Festival Piano Recital Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. It's this kind of dual mission. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. In 2015, Anthony was profiled by Los Angeles' KCET/TV as a "Local Hero" for his extensive community outreach and advocacy for the performance of works by Black, Latinx, and Women artists. Now on stage, Conductor Anthony Parnther, ready to lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra and the Symphony No.3 of American composer, Florence Price. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. Carnegie Hall Presents Across the Stars: The Music of John Williams . My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" Then we'll proceed into the piece, From Carnegie Hall Live, the world premiere of. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. You have to make it true. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. Enjoy the show. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. 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. Alex: Not since the start, but since 2001. Alex, thank you for stopping by. Mary also enjoys teaching private trumpet lessons with students from ages 10 - 94! Michael Morgan, conductor. Event unsuitable for children. [crosstalk]. I'll share it with you now. It can also serve as a beard or it can veil other, I think, less inclusive narratives. (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. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. What was the idea there? He serves as teaching artist for Aspen Music Festival and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Not since the start, but since 2001. Subscribe to Gateway Notes, the GFO Newsletter, and "Get the Know with the GFO"! John: 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. That's an unfair question. Press Room. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. She's a person that no one really says no to. Conductor Anthony Parnther is also out on the stage now with the rest of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. 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 . Today, 110 years later, another African American orchestra is making its first appearance on the stage of Carnegie Hall. In 2009, some people were renovating an abandoned house outside of Chicago, lo and behold, they discovered all of these manuscripts and it turned out that it was not all, but most of Florence Price's compositions. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. General Admission. Tweet Save . Does that resonate with you? Anthony: Exactly. It's a world premiere. 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. The authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. Price, Corey Hunter, PhD*General admission. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. I believe she's 84-85 years old. I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. I love the way this harkens back to the days of Mozart and Beethoven, who would also write works that contained a great deal of written music finished for the players but also places for them to improvise. About Eastman School of Music. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? Jeff: -for Soul, the Pixar film, and has also just won five Grammys, including Record of the Year at the most recent Grammy Awards just a few weeks ago. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. Gateways For: STUDENTS ; FACULTY & STAFF; ALUMNI; PARENTS The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. Orchestra, Simfnica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Jacaranda - Music at the Edge, Hear Now Music Festival, Pittsburgh Microtonal Festival, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, BrightworkNewMusic, and the World Opera Forum in Madrid, Spain. This artist has also appeared with: This artist not appeared with any other performers that we know of. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. 3 by George Walkerthe first African-American Pulitzer Prize for Music Laureate and whose centennial falls in 2022. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. That was cemented well before I became involved. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. 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. Jon Batiste & the Gateways Festival Orchestra. 3 in C Minor and Sinfonia No. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. General admission. Does that resonate with you? Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. The Brahms is a set of variations that are primarily based on toying around with the melody, but Walker toys around with interval and rhythm in a very particular way with a much more sense of harmony. I think the possibility of spontaneity is what makes this particular live performance so deeply engaging and organic for everybody involved including the audience. Eric Davis, DMA, Horn | Eric Davis leads a diverse musical . is a work for piano and orchestra called I Can. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. He . It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and . 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. Thank you, gentlemen. Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. 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. A very gala-feel to this event. Adults: $15 | Seniors and Students: $10 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, Film ScreeningCaged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. I can play gospel. Jeff: Conductor Anthony Parnther goes on stage, to conduct the final work on this program, the Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing by James V. Cockerham in this initial performance of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance you'll hear from Carnegie Hall Live. He has premiered and recorded works by Anthony Davis, George Walker, Errollyn Wallen, John Wineglass, Gary Powell Nash, Marian Harrison, Renee Baker, James Wilson, Phillip Herbert, Daniel Kidane, Chanda Dancy, and James Newton. I'll share it with you now. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. We did that in Rochester also a couple of days ago when we presented this program minus the Batiste work. Because of limited seating capacity in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. 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. Berry holds a B.M. They're equally important to us. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE26 Gibbs StreetRochester, New York. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 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. The project sought to, " . 560 Music Center. In NYC, five of New York Citys premier venues welcome Gateways ensembles and guest artists. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. Of course, that's not true. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. Applause is for Anthony Parnther now taking center stage here at Carnegie Hall, and beginning this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra with this work by Brahms, his variations on, Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. I think the possibility of spontaneity is what makes this particular live performance so deeply engaging and organic for everybody involved including the audience. Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The group was originally based in North Carolina but later moved to Rochester, New York in 1995 after its founder joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music. That'll be the next work on the program. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Anthony Parnther, conductor Jon Batiste, piano and composer. 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. It's a big event for the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra coming down to Carnegie Hall from their home in Rochester, in upstate New York. Thank you!!! Featuring Johannes Brahmss Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. 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. I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. Because of limited seating capacity in the Rose Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. John Schaefer's here as well. They're leaving the stage for a few minutes, but we have managed to grab one of them by the coattail as he walks by. Take care. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Recent guest. Here are your tickets. . 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. I love the way this harkens back to the days of Mozart and Beethoven, who would also write works that contained a great deal of written music finished for the players but also places for them to improvise. I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" "Oh, well this is classical music. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. That's an unfair question. . Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices Symphony No. 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. 560 Trinity Ave, St Louis MO 63130. 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. A A. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative." Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the world premiere of I Can, 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. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. Development of the Orchestra, Music Appreciation, Bio-Musicology and Music Theory. I think we rose to the occasion. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. 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. 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. 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. It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. It's our national anthem. 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. 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. She's never taken medication. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. 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. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. What else is Gateways beyond this? They were led by James Reese Europe, and they were one of the finest Black music ensembles to perform in Carnegie Hall and one of the first at that time. This is Carnegie Hall Live. It's a beautiful moment. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. Today, 110 years later, another African American orchestra is making its first appearance on the stage of Carnegie Hall. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. 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. It was a historic concert when the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall. 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. "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . 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! It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as, , but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and. The Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, runs from Tuesday, August 6 through Sunday, August 11. Jeff: Congratulations to you, Anthony Parnther, and to the Gateways Music Festival at an amazing week in New York in an amazing combination of this concert. Jeff: How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? It was 110 years ago. ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. 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. Brahms: Haydn Variations George Walker: Sinfonia No. They were led by James Reese Europe, and they were one of the finest Black music ensembles to perform in Carnegie Hall and one of the first at that time. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. Orchestra Hall It takes active participation to do that. PO Box . Jeff: This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. We exist outside of space, time or this place." From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Exactly. There is an improvisatory element to it. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. 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. Jeff: Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. Congratulations to you, Anthony Parnther, and to the Gateways Music Festival at an amazing week in New York in an amazing combination of this concert. The Festival's mission is "to connect and support professional classical musicians of African. Adults: $20 | Seniors and Students: $15 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH132 W 138th StreetNew York, NY. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called. Apr 21 2022. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. He's also just won an Oscar-. 1 in E Minor); and the orchestras signature closing piece, Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing, by African American film and classical music composer James Cockerham. Featuring five of Gateways most popular pianists performing works by Black and other composers. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. John: This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. Search sc.edu. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. This is Carnegie Hall Live. Jon: First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. Jeff: That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra was founded in 1993 by prominent pianist and educator Armenta Adams Dumisani. It's our national anthem. It's our greatest cultural export as a nation. John: A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. It is his voice. 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. . The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. gateways music festival is changing the classical Music narrative "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. Butler is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performing artist. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative., Alexander Laing, principal clarinet,Phoenix Symphony and Gateways Festival Orchestra, Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani, Founder & President Emerita. Now, we spoke with Lee Koonce, who is the president and artistic director of the Gateways Music Festival, whom we had a chance just to say what Jon Batiste's piece that he had heard, and what we could expect. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. Pleasure to talk to you. Alex: Well, I think as artists in this music that's called classical, we have always felt that Carnegie is a place for us, but what we think is important is we know that there are audience members that, until we grace this stage, did not know that Carnegie was a place for them. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. 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