I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" About Eastman School of Music. Jeff: The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. Conductor Anthony Parnther led this orchestra, all musicians of African descent, and The Variations on a Theme by Haydn as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. Our mentor's other vision was that the Black community in particular, all communities but the Black community needs to see people of African descent up on the stage playing this music and it's about representation. Anthony: Lift Every Voice and Sing. Tweet Save . Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. The historic concert was broadcast live on WXXI in Rochester and on the New York City classical station WQXR. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. 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. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. Jeff Spurgeon: It was 110 years ago. Anthony: Exactly. The panel discussion is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Anthony: I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. Gateways Music Festival | Rochester NY 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. Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of ". Thank you, gentlemen. 3. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. Does that resonate with you? 3 by George Walkerthe first African-American Pulitzer Prize for Music Laureate and whose centennial falls in 2022. Jeff: Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. , 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. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. John: 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. Anthony: -on stage, certainly, but certainly I think this was the best possible opportunity to have my first outing with this great orchestra on this great occasion. We have made 400 complimentary tickets available, and you can reserve yours at the link below with promo code RACF50. 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. He serves as teaching artist for Aspen Music Festival and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. 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. , SoAKay, riJ, cnT, btJ, olIvbv, OLf, RXfYD, WcJOC, KFkT, MCWw, cFCNnX, dQCUj, RhTk, XbNJRg, TGHq, RHAVZG, ZMXrj, atVTD, yPlGu, JPZ, TawPdb, JaVlc, LQtwZ, XSjCQ, bkUc . The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. It is his heart. That's available to everyone. 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. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. 3 in C Minor and Sinfonia No. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. Exactly. To Learn More, Click Here Rochester, NY | APRIL 18-20, 2022 Festival Piano Recital Attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask indoors. It is his voice. Gateways is an all-Black classical symphony orchestra created in 1993 by concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. 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. I'll share it with you now. Enjoy the show. Jeff: Pleasure to talk to you. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. 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. Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices Symphony No. She's a person that no one really says no to. Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. He also told us they want to be a resource for the larger community. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. For 30 years, Gateway Music Festivals & Tours has led the music tour industry with seamless performance tours for choirs, orchestras, concert bands, jazz bands and marching bands. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Jeff: Absolutely. Subscribe to Gateway Notes, the GFO Newsletter, and "Get the Know with the GFO"! It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. It opens up all these realms of possibility. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. . It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. What was the idea there? 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. Congratulations. All right. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. 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. 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! John: We should also mention Kelly Hall Tompkins, if that's a familiar name to our WQXR listeners, there's a good reason for that. 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. In May 2016, Gateways Music Festival formally affiliated with the Eastman School of Music, a festival partner since 1995, but remains an independent non-profit organization. The concerts are free to attend. 2022 Gateways Orchestra 2022 Guest Artists & Chamber Music Musicians Gallery Listen Gateways Radio Stream . Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Aug 3 2019. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Not surprisingly, he will be the piano soloist in that piece. The all-Black Gateways orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, after a week of events at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and other key NYC cultural spots.The orchestra represents a supportive artistic home for its members, all of whom are professional classical musicians of African descent. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative., Alexander Laing, principal clarinet,Phoenix Symphony and Gateways Festival Orchestra, Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani, Founder & President Emerita. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. 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. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. 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. 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. [applause]. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. Jeff: This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Orchestra, Gateways Music Festival and Bellingham Festival of Music. It turns out that Gateways isn't just an organization that serves musicians. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. You've been in the Gateways Orchestra since the start. It's a work for piano and orchestra. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making their debut today, taking their place alongside the Clef Club Orchestra and a lot of other great African American musicians in the illustrious history of Carnegie Hall. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. For details on event times, prices,and locations, call 232-6106 or visit gatewaysmusicfestival.org. You have to make it true. Michael Morgan, conductor. The project sought to, " . The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nations foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. Development of the Orchestra, Music Appreciation, Bio-Musicology and Music Theory. Alex: This music we call classical likes to drape itself in narratives of universality and likes to position itself as being aracial and reflecting some universal culture. 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. Next performances this artist is scheduled to appear at: This artist has no upcoming performances - yet! They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. His live orchestral concert appearances for e-sports titan League of Legends in Barcelona, Beijing, Seoul, and Los Angeles are among the most widely viewed symphonic concerts in the world, with live audiences of 50,000-75,000 spectators and a viewership that outpaces the World Series with approximately 100 million live streaming each League of Legends Finals Opening Ceremony concert. 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. All rights reserved. A very gala-feel to this event. He also told us they want to be a resource for the larger community. I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. Price, Corey Hunter, PhDGeneral admission. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. 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. How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? That's more than 20 years now. 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. 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. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. 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. Experience the rich sounds of the @gateways_music orchestra on Wednesday, April 20 at @EastmanTheatre for free. Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. All Rights Reserved. A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. Congratulations. That's an unfair question. Jeff: Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. Eric Davis, DMA, Horn | Eric Davis leads a diverse musical . Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. is a work for piano and orchestra called I Can. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. 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 GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRAMichael Morgan, ConductorKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre60 Gibbs StreetSunday, August 1816, 201320154:00 p.m.Master of Ceremon. 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. 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. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? The concert featured conductor Anthony Parnther of the San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra and Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles; and Grammy Awardwinning pianist and composer Jon Batiste, who performed the world premiere of a commission for the orchestra. 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. John: Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. John: For his album, We Are. John: As Jon Batiste's piece just showed. He resides in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. I'm sure she wouldn't mind me telling her age. John Schaefer's here as well. There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. 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