(University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. , 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 . 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. 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. To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. 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. [crosstalk]. Take care. Jeff: We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? On Sunday April 24 at 3:00PM, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestracomprised entirely of professional classical musicians of African descentmakes their highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut . 3. He was known for his warm spirit and as a visionary behind the Gateways Music Festival, an event celebrating classical musicians of African descent. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. Jeff: Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. 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. It opens up all these realms of possibility. 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. Jeff Spurgeon: It was 110 years ago. If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. These and additional COVID-related policies can be found here. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. 3. Bagikan di Facebook . Not since the start, but since 2001. 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. Bach to the Future will perform with the Gateway Festival Orchestra 7:30 PM, Sunday July 10, Washington University Brookings Quadrangle. The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. We exist outside of space, time or this place." Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. We should also mention Kelly Hall Tompkins, if that's a familiar name to our WQXR listeners, there's a good reason for that. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. Proof of vaccination is required to enter Carnegie Hall and masks must be worn inside at all times. I can play gospel. I'll share it with you now. Gateways is receiving an $800,000 award from the. 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. 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. 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. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. A A. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. It's a beautiful moment. 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. 2023 New York Public Radio Alex: Sure. BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUMNEW YORK LIBRARY FORTHE PERFORMING ARTSLincoln Center111 Amsterdam AvenueNew York, NY. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from, . Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. Take care. Conductor Anthony Parnther led this orchestra, all musicians of African descent, and. 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 was my first Gateways. John: Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Since its inception in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has cultivated diversity in the classical music scene. In no time he charmed us with his wit and delighted us with his energetic performances. SAHAM. Anthony: Exactly. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 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. 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. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions for their generous support and belief in Gateways important mission. 224. 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. She created Gateways. General admission. The concert features Jon Batiste, who just won five Grammys at this year's ceremony, including the highly-coveted title, "Album of the Year". 3 by George Walkerthe first African-American Pulitzer Prize for Music Laureate and whose centennial falls in 2022. Listen Monday June 20 at 8 p.m. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. 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. Alex: Yes. I'm sure she wouldn't mind me telling her age. The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. I thought you were going to say George Gershwin because what strikes me is the similarity to the, -did not have fully finished at the time of the world premiere, and famously in the written score for the conductor, wrote the words, "Wait for a nod.". Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. Tweet Save . You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. Jeff: Jon Batiste once at the center stage. . 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. Jeff: Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. 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. All Gateways Music Festival performances are free and open to the public. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and. I think we're really making some ground today in terms of that piece of it, in terms of, is this a space that celebrates and uplifts Black people, Black culture, not just Black performers. 230 were here. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November, with a Rochester kick-off, but was rescheduled to next Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. 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. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. Celebrating over two decades of music making, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds has led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet that inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds. 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 . 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. May 12, 2021. In NYC, five of New York Citys premier venues welcome Gateways ensembles and guest artists. The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. Alex: Not since the start, but since 2001. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. Enjoy the show. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. What does it mean to this orchestra? John: We are about to hear this performance of the The Variations on a Theme by Haydn, music by Johannes Brahms based on a theme that probably wasn't actually written by Haydn. Jeff: That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. As you noticed, the audience responded in-hand to what they saw visual and it was just another extra element of all of these people on stage celebrating our heritage. 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. Jeff: That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. What's making the occasion even bigger is that they will be presenting a world premiere, a piece so new, the ink has barely dried on it. 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. First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. [applause]. 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 It's our greatest cultural export as a nation. Berry holds a B.M. Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. Not surprisingly, he will be the piano soloist in that piece. The chairs can be adjusted and the Brahms piano can be pushed out. Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music announced on Dec 7th that Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at its eagerly anticipated performances at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre (April 20) and the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut (April 24).Known for his "charismatic, captivating conducting" (Los Angeles Times), Parnther takes the . The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. George Walker composed it in 2003. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. 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. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. Gateways Music Festival Overview 530 views 10 months ago The Gateways Music Festival 2022 will take place from April 18-24, culminating in the Gateways Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut,. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. 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. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. General Admission. 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. Yes. is a work for piano and orchestra called. Jeff: That's more than 20 years now. 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. I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. Enjoy the show. 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: 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. Gateways is an all-Black classical symphony orchestra created in 1993 by concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. . 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. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. 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. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. It turns out that Gateways isn't just an organization that serves musicians. 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 studied music performance at Northwestern University and continued his musical studies at Yale University where he studied orchestral conducting with Lawrence Leighton Smith and Otto Werner Mueller. John: For his album, We Are. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. 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. 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. Apr 21 2022. 2022 Gateways Orchestra 2022 Guest Artists & Chamber Music Musicians Gallery Listen Gateways Radio Stream . Here are your tickets. Search University of South Carolina University of South Carolina Navigation. As soon as we hear that cord progression, our congregation stands, and we sing. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Anthony: 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. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. 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. It was a historic concert when the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall. Alex: The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative., Alexander Laing, principal clarinet,Phoenix Symphony and Gateways Festival Orchestra, Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani, Founder & President Emerita. Learn More In the Know with GFO Young Artists Program LEARN MORE Children's Outreach 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. It takes active participation to do that. All rights reserved. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. 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 a Theme by Haydn. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. , 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. It would come up. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Anthony Parnther, conductor Jon Batiste, piano and composer. Click on individual event for more information and to purchase tickets. Thank you, gentlemen. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. Now on stage, Conductor Anthony Parnther, ready to lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra and the Symphony No.3 of American composer, Florence Price. Price. 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 . She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. 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. 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. 3. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org(585) 274-1170. His answer was, "I felt that Carnegie Hall, that places like that were not meant for people who looked like me and it was important to make that step and to be seen on that stage. 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. As you noticed, the audience responded in-hand to what they saw visual and it was just another extra element of all of these people on stage celebrating our heritage. That's more than 20 years now. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. Exactly. We exist outside of space, time or this place." Brahms: Haydn Variations George Walker: Sinfonia No. 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. I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" Music Director The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis Home Music Director Darwin Aquino, Music Director Darwin Aquino joined the Gateway Festival Orchestra as Music Director in 2019. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. conducting engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Chineke! 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. . Follow me. Gateways Orchestra concert, 4:00 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Sunday, August 11, $15 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens with ID, and free for youth under 18. 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. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. 3. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall Presents Across the Stars: The Music of John Williams . Anthony: I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. Tuesdays at 8:00 pm The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Fresh, exciting performances highlighting musicians of African descent The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Anthony: I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. Recent performances include Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; Toronto; Danbury, Connecticut; and an eight-concert Midwest tour. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. 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). Gateways Music Festival's mission is to connect and support professional classical musicians of African descent and enlighten and inspire communities through the power of performance. It is his heart. Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. 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. 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 . 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. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. Jeff: A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. It's this kind of dual mission. Jeff: Pleasure to talk to you. What's making the occasion even bigger is that they will be presenting a world premiere, a piece so new, the ink has barely dried on it. This is Carnegie Hall Live. What was the idea there? Exhausting, but exciting. 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. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. General Admission. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. Bless the Michael Morgan. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called I can. The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. 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