Congratulations. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, [email protected](585) 274-1170, Watch "Inspiring Through the Power of Performance". She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. He's having so many moments at one time, yes. John: And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. 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. 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. Proof of vaccination is required to enter Carnegie Hall and masks must be worn inside at all times. . This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. . GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. [email protected] (585) 274-1170. The final . I can play gospel. 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 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. John: This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. 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. John: For his album, We Are. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. 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. Jeff: A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. World premiere, so a song and a kind of sweet for piano into orchestra all in one extraordinarily well-received performance here on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from, . John: 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. Pleasure to talk to you. Enjoy the show. I can play rap. 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, thank you for stopping by. Gateways For: STUDENTS ; FACULTY & STAFF; ALUMNI; PARENTS There is an improvisatory element to it. Jeff: Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. May 12, 2021. As soon as we hear that cord progression, our congregation stands, and we sing. What does it mean to this orchestra? It's full orchestra and piano and just him. 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. . It takes active participation to do that. 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. 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. 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. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions for their generous support and belief in Gateways important mission. 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. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. 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. All rights reserved. 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. He is a resident member of the Jacksonville-based Ritz Chamber Players, The Harlem Chamber Players, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and innovative chamber music theater group the Core Ensemble. We are going to hear the world premiere of. "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called. That'll be the next work on the program. Guest engagements include Chicago Sinfonietta, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and the Gateways Music Festival. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November, with a Rochester kick-off, but was rescheduled to next Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. This performance is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. It would come up. 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. Jeff: 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. 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. John: 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. 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. It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. It would come up. Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. This concert is part of his perspective series. Gateway Festival Orchestra BRINGING FREE CONCERTS TO THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1964 Announcing our 2023 season Save the dates. Jeff: We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. The Gateways Music Festival opens Nov. 9 -13. Gateways musicians let their hair down in a fun, club-like environment and perform pop, R&B, Jazz, gospel, reggae and everything in between! is a work for piano and orchestra called I Can. 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. 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. Thank you so much. All Gateways Music Festival performances are free and open to the public. What else is Gateways beyond this? To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. General Admission. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. It's wonderful to have you here. 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: There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of ". Jeff: If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. Favorites More Music Features 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. In Wynton Marsalis's re-imagining, A Fiddler's Tale, he takes Stravinsky's early jazz ingredients even further, melding jazz and classical idioms together with an updated narrative. conducting engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Chineke! Accuracy and availability may vary. I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. That's more than 20 years now. 3. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" Yes. 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. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. Founded in 1993 by pianist and music professor Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisa, the Gateways Music Orchestra was cultivated to connect Black musicians with a shared passion for classical. by Petrus A. April 15 2022. in Divertissement, musik. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. GUEST ARTISTS: MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET92ND STREET Y | 7:30 PM, GATEWAYS BRASS COLLECTIVETHE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | 5:30 PM, GATEWAYS PIANO QUARTETTHE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM | 7:30 PM, GUEST ARTISTS: HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS STRING QUARTETSCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCHIN BLACK CULTURE | 7:30 PM. 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. 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. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. Attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask indoors. 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. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. 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. That's an unfair question. 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. Take care. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. Exhausting, but exciting. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. Jeff: Pleasure to talk to you. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Not since the start, but since 2001. . It's a beautiful moment. 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. 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. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. On today's show, join us as we remember the late great Paul Burgett, as well as a concert highlight from the Gateways Music Festival. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. Here are your tickets. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, [email protected] Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, [email protected] 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. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra (photo: Keith Bullis) Gateways Music Festival has received a substantial award of $800,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. General Admission. 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. Yes. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. 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). Featuring five of Gateways most popular pianists performing works by Black and other composers. 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. to conclude and in between, four works by four composers of African descent that even if they weren't world premieres like Jon Batiste's work, were the first time they were being heard on the Carnegie Hall stage. 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. It is his voice. Free, but tickets are required.. Alcohol served. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. 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. We exist outside of space, time or this place." We understand its importance, so that's really significant. I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. Aug 3 2019. Click on individual event for more information and to purchase tickets. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative., Alexander Laing, principal clarinet,Phoenix Symphony and Gateways Festival Orchestra, Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani, Founder & President Emerita. Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. It's our national anthem. There are parts that are written out, and then, there are parts that he will improvise. John: It is interesting that you went to Mozart and Beethoven. The authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. It's our greatest cultural export as a nation. John: A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. 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 Festival's mission is "to connect and support professional classical musicians of African. 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. Gateways Radio airs Friday evenings at 9 p.m. beginning on February 3. It's a world premiere. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes history as the first all-Black orchestra to feature at Carnegie Hall in the venue's 130-year-history, Harlem World Magazine reports. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. 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. ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. 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. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. Jon Batiste once at the center stage. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Anthony Parnther, conductor Jon Batiste, piano and composer. Visit our website. Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. It is his voice. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. He serves as teaching artist for Aspen Music Festival and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. She created Gateways. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. They're equally important to us. This is Carnegie Hall Live. The most recent Gateways Music Festival took place in April 2022 in both Rochester and New York City and featured seven days of performances, panel discussions, lectures, film showings and more before a live audience of nearly 7,000 and a live radio audience of more than 100,000. Since its inception in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has cultivated diversity in the classical music scene. Follow me. Jeff: Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. We have made 400 complimentary tickets available, and you can reserve yours at the link below with promo code RACF50. She's never taken medication. And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. 3 in C Minor and James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. John: Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of "I can.". PO Box . Sure. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. 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. I thought you were going to say George Gershwin because what strikes me is the similarity to the Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin famously-, John: -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.". All Rights Reserved. Search University of South Carolina University of South Carolina Navigation. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . Price, Corey Hunter, PhD*General admission. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. 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. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. It's this kind of dual mission. When 7:30 p.m. March 3, 2 p.m. March 5 Where Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 210 East Monroe Avenue, Kirkwood How much $20-$65 More info 314-865-0038; winteroperastl.org. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. Thank you!!! This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. That was my first Gateways. George Walker composed it in 2003. John: Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. For the first time, the Rochester based Gateways Music Festival orchestra got to perform at the famed concert hall in New York City Gateways was created nearly 30 years ago to support classical. . 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. 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! She created Gateways. She's never taken medication. Experience the rich sounds of the @gateways_music orchestra on Wednesday, April 20 at @EastmanTheatre for free. Not surprisingly, he will be the piano soloist in that piece. 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: Yes. How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? World premiere, so a song and a kind of sweet for piano into orchestra all in one extraordinarily well-received performance here on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. It's available to this art form too if it wants to. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. 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. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. The Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, runs from Tuesday, August 6 through Sunday, August 11. All right. The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. Because of limited seating capacity in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. 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. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. A very gala-feel to this event. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. 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. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. 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