Description. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. Only one ticket is required for both the film screening and the lecture. He was known for his warm spirit and as a visionary behind the Gateways Music Festival, an event celebrating classical musicians of African descent. 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. Aug 3 2019. 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. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. 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. I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. 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: Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions for their generous support and belief in Gateways important mission. 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. 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. Celebrating classical musicians of African descent. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. 7 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Read More Saturday. Take care. 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. 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. Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. Alex: Sure. 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. 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. John: It is interesting that you went to Mozart and Beethoven. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. American conductor, Anthony Parnther, is the Music Director and Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and the Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles. 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. I think that them being together, there's something that happens to the air when they're all together because it is such an experience for them to be together and then to play great music at a high level, it's extraordinary. 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. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. Enjoy the show. It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as, , but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? 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 . Learn More In the Know with GFO Young Artists Program LEARN MORE Children's Outreach 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. 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). We understand its importance, so that's really significant. John: And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. 560 Music Center. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. 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. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. , the name of that piece. It's available to this art form too if it wants to. Gateways musicians let their hair down in a fun, club-like environment and perform pop, R&B, Jazz, gospel, reggae and everything in between! 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. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. Adults: $20 | Seniors and Students: $15 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH132 W 138th StreetNew York, NY. 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 Radio airs Friday evenings at 9 p.m. beginning on February 3. 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. 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. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. We'll hear her Symphony No.3, one of more than 300 compositions of hers, symphonies, concerto, chamber music, and choral music, most of which were lost for decades. Yes. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. You have to make it true. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . by Petrus A. April 15 2022. in Divertissement, musik. 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. All Gateways Music Festival performances are free and open to the public. Lee: I think it is very much Jon. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. , 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. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. 3. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. You've been in the Gateways Orchestra since the start. All rights reserved. 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. degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. That was cemented well before I became involved. During April 2022 Festival, the Gateways Orchestra became the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra ever presented by New York City's Carnegie . 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. Adults: $15 | Seniors and Students: $10 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, Film ScreeningCaged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. 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. LEARN MORE Become a GFO Volunteer Help us serve the St. Louis community LEARN MORE Our Story It began on a barge in the Mississippi. . 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. 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. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut this month led by Anthony Parnther . The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. General Admission. I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. Search University of South Carolina University of South Carolina Navigation. I'll share it with you now. These and additional COVID-related policies can be found here. Jon: First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. 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