We did that in Rochester also a couple of days ago when we presented this program minus the Batiste work. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. 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. Favorites More Music Features GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org(585) 274-1170, Watch "Inspiring Through the Power of Performance". Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. Jeff: Absolutely. It was 110 years ago. During April 2022 Festival, the Gateways Orchestra became the first all-Black classical symphony orchestra ever presented by New York City's Carnegie . 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 . Here are your tickets. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. We should mention too that. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. Congratulations. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. . Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. 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. 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. John: Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of "I can.". Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. 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. It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. Regularly performing old and new classics, the Gateways Orchestra takes special pride in showcasing the works of composers of African descent, both past and present. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. 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. 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. Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. 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. I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. Then we'll proceed into the piece, I Can. They're equally important to us. Recent performances include Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; Toronto; Danbury, Connecticut; and an eight-concert Midwest tour. She is deeply grateful for the many . 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, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. 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. In NYC, five of New York Citys premier venues welcome Gateways ensembles and guest artists. John: As Jon Batiste's piece just showed. I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. I can play rap. 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. There are parts that are written out, and then, there are parts that he will improvise. John: George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece Lilacs. 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. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut this month led by Anthony Parnther . What's the potential of this orchestra? 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. Aug 3 2019. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. 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. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. 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. Tweet Save . From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Gateways is an all-Black classical symphony orchestra created in 1993 by concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called I can. 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. It's a beautiful moment. Free, but tickets are required.. Alcohol served. Since its inception in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has cultivated diversity in the classical music scene. 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's a beautiful moment. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. It takes active participation to do that. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. 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. John: Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. 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. 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. She's never taken medication. 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. That annual festival, which features classical musicians of African descent, will include a performance this coming. Not since the start, but since 2001. Recent guest. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. 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. A A. ulang. 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. Jeff: Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. Featuring Johannes Brahmss Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. is a work for piano and orchestra called I Can. Anthony Parnther: It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. What does it mean to this orchestra? The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. The Gateways Music Festival is getting ready for its Carnegie Hall debut. 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. You've been in the Gateways Orchestra since the start. That was cemented well before I became involved. 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. Anthony has conducted artists spanning every musical genre including Joshua Bell, Jessye Norman, Yundi Li, Lynn Harrell, Frederica von Stade, Roderick Williams, Canadian Brass, Jennifer Holliday, Kanye West, Imagine Dragons, Omar Apollo, and Alan Walker. From hall music by the late American composer, George Walker, his SinfoniaNo. Click on individual event for more information and to purchase tickets. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. -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. All rights reserved. It can also serve as a beard or it can veil other, I think, less inclusive narratives. 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. Jeff: That's more than 20 years now. This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. John: This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. That'll be the next work on the program. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. 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 Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. The concert concludes with James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing, a rousing and epic musical journey from Africa to the new world which has become the signature piece of the Gateways Orchestra. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. *General admission. 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 is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Anthony has restored and performed orchestral works by Florence Price, Zenobia Powell Perry, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor. 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. Also particularly looking at it from the context of American orchestras. Of course, that's not true. Now on stage, Conductor Anthony Parnther, ready to lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra and the Symphony No.3 of American composer, Florence Price. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. 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. Yes. Michael Morgan, conductor. . Carnegie Hall Presents Across the Stars: The Music of John Williams . Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing young professionals from across the country together with established musicians from leading orchestras to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. 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. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. . 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. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. 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 this orchestra? [applause]. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org (585) 274-1170. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. General admission. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. Then we'll proceed into the piece, From Carnegie Hall Live, the world premiere of. This is Carnegie Hall Live. It's available to this art form too if it wants to. 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. General Admission. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. 4/25/2022 12:00 AM. 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). Lee: It's this kind of dual mission. Next performances this artist is scheduled to appear at: This artist has no upcoming performances - yet! Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. 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. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. 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. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. Paul J. Burgett Lecture SeriesBlack Idioms in the Music of Florence B. 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. 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. This is Carnegie Hall Live. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . Bach to the Future will perform with the Gateway Festival Orchestra 7:30 PM, Sunday July 10, Washington University Brookings Quadrangle. Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. Only one ticket is required for both the film screening and the lecture. That's available to everyone. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Because of limited seating capacity in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. See locations and times below. There is an improvisatory element to it. 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. Thank you!!! (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . Jeff: That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. 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. 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. Jeff: This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. General Admission. WQXR is a proud media partner of the Gateways Music Festival 1,198 views Apr 19, 2022 On April 24, 2022, at 3pm WQXR is proud to present a live broadcast of the Gateways Music Festival. 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.". Sure. The project sought to, " . We had to really be on our feet, go with Jon wherever he decided to go at any given minute. This concert is part of his perspective series. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. 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. From August 6 through 11, 2019, 125 professional classical musicians of African descent are invited to Rochester, NY from across the . 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. Jeff: It's wonderful to have you here. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. The Festival's mission is "to connect and support professional classical musicians of African. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. Experience the rich sounds of the @gateways_music orchestra on Wednesday, April 20 at @EastmanTheatre for free. 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. To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative." He . The historic concert was broadcast live on WXXI in Rochester and on the New York City classical station WQXR. That's an unfair question. Jeff: Jon Batiste once at the center stage. Enjoy the show. 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. John: 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. The Future will perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a work for piano and called! 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