Her goal was "to open the gates to classical music for musicians and audiences alike so that as many people as possible could play, see and hear the music". Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. [applause]. I can play gospel. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. Yes. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . Alex: Not since the start, but since 2001. 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. I can play rap. . 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. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. That is the first time that piece has been played on stage here at Carnegie Hall, by an orchestra also making its Carnegie Hall debut in this special event. 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. We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. I think the possibility of spontaneity is what makes this particular live performance so deeply engaging and organic for everybody involved including the audience. -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. Press Room. 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 Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. 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. 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's our greatest cultural export as a nation. Now we're so pleased to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Maestro Anthony Parnther. 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. Thank you, gentlemen. Visit our website. Anthony Parnther: It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. 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. Jeff: Jon Batiste once at the center stage. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. That'll be the next work on the program. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. 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. She's a person that no one really says no to. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. 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. During the Gateways Music Festival, 125 professional classical musicians of African descent come from across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and South America to Rochester,. 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. 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. 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. Alex: Sure. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. . This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. John: And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. Jeff: That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. We exist outside of space, time or this place." Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. The concert features Jon Batiste, who just won five Grammys at this year's ceremony, including the highly-coveted title, "Album of the Year". Aug 3 2019. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. It is his voice. 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. It would come up. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. They're equally important to us. Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. << Galilee Chamber Orchestra. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. 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. 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. 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. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. General Admission. 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. Pleasure to talk to you. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut Sunday, April 24, the final day of the weeklong Gateways Music Festival in association with the University of Rochesters Eastman School of Music. 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. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. The concerts are free to attend. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and . She created Gateways. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. Development of the Orchestra, Music Appreciation, Bio-Musicology and Music Theory. The final . It can also serve as a beard or it can veil other, I think, less inclusive narratives. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. 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. First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. You have to make it true. *General admission. 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. , 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. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. 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. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) 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. Bach to the Future will perform with the Gateway Festival Orchestra 7:30 PM, Sunday July 10, Washington University Brookings Quadrangle. He's having so many moments at one time, yes. Bless the Michael Morgan. Now we're so pleased to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Maestro Anthony Parnther. Congratulations. 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. What was the idea there? 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 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. General Admission. John: A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. 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. That's an unfair question. 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. Exhausting, but exciting. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. 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. I believe she's 84-85 years old. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. 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. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. 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. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. Price, Corey Hunter, PhDGeneral admission. 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 is interesting that you went to Mozart and Beethoven. 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. A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. Paul Burgett was a leader in classical music. The Brahms to begin, and then the Variations on "Lift Every Voice and Sing" 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. That's more than 20 years now. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. is a work for piano and orchestra called. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. Apr 21 2022. Alex, thank you for stopping by. Follow me. As soon as we hear that cord progression, our congregation stands, and we sing. I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" I'll share it with you now. 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. The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. It's a beautiful moment. Jeff: It's wonderful to have you here. 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 Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut! 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. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. 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. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. Jeff: Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. 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. Recent guest. They're equally important to us. Because of limited seating capacity in the Hatch Hall, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. It's a world premiere. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Orchestra Hall Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. 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. In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. 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. 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. That was cemented well before I became involved. with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. Special guest Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano The mission of Gateways Music Festival is to connect and support professional classical musicians of African descent and enlighten and inspire communities through the power of performance. It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" That was my first Gateways. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from The Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Recent performances include Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; Toronto; Danbury, Connecticut; and an eight-concert Midwest tour. John: Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. 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. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. Experience the rich sounds of the @gateways_music orchestra on Wednesday, April 20 at @EastmanTheatre for free. You have to make it true. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. 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. Anthony Parnther, conductorAntoine T. Clark, assistant conductor, VIOLIN I Kelly Hall-Tompkins, concertmaster Cleveland A. Chandler Daniel Constant Caitlin Edwards Mellasenah Edwards Brendon Elliott Alex Gonzalez Mariana Green-Hill Marianne Henry Ashley Horne Amyr Joyner Kyle Lombard Jessica R. McJunkins Chelsea Sharpe Lionel Thomas Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, VIOLIN II Derek Reeves, principal Lucinda Ali-Landing Charlene Bishop Jeffrey Boga Dale Breidenthal David Burnett Nicole Cherry Frdrique Gnaman Bennie Harris Joshua Henderson Sarah E. Martin Phillip Payton Meredith Riley Booker Rowe, VIOLAJennifer Arnold, principalLeslie DeShazorAndrew FrancoisAshleigh GordonLinda GreenChristopher JenkinsCaroline JonesJaven LaraDeidra LawrenceAundrey MitchellYvonne SmithGeorge Taylor, CELLO Troy Stuart, principal Ifetayo Ali-Landing Cremaine Booker Eric Cooper Gordon Grubbs Joseph Hbert Timothy Holley Thapelo Masita Prudence McDaniel Derek Menchan James Ryan Murphy Wayne Smith, DOUBLE BASS Rick Robinson, principal William Johnson Kevin Mauldin Anthony Morris Jacqueline Pickett Patricia Silva Weitzel, FLUTE Judith Dines, principal Dennis Carter Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington Patricia Reeves, OBOE Titus Underwood, principal Hassan Anderson Sarrah Bushara Geoffrey Johnson, CLARINET Alexander Laing, principal Pamela Coats Robert Davis LeTriel White, BASSOONJoshua Elmore, principalAlexander DavisKai RockeMaya Stone, FRENCH HORN Larry Williams, principal David Dickerson Adedeji Ogunfolu Priscilla Rheinhart Jeffrey Scott, TRUMPET Herbert Smith, principal Javian Brabham Leonard Foy Courtney Jones, TROMBONE Burt Mason, principal Isrea Butler Timothy Robinson Martin McCain (Bass), PERCUSSION Ralph Barrett, principal Jauvon Gilliam Cleo Goldberg Don Johns Terry McKinney. The Gateways Music Festival is getting ready for its Carnegie Hall debut. It is his voice. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. 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. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. Ticket prices vary by location. 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. Buy Tickets HEAR THE POSSIBILITIES $ Your generous gift makes world-class music at the DSO possible, fueling the community connections, life-changing education and captivating programming that impacts more than 500,000 people a year! The conclusion of seven days of performances in New York City. In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of ". share this message of hope and healing to inspire communities throughout the world and affirm our unity." For 27 years . The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. 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. It was 110 years ago. Jeff: If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. Lee: I think it is very much Jon. General Admission. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. Exactly. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. 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. Of course, that's not true. 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. Bless the Michael Morgan. We should mention too that I Can, this new work also is credit offered in the program to orchestrator Matt Wong. Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. All right. That was my first Gateways. The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. . For details on event times, prices,and locations, call 232-6106 or visit gatewaysmusicfestival.org. 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. 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 . John: There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. 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. . 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. Adults: $20 | Seniors and Students: $15 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH132 W 138th StreetNew York, NY. 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. degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. 3 in C Minor and James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. 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 . GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org (585) 274-1170. Only one ticket is required for both the film screening and the lecture. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. Jeff: Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. Take care. 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. Jon: First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. 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. See locations and times below. 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