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. , 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. 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. Jeff: Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. 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. Alex: Sure. Price, Corey Hunter, PhDGeneral admission. There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on, Conductor Anthony Parnther goes on stage, to conduct the final work on this program, the Fantasia on. John Schaefer: It's a big event for the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra coming down to Carnegie Hall from their home in Rochester, in upstate New York. Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Not since the start, but since 2001. Then we'll proceed into the piece, I Can. Media Only: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Alex: The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. Mary also enjoys teaching private trumpet lessons with students from ages 10 - 94! Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. 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. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? 3 in C Minor and James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. 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. Jeff: Absolutely. 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. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. 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 . Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. 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). Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. Jeff: 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. John: Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. THE COOPER UNIONFrederick P. Rose Auditorium41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street) New York, NY 10003. Alex: All right. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra 2023 tour dates. 3. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. May 12, 2021. Carnegie Hall Live is a co-production of WQXR and Carnegie Hall. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. 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. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org(585) 274-1170. Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. Anthony: I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. 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. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. John Schaefer's here as well. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. They're equally important to us. 2022 Gateways Orchestra 2022 Guest Artists & Chamber Music Musicians Gallery Listen Gateways Radio Stream . Apr 21 2022. 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.". Here are your tickets. 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. What was the idea there? Jon Batiste once at the center stage. 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. Jon Batiste in addition to being a pianist is also a Perspectives Artist here at Carnegie Hall. 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. 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. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. The concerts are free to attend. It's a beautiful moment. 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. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the . Congratulations. He resides in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. 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. Aug 3 2019. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. Jeff: That's more than 20 years now. Thank you, gentlemen. The concert features Jon Batiste, who just won five Grammys at this year's ceremony, including the highly-coveted title, "Album of the Year". , the name of that piece. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called I can. degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. Adults: $15 | Seniors and Students: $10 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, Film ScreeningCaged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. It's our greatest cultural export as a nation. That was our mentor's vision. 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. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Jeff: He's having so many moments at one time, yes. It's wonderful to have you here. , 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. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. The chairs can be adjusted and the Brahms piano can be pushed out. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. The Cleveland Orchestra. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November, with a Rochester kick-off, but was rescheduled to next Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. 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. Description. There is an improvisatory element to it. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. John: As Jon Batiste's piece just showed. You have to make it true. 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. It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. About Eastman School of Music. Conductor Anthony Parnther is also out on the stage now with the rest of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Lee: I think it is very much Jon. 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. John: It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. 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. I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and. What's the potential of this orchestra? We had to really be on our feet, go with Jon wherever he decided to go at any given minute. 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. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. She's never taken medication. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE26 Gibbs StreetRochester, New York. 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 available to everyone. Jeff: That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. She's never taken medication. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra was founded in 1993 by prominent pianist and educator Armenta Adams Dumisani. John: Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of "I can.". All rights reserved. It's a world premiere. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) It is his heart. Paul Burgett was a leader in classical music. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. The panel discussion is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 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. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. You can hear that the audience, again, willing to go there and applaud each of the musicians as they stand. John: There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. Berry holds a B.M. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. All right. The Brahms to begin, and then the Variations on ". " We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. 230 were here. << Galilee Chamber Orchestra. That's more than 20 years now. [applause]. The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. Bless the Michael Morgan. 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. All Rights Reserved. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 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. The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. Alex, thank you for stopping by. Jeff: How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. 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. 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. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. 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. 3 in C Minor and Sinfonia No. 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. For a complete listing of Gateways events, repertoire and artists plus ticket purchase information, visit the Gateways web site at: www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org. 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. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. It takes active participation to do that. 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. 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 very gala-feel to this event. General Admission. The Festival's mission is "to connect and support professional classical musicians of African. 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. Take care. 3. That's available to everyone. 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. It's a big event for the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra coming down to Carnegie Hall from their home in Rochester, in upstate New York. Gateway Festival Orchestra BRINGING FREE CONCERTS TO THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1964 Announcing our 2023 season Save the dates. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. She's a person that no one really says no to. share this message of hope and healing to inspire communities throughout the world and affirm our unity." For 27 years . I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. Next performances this artist is scheduled to appear at: This artist has no upcoming performances - yet! We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. What does it mean to this orchestra? Favorites More Music Features ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. 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. . Attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask indoors. It is his heart. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Well, I think as artists in this music that's called classical, we have always felt that Carnegie is a place for us, but what we think is important is we know that there are audience members that, until we grace this stage, did not know that Carnegie was a place for them. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Exactly. Then we'll proceed into the piece, From Carnegie Hall Live, the world premiere of. Jeff: The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. . 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. He serves as teaching artist for Aspen Music Festival and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. Also particularly looking at it from the context of American orchestras. That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. If you're a fan of Barber's Adagio for strings, I urge you to check out George Walker's Lyric for strings. [crosstalk]. 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. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices 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. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. John: For his album, We Are. Another first for this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. 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. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. What does it mean to this orchestra? 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. 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. Alex: Well, I think as artists in this music that's called classical, we have always felt that Carnegie is a place for us, but what we think is important is we know that there are audience members that, until we grace this stage, did not know that Carnegie was a place for them. That was my first Gateways. 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. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. 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