Thursday, April 2, 2020

Carnegie Hall Update and Music Kitchen "Bridging the Distance"



Music Kitchen Special Project

Forgotten Voices
Song Cycle Commissionied by Music Kitchen 
With Support from Carnegie Hall
Celebrating 30,000 Homeless Shelter Clients
and 15 Seasons
 ~ Featuring Comment Texts by Homeless Shelter Clients
Set By15 Composers ~
Premiering One Song Each Month
for 15 Months in a Selected Shelter
Through March 2020

Forgotten Voices World Premiere

Presented in Association with Carnegie Hall 
Coming Soon

Fall 2020




Carnegie Hall Update 
&
Music Kitchen "Bridging the Distance"
As we are all practicing vigilant social distancing, I want to let you know that Music Kitchen is continuing to serve those experiencing homelessness during this time of crisis. Determined to honor our originally scheduled March 30th performance, Monday afternoon we initiated the first “Music Kitchen Bridging the Distance” ZoomCast.  Together with a video editor, we crafted a new welcome intro video that features several Forgotten Voices artists taking lines in the following message:  “During these very difficult times, even though we can’t be together in person, we want you to know that we’re thinking of you.  We’re with you and we will get through this together.  So we hope you enjoy these performances, brought to you by Music Kitchen- Food for the Soul.”  We then included a performance of Brahms A minor Quartet from November 25, with its poignant and spirited audience reception, followed by two Forgotten Voices songs.  The weeping solemnity of Angelica Negron’s “These Strings” really speaks to this moment of crisis and we ended with “From My Heart” which swells with gratitude.  I am thrilled that through our partnership with the New York City Department of Homeless Services and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, were able to offer this webcast to venues we have reached over the years and beyond, from coast to coast, and even with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office!   Of course, I played these original performances and have also watched the videos several times during the curation process,  but sitting there as host and spectator in this virtual audience took on a new sense of peace, focus and yes, healing.  The door to this new ZoomCast venture is now open and we look forward to making the lemonade of reaching even more people in need simultaneously around the country.  Our agency partners are very excited about Music Kitchen "Bridging the Distance," and are working with us to reach more venues.
As you might imagine with the anticipated apex of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic still approaching in the coming 2-4 weeks, Carnegie Hall has announced that the hall will remain closed through July.  For those who had already bought tickets for the May 21st event, your tickets will be automatically refunded after April 15th.
However, I am thrilled and very proud of our partnership with Carnegie Hall and that Carnegie leadership deeply values the caliber and impact of the work that we are doing.  I am happy to announce that our Forgotten Voices World Premiere at Carnegie Hall is rescheduled for this fall 2020; We are working very hard on all of this - please stay tuned for the exact date.   Many thanks to our amazing artists and composers who have flawlessly created magic over these last 15 months, to the donors who make it all possible and to our PR team and Carnegie Hall Host Committee who are out in the world spreading the word about Music Kitchen and Forgotten Voices! 
I am also happy to share that in March, Music Kitchen was awarded a grant towards our upcoming Forgotten Voices Recording from the (NYC) Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.  Please see below for a link to the article on Variety.com.
During this unprecedented time, we champion with even more certitude that music holds a therapeutic and uplifting power for all of us.  So we would like to offer a ZoomCast of our first “Bridging the Distance” program for you our Music Kitchen support community.  Please tune in this Friday at 3pm to Zoom ID 543-929-565  including a follow up Chat and Q&A.  If you’ve never used Zoom before, you can join us in 3 easy steps:
  • 1.Download the FREE Zoom App (or visit www.Zoom.us)
  • 2. Click Join a Meeting
  • 3. Enter Zoom ID#   543-929-565
 
We will emerge from this stronger, with greater passion and clarity of purpose, and elevating the Forgotten Voices among us will be more important than ever before.
With all best wishes for health and safety,
Kelly
Music Kitchen New York City - Photo by June Etta Photography

Intro to Music Kitchen "Bridging the Distance"


Featuring speakers Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Alexis Gerlach,
Peter Seidenberg, Adrienne Danrich, Allison Charney, and Ling Ling Huang
(Performance of Mozart Quartet K. 590
by Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Ling Ling Huang, Yumi Oshima, Peter Seidenberg)

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Presented in Association with Carnegie Hall 


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Fall 2020


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