Stewart Goodyear at Mondavi Center Saturday, October 5, 2013
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Thank you so much, Bill! Kindest regards! [Stewart Goodyear]
Thank you so much, Bill! Kindest regards! [Stewart Goodyear]
Monday, September 30, 2013
'Concerto for Finger and Orchestra' of Leo Brouwer at 'Classy Humor' Concert of '5th Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival'
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is an Afro-Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor who is featured at AfriClassical.com.
Havana, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The comedy concert "Humor con Clase"
(Classy Humor) opened the 5th Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival, which
includes a Paco de Lucia concert.
"Concierto para Dedo y Orquesta" (Concerto for Finger and Orchestra)
was performed by pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco and actor Osvaldo
Doimeadios, who presented a show that sometimes remind the audience the
intelligent and melodic humor of the Argentine group Les Luthiers.
Brouwer composed this work for Alfonso Arau forty years ago, and was
premiered at the Teatro Musical de La Habana with a huge success.
The show was, to some extent, a music class, an interactive work
involving the public, hence Brouwer decided to name the show "Humor con
Clase."
The program included the performance of excerpts from "Una Broma Musical" (A Musical Joke), a piece written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787 to make fun of certain musical clunkers of his time.
Doimeadios appreciated Brouwer·s wits and wills for this opportunity to dignify the comedy. This initiative breaks stereotypes of solemnity blamed on classical music.
The 5th Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival will run until October 13 with some 300 Cuban and foreign artists, among them Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia, who will perform on Wednesday.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Eric Conway, Jr. Directs Yale Gospel Choir in 'Done Made My Vow to the Lord'
Eric
Conway, D.M.A., Fine
and Performing Arts Department Chairperson, Morgan State University:
Hello all,
Some of you know that on this
past Friday, I drove up to New Haven, Connecticut to hear the Yale
Gospel Choir perform. My son, Eric Conway, Jr., (E.J.) happens to be
the director of the Yale Gospel Choir. Please see link below to youtube
video from the opening song in the concert - "Done Made My Vow to the
Lord." While there, I had a chance to see former Morgan State Alumna
and choir member Leah Hawkins (Class of 2013) who is now a Graduate
student in the Yale School of Music, who attended the concert.
I
was very proud this weekend as my son although not following in his
father's footsteps with a career in Music, is following at least
avocationally and doing a very fine job! Also, I was proud to know that
our Morgan graduates can leave our university and attend top-notched
Ivy-League Graduate Schools after leaving our programs.
Eric
Eric Conway, D.M.A.
Fine and Performing Arts Department, Chairperson
Morgan State University
Gwendoline Y. Fortune: In the 'first generation following chattel slavery, people of color clawed their lives from the pit to the pendulum.'
Yesterday AfriClassical posted: Mary McLeod Bethune Cultural Heritage Arts Festival Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 5:30-8:00 PM, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL
Gwendoline Y. Fortune, Ed.D. writes:
Lost, stolen or Strayed--US.
I'm
preparing for my intended trip to Daytona Beach, Florida next
Friday--not for automobile racing, but for a celebration of a woman
young Americans of all backgrounds should know, Mary McLeod Bethune.
If these stories were presented with vigor to the youth, there would
be no time or space for the degradation in the socio-psychological
lives of the youth who inhabit the jails and classrooms filled with
low achieving students.
I looked up the biographies of Mary
McLeod Bethune, Lucy Craft Laney, and Benjamin E. Mays online. These
reports are not primary sources, nor are they particularly well
written, but, for me, they remind of the full stories and people I
have known and learned, and the inspiration they have been. I wish
that there could be a movement to super-saturate youngsters from
elementary to universities with the stories of how these, first
generation following chattel slavery people of color clawed their
lives from the pit to the pendulum.
We have lost too much.
I have little expectation of improvement, There is not the
respect, nor the awe for that great generation. Somewhere there are
children's books/biographies, but most are devoid of excitement,
talking to children as if to protect and condescend. Something must
change, and the motivation that is deserved must be known. The
anti-intellectual, anti-education bias fostered by the corporate
model that intends to continue the slave mentality has to be
broken.
The
Minneapolis Museum for Lucy Craft Laney, Modern Day Woman
"Miss
Laney was a forward thinking person. She believed that the only way
for blacks to be successful in America was by being well educated.
She also believed that in order for the race to continue its women must be educated as well. Her students studied the classics, Latin,
Algebra, and various trades. She produced well-rounded young adults
who also studied the arts and music and participated in sports. Miss
Laney assured that students who graduated from Haines Normal
were ready to compete in society."
My father's sisters,
born 1897-to about 1907, attended "Miss Lucy Laney's school."
I remember hearing mention on many occasions. I knew to respect even
the names without knowing the people because of the respect
with which the elders spoke. Actually, so many of our greats
were mentioned so frequently my mind is unsure as to how many I
really knew, and how many I only knew by mention and photos.
We
NEED a revival of this heritage to motivate, stimulate and initiate,
so that the statement my eldest once made disappears. I was reading..
He passed through the room, and asked what it was. I said, "The
Negro Cowboy." He said, whoever heard of a Negro Cowboy." I
replied, "My grandfather was a cowboy." This was the result
of turning our children over to an alien educational system!
--
Gwendoline
Y. Fortune, Ed.D.
Author: Family Lines
http://www.gyfortune.com/
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Author: Family Lines
http://www.gyfortune.com/
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Oh my goodness, gracious, Bill. you are so
"swift." one of my father's terms. He admired "swift" people. I had no
idea you would use the piece, just felt a connection when I read the
announcement. It looks different in your format. I thank you for deeming
it worthy.
I've heard from Dr. Evelyn Bethune. she says
Friday is a day primarily for media and publicity, that the festival is
not until April. I may not go just for the evening, but wait until the
festival. All depends on the weather. Our rainy season is just
ending-tropical rain every day. Gwen [Gwendoline Y. Fortune]
Baritone Sidney Outlaw is 'Guglielmo' in Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte' at North Carolina Opera, Oct. 3-6, 2013
Così fan tutte Fully staged
“The School for Lovers”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
- Thursday, October 3, 2013, 8:00 PM
- Saturday, October 5, 2013, 8:00 PM
- Sunday, October 6, 2013, 3:00 PM
Fletcher Opera Theater, Duke Energy Center, Raleigh
Conductor
Timothy MyersDirector
Michael ShellCast
Fiordiligi – Elizabeth De TrejoDorabella – Cecelia Hall
Ferrando – Tyler Nelson
Guglielmo – Sidney Outlaw
Don Alfonso – Jake Gardner
Despina – Hailey Clark
About Sidney Outlaw
Lauded by The New York Times as a “terrific singer” and The San
Francisco Chronicle as “an opera powerhouse”, Sidney Outlaw was the
Grand Prize winner of the Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserratt
Caballé in 2010 and continues to delight audiences in the U.S. and
abroad with his rich and versatile baritone and engaging stage presence.
A recent graduate of the Merola Opera Program, and former member of the
Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, this
rising American baritone from Brevard, North Carolina made his English
National Opera debut in the 2011-12 season as Rambo in “The Death of
Klinghoffer”. Also last season, he appeared as Prince Yamadori in
“Madame Butterfly” at Opera on the James. Other mainstage roles include
Malcolm in “Malcolm X” at New York City Opera, Dandini in “La
Cenerentola” with Florida Grand Opera (2009), Ariodante in Handel’s
“Xerxes” (2010), Demetrius in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for
the International Vocal Arts Institute, Papageno in “Die Zauberflöte”
and a sensational international debut as Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte”,
in both Germany and Israel (2009).
A sought-after concert singer and recitalist, Mr. Outlaw made his
Schwabacher Recital debut at the San Francisco Opera center with pianist
John Churchwell and collaborates regularly with renowned pianists,
Warren Jones (The New York Festival of Song and Marilyn Horne’s On Wings
of Song series), Carol Wong, Steven Blier, and Michael Barrett. His
concert and recital appearances include debuts of renowned works at
major concert halls: “Messiah at Carnegie Hall”, Beethoven’s “Symphony
No. 9” at Avery Fisher Hall, Mahler’s Lieder “Eines fahrenden Gesellen”
with Music Academy of the West and “Wednesday At One” at Alice Tully
Hall, John Stevens in the world premiere concert of H. Leslie Adam’s
opera “Blake” at the prestigious Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture in Harlem, New York and the world premiere of Wayne Oquin’s, “A
Time to Break Silence: Songs inspired by the Words and Writings of
Martin Luther King, Jr.”, commissioned by The Juilliard School.
Mr. Outlaw’s awards include 2nd Prize in the 2011 Gerda Lissner
Foundation Awards, National semi-finalist Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions; semi-finalist Francisco Vinas International Singing
Competition; finalist for both Concour International Musical de Montreal
and George London Foundation; and grand prize Florida Grand Opera/YPO
Vocal Competition. He holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from
The Juilliard School and is a graduate of the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
John Malveaux: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra led by Venezuelan guest conductor Rafael Payare for 11 AM family concert August 28, 2013
George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860)
(Copyright British Museum)
(Copyright British Museum)
[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges [1745-1799] Concertos pour violon; Orchestre de Chambre Bernard Thomas; Jean-Jacques Kantorow; Arion 68093 (1990)]
Rafael Payare
The Walt Disney Concert Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration "insideOUT" brought the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to the California State Univerisity-Long
Beach Carpenter Performing Arts Center for the first time on Saturday
August 28, 2013 for a 11:00 am family concert supported by County
Supervisor Don Knabe.
The program opened with 'The Marriage of Figaro Overture'. The Long
Beach based JAZZ ANGELS are an ethnic and gender mixed youth and adult
sextet. Their first performance piece was "So What" by Miles Davis. The
next two pieces, "Chitlins con Carne" by Kenny Burrell and "Sonnymoon
for Two" by Sonny Rollins had orchestral arrangements to include the LA
Phil Orchestra. The program closed with "Peter and the Wolf" featuring
narration by Julie Andrews.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was under the baton of Venezuelan guest conductor Rafael Payare
who clearly exhibited the African influence in South American. The
current Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel recently commented that his hair was evidence of his African ancestry.
Le Chevalier
de Saint Georges was mixed race and a leading conductor and violinist in
Paris before the unmatched recognition of Mozart. Beethoven composed
his most famous violin sonata in honor of mixed race George Bridgetower and he performed with Bridgetower during the premiere in Vienna.
See picture of Maestro Rafael Payare. The
great boxer Joe Lewis and I frequently shared breakfast at 6:00am in
the morning at Caesar's Palace before retiring after a long night. Joe
used to say "you can run but you can not hide". The good news is no one
is hiding TODAY.
[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) and George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a biography and Works List for Bridgetower by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.]
Saturday, September 28, 2013
BroadwayWorld.com: 'Houston Symphony and Mexican Institute of Houston to Present...Talented Young musicians from The Sphinx Organization' Sat. Oct. 12
Aaron P. Dworkin Congratulates Adé Williams at Sphinx Competition
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration; Cedille 90000 087
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) was an African American composer and conductor who co-founded The Symphony of the
New World. He is featured
at
AfriClassical.com,
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Dr.
Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com. His music will be performed by musicians of The Sphinx Organization on October 12, 2013:
September 28
2:09 PM
2013
The Houston Symphony will visit its favorite summertime performance
spot, Miller Outdoor Theatre, for a FREE fall concert on Saturday,
October 12. The Mexican Institute of Greater Houston's Lunada,
night of the full moon, is a cultural event reminiscent of those held
in small towns and pueblos in Mexico, where community members come
together to share music, poetry and stories. The concert's repertoire
includes music by Montgomery, Bach, Vivaldi, Perkinson, Britten in
addition to two Tangos by Piazzolla.
Led by Guest Conductor Andrés Franco, this annual concert will
feature young musicians from The Sphinx Organization. As the Houston
Symphony continues to serve Houston's diverse citizenry, an important
partnership with The Sphinx Organization has been formed. The Sphinx
Organization's mission is to transform lives through the power of
diversity and provide numerous opportunities for talented, young, Black
and Latino musicians in the field of classical music. In addition to
this concert, several Sphinx musicians will perform in several area
churches and within HISD schools. Earlier this year, cellist Christine
Lamprea, winner of the 2013 Sphinx Competition performed as a soloist
with the Houston Symphony. The Symphony looks forward to additional
activity with Sphinx as both organizations understand the deep need and
meaningful benefits of diversity initiatives within our field.
PLEnglish.com: 'Leo Brouwer Festival Highlights Cuba's Oldest Music'
Esteban Salas
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is an Afro-Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor who is featured at AfriClassical.com. Above photos of Maestro Brouwer are from Cuba Absolutely.
V Festival Leo Brouwer de Música de Cámara
(Fifth Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival)
Santiago de Cuba, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) The oldest musical heritage
of Santiago de Cuba was highlighted today by researcher Miriam Escudero
as a relevant part of Cuban culture related to the first metropolitan
cathedral and treasured for four centuries on this island.
During a confererence as part of the 5th Leo Brouwer Chamber Music
Festival, Escudero, who is also director of Musical Heritage at the
Havana City Historian's Office, discussed the results of 15 years of
research on that musical treasure linked to the churches in Cuba.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Bass Trombonist Martin McCain, who recorded CD 'Trombone Czar', will play in orchestra for 'Colour of Music', Charleston, Oct. 23-27, 2013
On November 25, 2012 AfriClassical posted:
Trombonist Martin McCain and Pianist Artina McCain on 'Trombone Czar: Russian Treasures for Bass Trombone' on Kairoi Music
A September 25, 2013 post on AfriClassical said: Charleston Symphony Orchestra Spiritual Ensemble & Buster-Elsie Productions announce the Colour of Music Festival, October 23-27, 2013
As usual, AfriClassical tweeted the post title. Today we received this reply from Dr. McCain on Twitter:
As usual, AfriClassical tweeted the post title. Today we received this reply from Dr. McCain on Twitter:
| Martin McCain @bassman781 |
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@AfriClassical I'll be playing in the orchestra!
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Mary McLeod Bethune Cultural Heritage Arts Festival Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 5:30-8:00 PM, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL
BETHUNE: Out of the darkness and into the light of Freedom; Dr. Evelyn Bethune
Evelyn Bethune, granddaughter of Mary McLeod Bethune, stands
recently in front of the statue of her grandmother at Bethune-Cookman
University in Daytona Beach. An inaugural Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Cultural Heritage Arts Festival is Planned for October.
News-Journal/David Massey
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Festival planned to further Bethune's legacy
Friday, February 22, 2013 at 6:46 p.m.
DAYTONA BEACH — The story of how Mary McLeod Bethune opened a
school with $1.50, faith in God and five little girls is so well-known
her granddaughter worries the rest of the tale might be forgotten.
How Bethune advised four
presidents; carried picket signs in Atlanta, Washington and other places
to support boycotts of stores that would not hire blacks; became the
first African-American woman appointed as head of a federal agency.
"Mary
McLeod Bethune is an international icon," said Evelyn Bethune, who
speaks across the U.S. about her grandmother, especially in February for
Black History Month. "Daytona Beach probably knows less about her than
other places around the country."
Bethune
wants her grandmother to be remembered as "more than the founder" of
Bethune-Cookman University, and hopes to raise awareness and celebrate
Bethune's life and history through an inaugural Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Cultural Heritage Arts Festival. Planned for Oct. 3-7, the festival will
also be a catalyst for economic and cultural development in the Midtown
community and the Daytona Beach area and attract people from across the
country and the world, Bethune said.
Sponsorships
and hundreds of volunteers are needed to help with planning and working
the festival, which is expected to cost about $200,000, including
in-kind services.
"There
are organizations my grandmother started all over the country," Bethune
said. "Her impact in terms of the times she did the things she did
deserves national recognition. What better place than Daytona Beach to
do that."
Saturday, September 28: Community MusicWorks Players at WaterFire perform pieces by Arvo Pärt and Kareem Roustom. Free.
Shawn LeSure
Rhiannon Banerdt
CommunityMusicWorks.org of Providence, Rhode Island:
Our
Idea
Based on the conviction that musicians can play an
important public service role, Community MusicWorks
has created an opportunity for professional musicians to build and transform
their own urban community.
Welcome to CMW's 17th season! This season, we are
dedicating ourselves throughout the organization to the theme of
crossing borders, encouraging audience members, students, families, and
musicians to go beyond their normal experiences and engage with the
unfamiliar through musical encounters. Maxine Greene, one of CMW's
philosophical godmothers, advocates for the arts because of their
potential to take us into the unexpected, the unfamiliar, and to grow
our conceptions of what our lives can mean. She challenges us to "not be
willing to remain passive, to coincide forever with ourselves," but to
engage with arts experiences as opportunities to open doors and move
ourselves to transform.
Enjoy the elemental atmosphere of Providence's famous WaterFire with a
special added element, as CMW Players perform pieces by Arvo Pärt and
Kareem Roustom. Free.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
John Malveaux: 'Long Beach UNTOLD HISTORY' of Concert Pianist Natalie Hinderas
Natalie Hinderas Plays Sensuous Piano Music by Berg, Ravel, Ginastera, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Saint-Georges; Natalie Hinderas, Piano; Orion Master Recordings LAN0050
Concert pianist Natalie Hinderas died in 1987. When she learned that she
had terminal cancer, she said to friends, "God must need another
pianist in heaven." New York Times critic Raymond Ericson recounted how
a business manager, reflecting the prejudice then so prevalent toward
black musicians, once told Hinderas: "You know, Natalie, a little
colored girl like you can't play the Hollywood Bowl." At that time she
was well into a professional career as a pianist. But as triumph built
upon triumph, Natalie did appear as soloist with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Metha at the Hollywood Bowl in the
summer of 1972.
Retired Long Beach Superior Court Judge Marcus
Tucker's mother was a close friend of Natalie Hinderas and the great
pianist visited her home in Long Beach. Judge Tucker's mother is also
deceased but Judge Tucker has clear recollections of Natalie Hinderas
and we share a collection of her music. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Hinderas
John Malveaux
www.musicuntold.com
John Malveaux: 'Where do you hear and learn about your heritage in classical music?' 'Afrocentric Sounds' and 'Afrocentric Voices' of Randye Jones
Randye Jones
Selected Titles Played Today
Where do you hear and learn about your heritage in
classical music? No commercial or public radio stations offer
programming dedicated to uplifting people of African descent.
Fortunately, new technologies can help to educate. Learn about internet
radio Afrocentric sounds and Afrocentric voices-two related internet radio channels. Here is the link to Afrocentric sounds http://www.live365.com/index.live#stations/singin1
Share
this wonderful music with your children, neighbors, and friends
including other ethnicities. William Grant Still is know as the dean of
African American composers. He signed each composition with WE ALL RISE TOGETHER or NOT AT ALL
John Malveaux
William Levi Dawson, Composer and Professor Born September 26, 1899, Composed 'Negro Folk Symphony'; Stokowski Recording Online
The
Spirituals of William L. Dawson; The
St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor; Marvis Martin, soprano;
St. Olaf Records 2159 (1997)
William Levi Dawson
A YouTube posting has made Dawson's only symphony available in its entirety online. The Negro
Folk Symphony (35:44) was posted on YouTube May 23, 2012.
William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) is
profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works
List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com
The
Dawson page discusses the recording by Leopold Stokowski:Leopold
Stokowski conducted the first performance of Dawson's Negro
Folk Symphony
in 1934. He also recorded the work for Decca Records in 1963. The LP
recording has since been reissued on CD by Deutsche Grammophon
as DG 477 6502 (2007). Alan Newcombe says in the liner notes that
the work was important to the evolution of the American symphony:
“His Negro
Folk Symphony
was first performed by Leopold Stokowski with the Philadelphia
Orchestra in 1934. After making a study of indigenous African music,
in 1952 Dawson revised his work to give it a more 'African' rhythmic
underpinning. While recalling the idiom of Dvorak's 'New World'
Symphony and the cyclic principles of the César Franck school, not
to mention Bruckner's Fourth at the opening of the last movement, the
work's individuality of texture and rhythmic energy make it a
significant, albeit largely unacknowledged, contribution to the
development of the American symphony.”
Comment by email:I met Dawson during a visit in Los Angeles and thereafter had several
conversations with him via telephone. I greatly appreciated many of his
compositions especially the haunting French Horn in the opening of
his Negro Fok Symphony. During those years, I sought to produce a
national radio program featuring interviews with neglected but worthy
composers of African descent. I requested interviews with Dawson, George
Walker and Ulysses Kay. Dawson told me that part of our problem is 'we
talk to much' and I was unable to convince him of the merits of seeking
to educate the public via radio interview. George Walker did not refuse
to be interviewed but he was not available when I went to New
Jersey. Ulysses Kay agreed to an interview. John MalveauxWednesday, September 25, 2013
Marin Independent Journal: Sept. 30 Lecture at Larkspur Library, 'The Sting at 40', on revival of Scott Joplin's Ragtime
Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917) is featured at AfriClassical.com
Larkspur library talk to focus on cultural influence of the film 'The Sting'
larkspur
David Reffkin presents "The Sting at 40: a Sure Bet that Paid 29 to One" on Monday at the Larkspur library.
The
talk will focus on the 40th anniversary of the movie "The Sting," and
the effect its ragtime score had on popular music and the culture.
With
musical examples, Reffkin will track the overnight popularity of Scott
Joplin's ragtime, its influence on culture, and its rebirth as a
compositional form, and follow the 40-year migration of "The
Entertainer" from main title theme to ring tone.
...The talk is set for 7 p.m. at 400 Magnolia Ave. For information, call 927-5005.
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Spiritual Ensemble & Buster-Elsie Productions announce the Colour of Music Festival, October 23-27, 2013
Colour of Music Festival, Charleston October 23-27, 2013
Debut of First-Ever All-Black Professional Classical Musicians Festival
Charleston SC September 23, 2013─The Charleston Symphony Orchestra Spiritual Ensemble, in association with Buster-Elsie Productions, is pleased to announce the Colour of Music Festival, October 23-27, 2013, a
five-day all-black classical musicians festival featuring black
musicians, vocalists, and orchestra leaders performing piano, organ, and
voice recitals, chamber ensembles and orchestra and a newly formed
Colour of Music Chorale. Over twenty performances will showcase the
breadth and influence of blacks on the classical music world past and
present. FULL SCHEDULE NOW ANNOUNCED NOTED BELOW.
Featuring
internationally acclaimed black chamber ensemble players and various
classical artists to form the orchestra, the Festival will showcase some
of the top black classical musicians in the US, trained at some of the
most prestigious music schools, conservatories and universities in the
world converging in a number of
venues including Charleston’s historic Dock Street Theatre, City Gallery
at Waterfront Park, Memminger Auditorium, historic Mt. Zion A.M.E.
Church, Grace Episcopal Church and many others.
Maestro Marlon Daniel, (www.marlondaniel.com)
Music Director of New York-based Ensemble Du Monde, Artistic Director
of Festival International Saint-Georges and Principal Guest Conductor of
the Sofia Sinfonietta in Bulgaria, will conduct the Festival orchestra
in a stand-alone performance highlighting black composers in a special
performance of the Oratorio, the Ordering of Moses by Robert Nathaniel
Dett. “This first-of-its-kind festival, where professional black
musicians are converging on one of America’s admired cities, inspires me
to contribute to this history-making effort,” says Maestro Daniel,
Festival Music Director.
“Though
limited in number on American concert stages, classically trained black
artists are thrilled to carry forward the legacy of Le Chevalier de
Saint Georges or William Grant Still. The festival will solidify the
enormous contributions black composers and musicians have contributed to
our cultural fiber and hopes to inspire young black students to further
their musical pursuits,” said Lee Pringle, Festival founder and
Producer for the Colour of Music Festival. Recently featured on
NPR, 94-year old composer George T. Walker will be in attendance and
others whose talents are not household names in the United States.
Full schedule and tickets online: www.colourofmusic.org or call (866) 811-4111. Discount code for 10 or more: GR. Flex passes (five programs for $99). Tickets also available at the door (cash or check) one hour before each performance.
COLOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVAL Program Schedule
October 23-27, 2013 Charleston
Marlon Daniel, Music Director
High Noon Organ Recitals 12:00pm
Wed Oct 23 Joyce F. Johnson, Spelman College | Grace Episcopal Church
Thu Oct 24 Anthony Williams, Fisk University | Grace Episcopal Church
Fri Oct 25 Wayne A. Barr, Tuskegee University |Mt Zion AME Church
Sat Oct 26 Nathaniel Gumb, Friendship Missionary Baptist Charlotte | Mt Zion AME Church
Chamber Music Matinees 2:00pm
Wed Oct 23 Mozart, Moore, Beethoven | Dock Street Theatre
Thu Oct 24 Mozart, Saint-Saens | St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Fri Oct 25 Beethoven, Mozart | Dock Street Theatre
Sat Oct 26 Haydn, Britten, Poulenc | Dock Street Theatre
Ebony and Ivory Piano Recitals 4:00pm
Wed Oct 23 Myron D. Brown | Circular Congregational Church
Thu Oct 24 Lawrence Quinnett | Circular Congregational Church
Fri Oct 25 David E. Berry | Circular Congregational Church
Sat Oct 26 Sakura Myers | Circular Congregational Church
Chamber Evening Recital 5:30pm
Wed Oct 23 Ginger Jones, mezzo soprano, Aaron Mathews, piano, Alvoy Bryan, viola | City Gallery Waterfront Park
Thu Oct 24 Lori C. Hicks, soprano, Richard Beckford, piano, Ken Law, cello | City Gallery Waterfront Park
Fri Oct 25 Samuel Thompson/Cleveland Chandler, violin, Alvoy Bryan, viola, Kenneth Law, cello | City Gallery Waterfront Park
Sat Oct 26 Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews, baritone | St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Tamra Garrett, soprano, Geoffrey Duce, piano
Tamra Garrett, soprano, Geoffrey Duce, piano
Special Events
Fri Oct 25
8:00pm The Ordering of Moses Oratorio | Memminger Auditorium
Marlon Daniel, conductor
Roberta Laws, soprano (Miriam)
Nicole J. Mitchell, contralto (Voice of Israel) Robert A. Mack,
tenor (Moses), Daniel A. Washington, bass (The Word)
Sat Oct 26
1:00pm Free Community Symposium: Musicians of African Descent in Classical Music| St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
8:00pm Ode to Black Composers | Memminger Auditorium
Marlon Daniel, conductor, Minerva King, narrator
Josh Henderson, violin
Josh Henderson, violin
Sun Oct 27
5:00pm Mozart Requiem & Chariot Jubilee | Memminger Auditorium
David A. Richardson, Conductor
Colour of Music Chorale, CSO Spiritual Ensemble
Roberta Laws, soprano, Nicole J. Mitchell, contralto
Roberta Laws, soprano, Nicole J. Mitchell, contralto
Robert A. Mack, tenor, Daniel A. Washington, bass
Tickets and additional information: www.colourofmusic.org
[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) and William Grant Still (1895-1978) are profiled at AfriClassical.com. The website features comprehensive Works Lists for R. Nathaniel Dett and William Grant Still by Prof. Dominique-René de
Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]
Comment by email:
Thanks, Bill, I am sure Lee Pringle will appreciative for the posting. He is
quite remarkable individual and leader in the Charleston Arts Community.
Will try my best get there. Kindest personal regards, Roland [Roland M. Carter]