Colour of Music Festival Virtuosi
Maestro Marlon Daniel
October 13, 2016 Charleston SC— The
2016 Colour of Music Festival is pleased to announce its
five-day
festival is fast approaching, notwithstanding the wrath of Hurricane Matthew and its aftermath.
Now in its fourth year, the
Colour of Music Festival opens this Wednesday, October 19 through Sunday, October 23
presenting a musical kaleidoscope of black classical composers,
performers, and artists from across the globe at various venues
throughout historic Charleston,
South Carolina.
Showcasing acclaimed
black chamber ensemble players and artists to form the Colour of Music
Festival Orchestra, the event brings leading performers from Canada,
France, Britain, Colombia, and the Caribbean
among others to Charleston.
“This is
the second year the Festival has opened two weeks after a tropical
storm or hurricane and our organizers, the City of Charleston’s Office
of the Mayor, Office of Cultural Affairs, Charleston
Area Visitor and Convention Bureau and Gaillard Center management are
notifying locals and visitors alike that Charleston is ready to welcome
them – we are very appreciative of how everyone is helping us get the
word out,” says Lee Pringle, Festival founder
and producer.
The Colour of Music
Festival includes symposiums, organ and piano recitals, vocal recitals, a
chamber series, and an evening Masterworks series including a special
Gala evening Saturday, October 22. Highlights
include the début of Chevalier de Saint Georges’ only opera every
discovered,
The Anonymous Lover, featuring Magali Léger, native of Saint George’s birthplace, the Isle of Guadeloupe, showcasing the Festival’s
All Things French (Toutes Les Choses Françaises) motif.
Internationally renowned conductor
Marlon Daniel will again serve as Festival Music Director with
leading black maestros serving as guest conductors to lead the
Masterwork Series’
Colour of Music Festival Orchestra.
|COLOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE|
Special Event Presentation • 6:00pm • Charleston Library Society
Mon Oct 17, Dr. Rufus Jones, Jr., Author, Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad
Mon Oct 17, Dr. Rufus Jones, Jr., Author, Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad
Symposium Presentations • 10:30am • Gaillard Center, Salon 1
Wed Oct 19, French Connection to
Wed Oct 19, French Connection to
Black Classical Music
Thu Oct 20, Black Opera Legends
Fri Oct 21, Black Musicologist Forum
Sat Oct 22, The Legacy of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
High Noon Organ Recitals • 12:00pm • Mt. Zion AME Church
Wed
Oct 19, Alvin
Blunt
Thu Oct 20, Nathaniel Gumbs
Fri
Oct 21, Roy Belfield, Jr.
Sat Oct 22, Rasaan Hakien
Chamber Music Vocal Matinées • 2:00pm • St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Wed
Oct 19, KB Solomon,
Bass
Thu Oct 20, Patrick Daily, Countertenor
Fri Oct 21, Brandie Sutton, Soprano
Sat Oct 22, Magali Léger
Ebony and Ivory Piano Recitals • 4:00pm • St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Wed Oct 19, Clayton Stephenson
Thu
Oct 20, Sakura Myers
Fri Oct 21, Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sat Oct 22,
Lawrence Quinnett
Chamber Evening Recitals • 6:00pm • Avery Research Center (McKinley Washington Auditorium)
Wed Oct 19, Kanneh-Mason Chamber Trio
Thu Oct 20, Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Violinist
Fri Oct 21, Thomas Flippin, Classical Guitarist
Sat Oct 22, Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Violinist
Masterworks Series • Gaillard Center
Thu Oct 20 8:00pm
The Anonymous Lover (petit opera)
AMERICAN PREMIERE
Colour of Music Virtuosi, Marlon Daniel,
conductor
Magali Léger,
soprano, Everett Suttle, tenor, Washington Isaac Holmes, baritone
Fri Oct 21 8:00pm
Colour of Music Festival Orchestra
Marlon Daniel,
conductor
Romauld Grimbert-Barré,
violin
Clayton Stephenson,
piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26,
Sergei Prokofiev
Prelude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, Claude Debussy
Violin Concerto No.1 in g minor, Op. 26, Max Bruch
The Oak, Florence Price
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, Antonin Dvorak
Sat Oct 22 7:00pm
Gala Performance
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
Roderick Cox, guest
conductor
Brandie Sutton,
soprano, Patrick Dailey, countertenor, KB Soloman, bass
Across the Calm Waters of Heaven, Ahmed Alabaca
Sun Oct 23 5:00pm
Matinee Memorial Performance
Requiem, Gabriel Fauré
Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny), Johannes Brahms
David E. Morrow, guest conductor
Kimwana Doner, soprano, Washington Isaac Holmes,
baritone
Colour of Music Festival Ticket Information
$11-$72
In person: Gaillard Center Box Office, 95 Calhoun Street, Charleston
By phone (843) 242-3099
Online:
www.colourofmusic.org
At door: (credit card, cash or check) before each performance
Series packages with
discounts up to 30% off available; special rates onsite for active duty
and reserve U.S. military personnel and college students with ID;
all-inclusive packages for college professors/administrators,
church groups, and groups of ten or more available; $10 for
schools/church youth groups
About the Colour of Music Festival
Based in Charleston, South Carolina and organized in 2013, the
Colour of Music Festival, Inc. presents a diverse classical repertoire of baroque, classical and 20th century music at the highest of musical standards to diverse audiences throughout the Lowcountry, regionally and nationally.
www.colourofmusic.org
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