May 23, 2017
Rossen Milanov Conducts the Orchestra Alongside
Chris Washburne and the Rags and Roots Jazz Ensemble
Now in its 32nd season, Link Up
is the longest-running school program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music
Institute (WMI). Designed for students in grades 3–5, the program
facilitates deeper connections between the concert hall and the
classroom through an instrument-focused curriculum that culminates in an
annual participatory concert. This month marks the inaugural concerts
of The Orchestra Swings—the first new Link Up
curriculum since 2012—designed to introduce the idea of “swing” through a
conversation between the symphony orchestra and a jazz septet. The
nearly 15,000 New York City-area students and teachers who have adopted
this program during the 2016–2017 school year will travel to Carnegie
Hall for engaging, interactive concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman
Stage this week, during which the students will play instruments from
their seats. The program includes music by Ellington, Gershwin, and
Bernstein.
The Orchestra Swings at Carnegie Hall features Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Rossen Milanov, and co-hosted by teaching artist and composer Thomas Cabaniss and jazz musician Chris Washburne, who also leads the Rags and Roots jazz septet. One of the highlights of the performances will be the premiere of composer Courtney Bryan’s new work, “Do Your Thing,” commissioned especially for The Orchestra Swings as part of Carnegie Hall’s 125 Commissions Project. Photographers, Reporters, and TV Crews Are Invited to Cover the Following:
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