January 10, 2019
The
mission of Gateways Music Festival is to connect and support
professional classical musicians of African descent and enlighten and
inspire communities through the power of performance.
Greetings
and happy New Year! We are writing to invite you to submit an
application to participate in the 2019 Gateways Music Festival - August
6th through 11th - in Rochester, NY. To submit your application, we ask
that you go to this *LINK* and fill out and submit the brief form located there.
Participation
in Gateways is currently limited to orchestral instruments, including
piano. If you sing or play a non-orchestral instrument, we ask that you
please share this invitation to apply with other musicians in your
network. Thank you!
Below,
please find some general information about Gateways Music Festival and,
below that, more specific information about the 2019 Festival.
Please
let us know if you have questions or need any additional information.
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience, but no
later than February 15, 2019. Notifications will be sent shortly after
the deadline.
Best wishes,
Alexander Laing
Principal Clarinet, The Phoenix Symphony
Principal Clarinet, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra
Chair, Gateways Music Festival Artistic Programs Committee
Lee Koonce
President & Artistic Director
Gateways Music Festival
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ABOUT GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL
The
mission of Gateways is to connect and support professional classical
musicians of African descent and enlighten and inspire communities
through the power of performance. Each Festival gathers upwards of 125
black musicians ‒ from North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and
Latin America ‒ to Rochester, NY for six days of orchestra and chamber
music performances in more than 50 concert halls and community venues.
Participants have included members of orchestras such as the New York
Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic,
Phoenix Symphony (among many others) and faculty from leading
conservatories and schools of music.
Here is a short, 4.5 minute video overview of the Festival. Click Here to View Video
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ABOUT THE 2019 GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Repertoire:
Music Director Michael Morgan and the musicians of the Artistic
Programs Committee are finalizing the orchestra repertoire choices, but
in keeping with our tradition and mission, programming will feature and
highlight works by composers of African descent along with works by
other great composers. Our 2019 featured composer is Florence B. Price
and we’ll perform her 3rd Symphony and many of her chamber works
throughout the festival.
Travel, Lodging and Meals:
Gateways will cover the cost of your travel to and from Rochester and
provide lodging (double room, but singles are available for a small
additional fee) at Rochester’s Holiday Inn Downtown. Two meals per day
are provided with lunch usually on your own.
Honorarium:
Gateways provides a modest honorarium, which we recognize is small
compared to your usual fee. We are working hard to grow the organization
so that we can offer more in the future. While the monetary
compensation is yet to reach the level we would like, we are proud of
the non-monetary compensation the Festival offers to its participants - a
unique opportunity to connect with the field of classical musicians of
African descent for renewal, inspiration and joyful music making.
Orchestra: $350
Chamber Music*: $300
*For all chamber music performances.
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