Colour of Music | Black Classical Musicians Festival | NYC Debut | Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Friday, June 17, 7:30 PM

 Colour of Music Festival New York Début June 17, 2022

Black Professional Classical Musicians • Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

 

May 24, 2022, Charleston SC—The Colour of Music Festival (COMF) announces its New York début in New York City, Friday, June 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m. at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall presenting an evening of quartet and octet chamber music works by two Black classical composers Valerie Coleman, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and an octet by Felix Mendelssohn. The performance celebrates the first anniversary of the historic Federal Juneteenth holiday.

Since 2013, the Charleston, South Carolina-based Colour of Music Festival has brought classically trained Black musicians together to offer the public an opportunity to experience the talent of prodigiously gifted classical principals, composers, and performers of African descent share their musical talents, knowledge, and inspiration and showcase the impact and significance of Black classical composers and performers on American and world culture.

The Colour of Music Festival Zankel Hall performance features German-born violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport and French violinist Romuald Grimbert-Barré joined by colleagues Michael Jorgensen, James Keene,  Alexandria D’Amico, Caleb Georges, Kenneth Law, and Ryan Murphy to form an octet showcasing Felix Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 and quartets by two Black composers―Valerie Coleman’s Umoja for String Quartet and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s String Quartet No. I “Calvary.”

“Two years in the making, and in honor of the first Juneteenth Federal holiday, in part by a generous grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, we are elated to present this history-making performance in America’s cultural capital. Charleston, SC is known for a multitude of festivals itself and we are proud to bring to New York audiences the black classical contributions from a region where 40 percent of all Africans arrived on the continent of North America,” said, Lee Pringle, COMF Founder and Artistic Director.

Tickets and Information

Colour of Music Festival Octet

Friday, June 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Seventh Avenue between 56^th and 57^th Streets | New York City

 

Tickets: $50-$60

In person: Box Office 57^th and 7^th Avenue | student discounts at box office only

By phone: Carnegie Charge (212) 247-7800

Online: www.carnegiehall.org

 

About the Colour of Music Festival

Based in Charleston SC the Colour of Music Festival, Inc. presents a diverse classical repertoire of baroque, classical and 20^th-century music at the highest of musical standards. The Festival has presented in Atlanta; Charleston and Columbia, SC; Nashville; Houston; Pittsburgh; Richmond; Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. www.colourofmusic.org

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