This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. To Learn More, Click Here Rochester, NY | APRIL 18-20, 2022 Festival Piano Recital Butler is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performing artist. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing together professionals from leading orchestras across the country to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. Because of limited seating capacity in the Hatch Hall, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra made its Carnegie Hall debut on Sunday afternoon, April 24, with conductor Anthony Parnther (far right) and Grammy Award-winning pianist Jon Batiste (in gold). We had to really be on our feet, go with Jon wherever he decided to go at any given minute. Price, Corey Hunter, PhD*General admission. GATEWAY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA. The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as Saint Anthony's Chorale, but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. Celebrating over two decades of music making, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds has led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet that inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. That'll be the next work on the program. It takes active participation to do that. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Proof of vaccination is required to enter Carnegie Hall and masks must be worn inside at all times. I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022 | 7:30 PM The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nation's foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. Alex, thank you for stopping by. The ensemble taking center stage is part of the Gateways music festival, a larger organization dedicated to providing a community and a performance hope for classical musicians of African descent. When Gateways musicians walk out on stage, a new line of inquiry a new conversation is opened with the audience before we even play a note because the backdrop of classical music is that this is a white art form. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making their debut today, taking their place alongside the Clef Club Orchestra and a lot of other great African American musicians in the illustrious history of Carnegie Hall. A A. I should have asked you that before this began, but I'll lay it on you anyway. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices Symphony No. They're equally important to us. It is his voice. He also told us they want to be a resource for the larger community. Can you distinguish for us the difference between the festival proper and the festival orchestra? He is a resident member of the Jacksonville-based Ritz Chamber Players, The Harlem Chamber Players, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and innovative chamber music theater group the Core Ensemble. Bless the Michael Morgan. How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? Does that resonate with you? General Admission. It is his voice. That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. It would come up. Jeff: A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. The Gateways Music Festival is getting ready for its Carnegie Hall debut. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called I can. John: For his album, We Are. Right now, the stage door opens and back out to center stage here at Carnegie Hall, strides the conductor Anthony Parnther to lead this first performance at Carnegie Hall of George Walker's Sinfonia No. Gateways Music Festival | Rochester NY We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu After a highly successful 2019 season, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, announced today it will become an annual event starting in the fall of 2020. "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . Jeff: -for Soul, the Pixar film, and has also just won five Grammys, including Record of the Year at the most recent Grammy Awards just a few weeks ago. I believe she's 84-85 years old. In fact, the third movement is called Juba, which is a type of body percussion and dance that was widely found in musical traditions of enslaved Afro-Caribbean people. [crosstalk]. Carnegie Hall Presents Across the Stars: The Music of John Williams . GUEST ARTISTS: MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET92ND STREET Y | 7:30 PM, GATEWAYS BRASS COLLECTIVETHE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | 5:30 PM, GATEWAYS PIANO QUARTETTHE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM | 7:30 PM, GUEST ARTISTS: HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS STRING QUARTETSCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCHIN BLACK CULTURE | 7:30 PM. -on stage, certainly, but certainly I think this was the best possible opportunity to have my first outing with this great orchestra on this great occasion. It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. What's the potential of this orchestra? KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. That is as Lee Koonce told us again and again, that's one of the most important things that's happening here this afternoon. Anthony Parnther, conductorAntoine T. Clark, assistant conductor, VIOLIN I Kelly Hall-Tompkins, concertmaster Cleveland A. Chandler Daniel Constant Caitlin Edwards Mellasenah Edwards Brendon Elliott Alex Gonzalez Mariana Green-Hill Marianne Henry Ashley Horne Amyr Joyner Kyle Lombard Jessica R. McJunkins Chelsea Sharpe Lionel Thomas Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, VIOLIN II Derek Reeves, principal Lucinda Ali-Landing Charlene Bishop Jeffrey Boga Dale Breidenthal David Burnett Nicole Cherry Frdrique Gnaman Bennie Harris Joshua Henderson Sarah E. Martin Phillip Payton Meredith Riley Booker Rowe, VIOLAJennifer Arnold, principalLeslie DeShazorAndrew FrancoisAshleigh GordonLinda GreenChristopher JenkinsCaroline JonesJaven LaraDeidra LawrenceAundrey MitchellYvonne SmithGeorge Taylor, CELLO Troy Stuart, principal Ifetayo Ali-Landing Cremaine Booker Eric Cooper Gordon Grubbs Joseph Hbert Timothy Holley Thapelo Masita Prudence McDaniel Derek Menchan James Ryan Murphy Wayne Smith, DOUBLE BASS Rick Robinson, principal William Johnson Kevin Mauldin Anthony Morris Jacqueline Pickett Patricia Silva Weitzel, FLUTE Judith Dines, principal Dennis Carter Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington Patricia Reeves, OBOE Titus Underwood, principal Hassan Anderson Sarrah Bushara Geoffrey Johnson, CLARINET Alexander Laing, principal Pamela Coats Robert Davis LeTriel White, BASSOONJoshua Elmore, principalAlexander DavisKai RockeMaya Stone, FRENCH HORN Larry Williams, principal David Dickerson Adedeji Ogunfolu Priscilla Rheinhart Jeffrey Scott, TRUMPET Herbert Smith, principal Javian Brabham Leonard Foy Courtney Jones, TROMBONE Burt Mason, principal Isrea Butler Timothy Robinson Martin McCain (Bass), PERCUSSION Ralph Barrett, principal Jauvon Gilliam Cleo Goldberg Don Johns Terry McKinney. In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. Jeff: This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. SAHAM. Jeff: Now, you, as a very busy conductor on sound stages in Hollywood, are accustomed to looking at a score and getting the musicians all organized and playing it. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Right now, the stage door opens and back out to center stage here at Carnegie Hall, strides the conductor Anthony Parnther to lead this first performance at Carnegie Hall of George Walker's Sinfonia No. Paul J. Burgett Lecture SeriesBlack Idioms in the Music of Florence B. Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. They're leaving the stage for a few minutes, but we have managed to grab one of them by the coattail as he walks by. Yes. The concert featured conductor Anthony Parnther of the San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra and Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles; and Grammy Awardwinning pianist and composer Jon Batiste, who performed the world premiere of a commission for the orchestra. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Jeff: Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. . It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. I can play rap. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. John Schaefer's here as well. That's an unfair question. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. What does it mean to this orchestra? We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. Anthony Parnther: It's a real honor to be here with all of you and in my inaugural. Anthony: Lift Every Voice and Sing. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. For 30 years, Gateway Music Festivals & Tours has led the music tour industry with seamless performance tours for choirs, orchestras, concert bands, jazz bands and marching bands. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. He's also just won an Oscar-. The work we'll hear today is a bigger piece by George Walker, his Sinfonia No. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. It's a new work by Jon Batiste, the Grammy-winning pianist and band leader you may know from The Late Night with Stephen Colbert. [applause]. Now, Batiste on his feet, really not moving away from the piano, receiving the applause from this audience and passing it on to all the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and a deep bow from everyone on the stage. There are parts that are written out, and then, there are parts that he will improvise. Tuesdays at 8:00 pm The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Fresh, exciting performances highlighting musicians of African descent The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Guest engagements include Chicago Sinfonietta, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and the Gateways Music Festival. Thank you!!! It is his heart. Alex: Yes. We should mention too that. I thought you were going to say George Gershwin because what strikes me is the similarity to the Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin famously-, John: -did not have fully finished at the time of the world premiere, and famously in the written score for the conductor, wrote the words, "Wait for a nod.". And serves on the board of directors in this orchestra. Because of limited seating capacity in the Rose Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. We had to really be on our feet, go with Jon wherever he decided to go at any given minute. In 2009, some people were renovating an abandoned house outside of Chicago, lo and behold, they discovered all of these manuscripts and it turned out that it was not all, but most of Florence Price's compositions. For the first time, the Rochester based Gateways Music Festival orchestra got to perform at the famed concert hall in New York City Gateways was created nearly 30 years ago to support classical. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the, , I urge you to check out George Walker's. Sure. Well, I think that's another thing we're saying about what do we think can and should happen in a concert that would be called classical and where is this music coming from and who are our composers. She's never taken medication. Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. In May of 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where the stage welcomed a large ensemble of African American musicians, the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra. . Gateways Orchestra concert, 4:00 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Sunday, August 11, $15 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens with ID, and free for youth under 18. Dmitri Berlinsky Dmitri Berlinsky is professor of violin and artist teacher at the MSU College of Music. Search University of South Carolina University of South Carolina Navigation. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and . *General admission. Now on stage, Conductor Anthony Parnther, ready to lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra and the Symphony No.3 of American composer, Florence Price. Jeff: That feels like the two-fold idea of Gateways too. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Enjoy the rest of your brief intermission. About Eastman School of Music. He serves as teaching artist for Aspen Music Festival and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. I'll share it with you now. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions for their generous support and belief in Gateways important mission. It's an ensemble made up entirely of classical musicians of African descent, from orchestras around the country. This concert is in fact part of his Perspectives series, but today's premier. Jeff: Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. One of which is to support musicians of African descent who are isolated even in the ensembles in which they play as happens in other kinds of workplaces in the world, but also looking out at, as you said, the audience members who haven't found that Carnegie Hall is for them as well. Bless the Michael Morgan. Orchestra, Gateways Music Festival and Bellingham Festival of Music. Jeff: That's more than 20 years now. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. Jeff: Now on stage, Conductor Anthony Parnther, ready to lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra and the Symphony No.3 of American composer, Florence Price. Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. Alex: The role this hall plays in this music is understood by all. What else is Gateways beyond this? Okay. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. She thought, "If a five-year-old kid sees the Gateways orchestra up there and that kid will say, You know what, I can play hip hop. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. I can play gospel. Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. Anthony has conducted artists spanning every musical genre including Joshua Bell, Jessye Norman, Yundi Li, Lynn Harrell, Frederica von Stade, Roderick Williams, Canadian Brass, Jennifer Holliday, Kanye West, Imagine Dragons, Omar Apollo, and Alan Walker. HATCH RECITAL HALLEastman School of Music433 East Main StreetRochester, New York. All rights reserved. John: In 2009, some people were renovating an abandoned house outside of Chicago, lo and behold, they discovered all of these manuscripts and it turned out that it was not all, but most of Florence Price's compositions. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. 560 Trinity Ave, St Louis MO 63130. That annual festival, which features classical musicians of African descent, will include a performance this coming. The project sought to, " . Jeff: He's having so many moments at one time, yes. Lee: It's this kind of dual mission. We did that in Rochester also a couple of days ago when we presented this program minus the Batiste work. 560 Music Center. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Of course, that's not true. This is really, I think what Gateways does for us, in addition to bringing us together to make a joyful noise, in addition to bringing together a community that is often geographically separate but spiritually connected, it allows for an intellectual exchange that is captivating to us and we're finding to others as well. Thank you so much. Jeff: That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. and D.M.A. Orchestra, Simfnica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Jacaranda - Music at the Edge, Hear Now Music Festival, Pittsburgh Microtonal Festival, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, BrightworkNewMusic, and the World Opera Forum in Madrid, Spain. As you noticed, the audience responded in-hand to what they saw visual and it was just another extra element of all of these people on stage celebrating our heritage. John: I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. Anthony: I just thought that it was so beautifully executed. She's a person that no one really says no to. The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. The authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. Our thanks to Clive Gillinson and the staff at Carnegie Hall, the WQXR recording crew, Edward Haber, George Wellington, Irene Trudel, Duke Marcos, and our production team. Buy Tickets HEAR THE POSSIBILITIES $ Your generous gift makes world-class music at the DSO possible, fueling the community connections, life-changing education and captivating programming that impacts more than 500,000 people a year! We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. Alex: Well, I think as artists in this music that's called classical, we have always felt that Carnegie is a place for us, but what we think is important is we know that there are audience members that, until we grace this stage, did not know that Carnegie was a place for them. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. Media Only: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Since its inception in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has cultivated diversity in the classical music scene. It was a historic concert when the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. Bach to the Future will perform with the Gateway Festival Orchestra 7:30 PM, Sunday July 10, Washington University Brookings Quadrangle. Enjoy the show. Black Lives Matter. Adults: $15 | Seniors and Students: $10 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, STERN AUDITORIUM / PERELMAN STAGEAT CARNEGIE HALL57th Street and 7th AvenueNew York, NY, THE GATEWAYS ORCHESTRAAnthony Parnther, conductorJon Batiste, piano. Featuring Johannes Brahmss Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. For details on event times, prices,and locations, call 232-6106 or visit gatewaysmusicfestival.org. 3. That's an unfair question. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" I think also really significant for us is this is the first time that the orchestra or the festival has toured, has branched out of being in one place. If you're a fan of Barber's Adagio for strings, I urge you to check out George Walker's Lyric for strings. Michael Morgan, conductor. Featuring five of Gateways most popular pianists performing works by Black and other composers. A critically acclaimed series . John: A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. The chairs can be adjusted and the Brahms piano can be pushed out. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. The orchestra just rehearsed his new piece for the first time on Thursday, it's called. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org(585) 274-1170. I asked him what was it like to be at Carnegie Hall. That's more than 20 years now. There are some elements of truth to that, but what's happening in a concert hall is not just a celebration of Brahms and Walker and Batiste and Price, but it's also a celebration of the audience. as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. There are parts that are written out, and then, there are parts that he will improvise. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. Description. We exist outside of space, time or this place." Anthony: There's a significant difference between conducting full-time orchestras and in this orchestra of special musicians from all over the country who do not play together regularly, once every year, once every couple of years. Also particularly looking at it from the context of American orchestras. Conductor Anthony Parnther led this orchestra, all musicians of African descent, and The Variations on a Theme by Haydn as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. Gateways Music Festival is thrilled to announce that renowned Hollywood and symphony orchestra conductor Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Orchestra for its concerts in Rochester, NY and New York City, including the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut! Alex: Well, I think that's another thing we're saying about what do we think can and should happen in a concert that would be called classical and where is this music coming from and who are our composers. I'm sure she wouldn't mind me telling her age. The Brahms to begin, and then the Variations on "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to conclude and in between, four works by four composers of African descent that even if they weren't world premieres like Jon Batiste's work, were the first time they were being heard on the Carnegie Hall stage. From August 6 through 11, 2019, 125 professional classical musicians of African descent are invited to Rochester, NY from across the . Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. This concert is part of his perspective series. is sacred to my community. Jeff: If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. The final . It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. Favorites More Music Features We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. He also told us they want to be a resource for the larger community. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. Bagikan di Facebook . John: Their conductor back out on stage, pointing out the different sections of the orchestra, thanking them for their performance on this program, and asking members of the ensemble to rise. From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. 7 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Read More Saturday. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. Paul Burgett was a leader in classical music. Subscribe to Gateway Notes, the GFO Newsletter, and "Get the Know with the GFO"! Gateways For: STUDENTS ; FACULTY & STAFF; ALUMNI; PARENTS Of course, personally, I would love to see this orchestra come together more frequently. Lee: I think it is very much Jon. American conductor, Anthony Parnther, is the Music Director and Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and the Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles. Berry holds a B.M. John: In fact, the third movement is called Juba, which is a type of body percussion and dance that was widely found in musical traditions of enslaved Afro-Caribbean people. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. For the 12th consecutive season,Carnegie HallandWQXRproudly unite to presentCarnegie Hall Live,a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. Jeff: Absolutely. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the . It's wonderful to have you here. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November, with a Rochester kick-off, but was rescheduled to next Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jeff: The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. He's having so many moments at one time, yes. It's complex because each section has so many different contrasting qualities. It's a real challenge for us to in very limited rehearsal time with a lot of events going on simultaneously put together especially a program of this difficulty and variety together and lightning fast. One of which is to support musicians of African descent who are isolated even in the ensembles in which they play as happens in other kinds of workplaces in the world, but also looking out at, as you said, the audience members who haven't found that Carnegie Hall is for them as well. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing young professionals from across the country together with established musicians from leading orchestras to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. 4/25/2022 12:00 AM. PO Box . Alex: This music we call classical likes to drape itself in narratives of universality and likes to position itself as being aracial and reflecting some universal culture. In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. You've been in the Gateways Orchestra since the start. 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