Hearken to this primary season of radio Mondays at 5 pm to find works by James V. Cockerham, William Grant Nonetheless, William Levi Dawson, Florence Value, Jessie Montgomery, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Adolphus Hailstork, Carlos Simon, and conventional non secular preparations. Harry T. Burleigh, Corridor Johnson and extra.

Artists embrace pianists Armenta Hummings Dumisani and Althea Waites, saxophonists Branford Marsalis and Thomas Walsh, clarinettists Alexander Laing and Anthony McGill, the Imani Winds, Catalyst Quartet, Harlem Quartet and the Gateways Orchestra, performing underneath the route of the Gateways’ late music director Michael Morgan. . .

See the complete launch schedule beneath.

Half 1 (January 3)
The season premieres with works by Gabriela Lena Frank, James V. Cockerham, Gernot Wolfgang, Scott Joplin and William Grant Nonetheless.

Chapter 2 (January 10)
Hear performances by the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble underneath Michael Morgan, pianist Althea Waites, Howard Johnson Chorale and Gateways Orchestra.

In regards to the Host:
Garrett McQueen is the host and producer of extensively broadcast radio packages equivalent to The Sound of 13, The Sounds of Kwanzaa and now Gateways Radio. He has been a member of a number of skilled orchestras, most just lately the Knoxville Symphony, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Efficiency from the College of Memphis and a Grasp of Music in Bassoon Efficiency from the College of Southern California. He serves on the board of the American Composers Discussion board and holds management and advisory positions on the Black Opera Alliance, Gateways Music Pageant, and Lakes Space Music Pageant. Away from the airwaves, McQueen affords music and racial equality shows with former collaborators together with the Sphinx Group, Kennedy Middle, Apollo Theatre, Minnesota Music Academics Affiliation, and numerous colleges, faculties and universities.

About Gateways Music Pageant:
Gateways was based in 1993 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by famend classical live performance pianist and educator Armenta Hummings Dumisani. The pageant moved to Rochester, New York in 1995 when Dumisani turned Affiliate Professor on the Eastman College of Music. Through the pageant, Gateways Orchestra musicians, performers of main symphony orchestras, lecturers and freelance artists from main music colleges and conservatories take part in seven days of performances and occasions equivalent to chamber music recitals, full orchestral concert events, a movie collection. , skilled improvement actions, open rehearsals, conferences and panels. In addition to inspiring musicians and audiences, Gateways acknowledges the essential position that folks of African descent have performed in classical music for hundreds of years.