WQXR is a proud media partner of the Gateways Music Festival
On April 24, 2022, at 3pm WQXR is proud to present a live broadcast of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra's Carnegie Hall Debut featuring Grammy award-winner Jon Batiste. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, and to many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. To give these musicians a supportive artistic home, the festival was founded in 1993 by eminent concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. Originally based in North Carolina, the festival relocated to Rochester, New York in 1995, when Dumisani was appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music.
The festival retains its relationship with the school, dividing its season between Rochester and NYC. This year’s NYC events take place at some of the city’s most esteemed cultural institutions, including Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, as well as the 92nd Street Y, Cooper Union, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library & Museum, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Steinway Hall. Learn more at https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/.
Audio: “Dance for Martin’s Dream” by Michael Abels performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra
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