Julia Bullock Uploads History’s Persistent Voice The recent premiere of the new contemporary opera “Upload,” by Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory confronted the audience with the idea... Read More
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Music to Our Ears: Gateways’ Triumphant A. D. Lee Koonce An Exclusive Conversation with ROUTES During the month of April, the Gateways Music Festival presented a series of concerts at venues throughout Manhattan. ROUTES followed the... Read More
The Gateways Orchestra Brought Decades of Struggle to a Peak On a sunny clear day in April, my managing editor and I met up in the lobby of Carnegie Hall. We were there not just... Read More
The Pianists Played to an Appreciative Audience In the shadows of the behemoth Lincoln Center complex, located just of Broadway at 65th Street is a smaller musical resource known as the Elaine... Read More
Gateways Music Festival: A Feast for the Ears and the Eyes “Hats Off” to the Gateways Festival for a rather enjoyable and enlightening Saturday, April 23rd, in the East Village of Manhattan. First the agenda was... Read More
Imani Winds seamless partnership was a marriage of mindsets The Gateways Music Festival’s first performance in New York City, after its tour in Rochester, began with the Grammy Award nominated Imani Winds at the historic Abyssinian... Read More
The Marian String Quartet Journeyed Through Healing and Hope On a Friday evening at the 92nd Street Y, the Marian Anderson String Quartet presented “On Being Enslaved,” a moving musical journey of healing and... Read More
Gateways Music Festival and African-American Classical Music You can certainly “Take it to the Bank” if you asked the average person in the United States to name a classical music composer or... Read More