The Gateways Music Festival Triumph and A. D. Lee Koonce
During the month of April, the Gateways Music Festival presented a series of concerts at venues throughout Manhattan. ROUTES followed the festival sending several of... Read More
Carnegie Hall
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
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
Stepping into the Future with Trumpeter Theo Crocker
For the first time since the pandemic, on Saturday, March 26th at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, I stepped from confinement to... Read More
“AfroFuturism”: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy Panel Discussion
Word Up! Words and expressions can have a heyday. They can be buzzworthy. Extra popular. Used frequently and with special emphasis. In recent years, but... Read More
AfroFuturism: Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara
Review AfroFuturism Concert at Carnegie Hall‘s Zankel Hall There is renewed excitement returning to live events. Each opportunity offering us a chance to rekindle our... Read More
Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid
African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her... Read More
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s NBT-Russian Partnership
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The Seasoned Woman Speaks Dr. Teer’s National Black Theatre at Fifth Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem New York, stood as a sacred space... Read More