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The Gateways Music Festival Triumph and A. D. Lee Koonce

Jeff Oppenheim — Thu, 12 May 2022 12:55:50 +0000

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

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The Gateways Orchestra Brought Decades of Struggle to a Peak

Yvette Berry — Mon, 09 May 2022 14:50:27 +0000

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

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Gateways Music Festival and African-American Classical Music

Ellen Levitt — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 22:21:51 +0000

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

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Stepping into the Future with Trumpeter Theo Crocker

Yvette Berry — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:49:30 +0000

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

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“AfroFuturism”: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy Panel Discussion

Perri Gaffney Ellen Levitt — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:24:53 +0000

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

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AfroFuturism: Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara

Jeff Oppenheim — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:47:55 +0000

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

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Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid

Ellen Levitt — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:00:05 +0000

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

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Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s NBT-Russian Partnership

Theda Palmer Saxton PhD — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:02:12 +0000

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

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AfroFuturism and Transgenerational Trauma from Slavery Past

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:26:11 +0000

As we close out our February issue, I find myself reflecting on the topics our Routes’ writers and photographers have shared. A recurring theme in

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Sun Ra and his Arkestra then (1992) and now (2022)

Ellen Levitt — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:59:08 +0000

When the 2022 Afrofuturism series was announced by Carnegie Hall, I scrolled eagerly through the rather eclectic line-up of the festival. I was hoping it

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Hartmut Geerken’s Sun Ra Archive Finds A Home in Germany

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:20:32 +0000

On Halloween 2020, amidst the height and dread of the COVID-19 pandemic, I received a telephone call from Munich, Germany. The caller was Hartmut Geerken.

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