Classical chamber music concerts and recitals - Philadelphia
Black Classical Musicians
and Concerts 2008-2009
Philadelphia and the surrounding
metropolitan area, PA NJ
"All are deserving! . . . And because of musical genius and creativity,
they each deserve to be known and heard."
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Musicians
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Leon Bates,
piano
October 5 |
Imani Winds, wind quintet
October 24 |
Cailin Manson, conductor
November 3 |
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Morris Robinson, bass
November 11
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Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
November 14 & 15 |
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
November 17
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Stewart Goodyear, piano
November 20-22 |
PhilaDanco, dance
October 16-19 & April 30-May 3 |
André
Watts, piano
December 11-13 |
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Bonita Glenn, soprano
December 19 |
Opera North |
Tai Murray, violin
January 18 |
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Eric Owens, bass-baritone
January 20
& March 12-14 |
Anthony
McGill, clarinet
January 20 |
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André
Raphel Smith, conductor
April 28 |
● AUGUST 2008
Sat. August 9th at 8:00 @
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
RODNEY MACK,
trumpet; with the Philadelphia Big Brass.
FRANCIS JOHNSON,
composer and bandmaster.
Second Annual Francis Johnson Tribute, a pioneer
African-American composer and bandmaster whose prolific output exceeded 300
pieces. He was born in 1792 in Philadelphia.
Tickets and information:
click for details
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● SEPTEMBER 2008
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● OCTOBER 2008
Sun. October 5th at 3:00
@ Seaport Museum Auditorium
LEON BATES,
piano
Settlement Music School's Distinguished Alumni
Recital Series showcases former students and celebrates the School's role in
shaping and nurturing their talents.
Concert features works by Beethoven, Ravel,
Gershwin and Liszt.
A reception with the artist follows the
performance.
Tickets and information: Settlement Music School
215 320-2686
www.smsmusic.org/contact
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Wed. October 15th, 4:00 - 5:30
@ TBA
HANNIBAL LOKUMBE,
composer
Grammy-nominated composer Hannibal Lokumbe will
lead a teachers' workshop and conversation about his new work, A Shepherd
Among Us, commemorating the life of priest and activist Fr. Paul Washington.
The workshop focus will be upon writing music and creativity. Choir
directors, music teachers, and music lovers are invited. Space is limited!
Registration is required. Sponsored by Art Sanctuary.
Information: Contact education coordinator Melissa
Talley-Palmer at 215 232-4485 or mpalmer@artsanctuary.org.
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Fri. October 24th at 7:30
@ Perelman Auditorium, Kimmel Center
IMANI WINDS,
wind quintet
Their fifth return visit to Philadelphia,
classical music's award winning Imani Winds will perform a World Premiere of
CANE, a commissioned work by composer and jazz pianist Jason Moran. CANE
is a musical portrait of Moran’s Louisiana bayou ancestry dating back to his
great grand-aunt Marie CoinCoin, an ex-slave, who opened a plantation and bought
her family's freedom.
The New York premiere will be March 8th, 2009 at
Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Auditorium.
Concert Program: Ten pieces for wind quintet by
Gyorgy Ligeti; speech. and canzone by Valerie Coleman; CANE by Jason Moran;
Terra Incognita by Wayne Shorter; Contrabajissimo by Astor Piazzolla arr. Scott.
Concert flyer
Tickets and information: Kimmel Center Box Office
215 893-1999
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● NOVEMBER 2008
Mon. November 3rd at
7:00 @ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
5421 Germantown Avenue
CAILIN MANSON,
conductor with chamber orchestra
St. Cecilia’s Choir of St. Luke’s Church; Pueri
Cantorum Chamber Choir
Soloists: Eleanor Macchia, soprano; Donna Walters, mezzo-soprano; Jason Seta,
tenor; John McCarthy, baritone
Requiem in d minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert flyer
Information: 215 844-8544 Free will
offering
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Tue. November 11th at
8:00 @ Perelman Auditorium, Kimmel
Center
MORRIS ROBINSON,
bass; with Ken Noda, piano
Works by Verdi, Mozart, Schubert, spirituals.
Tickets ($23) Information: Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
215 569-8080 www.pcmsconcerts.org
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Fri. November 14th at
6:30 @
Girard College Auditorium, 2101
South College Avenue, Philadelphia
Sat. November 15th at
7:30 @
Church of the Advocate, 1801 W.
Diamond Street, Philadelphia
HANNIBAL LOKUMBE,
composer; and soloist
KEVIN DEAS,
bass-baritone
A premiere performance of
Hannibal’s A Shepherd
Among Us, a work for mass choir with jazz ensemble. This new work
commemorates the life and work of Church of the Advocate’s legendary activist
and priest, Father Paul M. Washington. A Shepherd Among Us based on his
autobiography Other Sheep I Have.
Guest performers include the Bright Hope Baptist
Church Celestial Choir, the Clayton White Singers, the African Episcopal Church
of St. Thomas Chancel Choir, with guest
conductor Donald Dumpson. An artists and audience reception
follows the performance.
This program is part of Art Sanctuary’s 10th Year
Anniversary Gala celebration.
The general community performance will be
Saturday, November 15th.
Tickets and information:
https://artsanctuary.ticketleap.com.
Also 215 232-4485 or www.artsanctuary.org.
Black tie optional on Friday.
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Mon. November 17th at
8:00 @ Verizon Hall, Kimmel
Center
THOMAS WILKINS,
conductor; and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Marian Anderson Awards concert and gala honors
2008 awardees Maya Angelou and Norman Lear.
Tickets and information: Kimmel Center Box Office
215 893-1999
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Thu. November 20th & Sat.
22nd at
8:00; Fri. 21st at 2:00 @ Verizon Hall, Kimmel
Center
STEWART GOODYEAR,
piano; and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Performs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat
major
Tickets and information: Kimmel Center Box Office
215 893-1999 www.philorch.org
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● DECEMBER 2008
Thu. December 11th, Fri 12th,
& Sat. 13th at
8:00 @ Verizon Hall, Kimmel
Center
ANDRÉ WATTS,
piano; and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Performs Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Tickets and information: Kimmel Center Box Office
215 893-1999 www.philorch.org
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Fri. December 19th at
8:00 @ Philadelphia Museum of Art
BONITA GLENN,
soprano; with
DAVID LOFTEN,
piano
Works by
Copland, Barber, Strauss,
spirituals.
Tickets ($23) Information: Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
215 569-8080 www.pcmsconcerts.org
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● JANUARY 2009
Sun. January 18th at
3:00 @ Fleisher Art Memorial
TAI MURRAY,
violin; with
Lambert Orkis, piano
Works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Stravinsky and Shapey.
Tickets ($16.50) Information: Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
215 569-8080 www.pcmsconcerts.org
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INAUGURATION
SPECIAL
Tue. January 20th at
noon @ President Obama Inauguration
ceremony
ANTHONY McGILL,
clarinet, with Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Itzhak Perlman violin.
Work Arrangement of Copland's Simple Gifts.
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Tue. January 20th at
8:00 @ American Philosophical Society
ERIC
OWENS,
bass-baritone; with
Bradley Moore, piano
Works TBA.
Tickets ($23) Information: Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
215 569-8080 www.pcmsconcerts.org
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● FEBRUARY 2008
Stay tuned
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● MARCH 2008
Thu.
March 12th, Fri 13th,
& Sat. 14th at
8:00 @ Verizon Hall, Kimmel
Center
ERIC
OWENS, bass-baritone;
GEORGE WALKER,
composer; and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Performance of Lilacs, for voice and orchestra, by
Walker and Songs of a Wayfarer by Mahler
"Lilacs" was originally commissioned and premiered
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1996. For this work, Mr. Walker was
also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music in that same year. The work is
based upon Walt Whitman's poem, "When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd",
a reflection on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Also performed in Carnegie Hall, N.Y. on Tuesday,
March 17th.
Tickets and information: Kimmel Center Box Office
215 893-1999 www.philorch.org
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Sun.
March 22nd 3:00 @ Settlement Music
School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
ERIC
OWENS, bass-baritone
Distinguished Alumni Recital Series showcases
former students and celebrates the School's role in shaping and nurturing their
talents.
A reception with the artist follows performance.
Tickets and information: $20
215 320-2686 or khague@smsmusic.org
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● APRIL 2009
Tue.
April 28th at
7:30 @ Tomlinson Theater, Temple
University
ANDRÉ RAPHEL SMITH,
conductor; and the Temple University Sinfonia
Works by Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Rossini: La
Scala di Seta; Poulenc: Concerto Champetre for Harpsichord
Tickets and information:
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● MAY 2009
Stay tuned
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● JUNE 2009
Stay tuned
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● JUlY 2009
Stay tuned
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Please check again for updated information
and additions
2009/2010 Coming Season - Preliminary
Listing of Scheduled Musicians and Composers (to be confirmed)
George Walker - composer (violin concerto world premiere with Philadelphia
Orchestra)
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Musicians and composers from past seasons: |
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Anne Hobson
Pilot – harp |
Nokothula
Ngwenyama – viola |
Marietta
Simpson – soprano |
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Jeffrey
Mumford – composer |
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – composer |
Renard Edwards
– viola |
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Imani Winds –
wind quintet |
Leon Bates –
piano |
Indra Thomas –
soprano |
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Ron Lipscomb –
cello |
William Grant
Still – composer |
Andre Raphel
Smith - conductor |
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Diane Monroe –
violin |
Savion Glover,
dance |
David Baker -
composer |
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Eric Owens –
bass (vocal) |
Chauncey
Patterson – viola |
Anthony McGill
- clarinet |
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Duke Ellington
– composer |
Thomas Wilkins
– conductor |
Tai Murray –
violin |
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Vinson Cole –
tenor |
Karen Slack –
soprano |
Branford
Marsalis – saxophone |
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Denyce Graves
– mezzo soprano |
Gregg Baker –
baritone |
Angela Brown –
soprano |
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Jerry Fluellen
– composer |
Jeri Lynn
Johnson – conductor |
Leslie Burrs –
composer |
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See prior season's calendar |
For additional
information, contact:
Richard Greene;
P.O. Box 623; Ardmore, PA 19003 or
musicphilly@temple.edu
Also learn about
black classical
composers on
compact disc at:
http://astro.temple.edu/~rgreene/BlackComp
