New York CIty | October 19-22, 2023
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tHURSDAY, 0CTOBER 19, 2023
New York City Opening CONCERT: Gateways Brass Collective
Renowned for their dynamic and captivating performances, the Gateways Brass Collective seamlessly blends traditional brass quintet repertoire with explorations into jazz and beyond. The Collective is frequently sought after for engaging performances, enlightening master classes, enriching clinics, and meaningful community engagement activities. In the upcoming 2023-24 season, the Collective is set to grace stages in notable cities such as Rochester, NY, New York City, Chicago, IL, Salt Lake City, UT, among others, further expanding their reach and impact.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 West 138th Street
New York, NY 10030
Left to Right: Herbert Smith, trumpet; Jerome Stover, tuba; Isrea Butler, trombone; Courtney Jones, trumpet; Larry Williams, horn
Nathaniel Gumbs
Friday, October 20, 2023
Around the town: Gateways Brass Collective
Gateways’ brass quintet performs classics, new and old, throughout the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries
Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5:00 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Left to Right: Herbert Smith, trumpet; Jerome Stover, tuba; Isrea Butler, trombone; Courtney Jones, trumpet; Larry Williams, horn
paul J. Burgett Lecture & community conversation
Undoing Black Mozart: Towards a Truer Legacy of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges | Julian Ledford, PhD
Friday, October 20, 2023 | 6:00 PM
Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Ave.
New York, NY 10030
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges (1745-1799)
Julian Ledford, PhD
Concert: An Evening of the Music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Featuring Brendon Elliott, violin, the Marian Anderson String Quartet, and the Gateways Chamber Orchestra, Antoine Clark, conductor
Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Ave.
New York, NY 10030
Left to Right: Brendon Elliott, violin; Angelica Hairston, harp; Marian Anderson String Quartet; Gateways Chamber Orchestra, Antoine Clark, conductor;
Saturday, 0CTOBER 21, 2023
Gateways family concert
Gateways’ Young Musicians Institute is pleased to partner with The Greene Space for an entertaining and interactive morning of music-making featuring a performance by musicians from the Gateways Music Festival. Families are invited to get up close to the instruments, dance along to original music set to Ugandan folktale, and harmonize through a world of sounds and rhythms.
Suggested for families and children ages Pre-K and older.
Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 11:00 AM
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
44 Charlton St.
New York, NY 10014
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, New York, NY
Film screening: chevalier
Pre-film chat with Chevalier composer, Kris Bowers and W. Lee Hogans, Harlem School of the Arts, Chief Education Officer
Join us for a viewing of Chevalier, a 2023 Searchlight Pictures’ biographical drama based on the life of the titular French-Caribbean musician Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Directed by Stephen Williams and featuring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Joseph Bologne, the film also stars Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Marton Csokas, Alex Fitzalan, Minnie Driver, and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo.
Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 3:00 PM
Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Ave.
New York, NY 10030
Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Joseph Bologne in Searchlight Pictures’ 2023 release Chevalier.
Kris Bowers
W. Lee Hogans
Concert: clayton Stephenson, piano
Solo piano recital featuring 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Finalist in his Gateways Music Festival debut.
PROGRAM
SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 380
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
SAY “Summertime” Variations
TATUM Tea for Two
UEHARA The Tom and Jerry Show
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
Mr. Stephenson appears by arrangement with the Cliburn.
Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Sunday, 0CTOBER 22, 2023
New York City finale CONCERT: Gateways Chamber Players
Carnegie Hall presents the Gateways Chamber Players in their Carnegie Hall debut featuring Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale Suite and Wynton Marsalis’s A Fiddler’s Tale with Tai Murray, violin, and special guest Phylicia Rashad, narrator
Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 3:00 PM
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
881 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Left to Right: Tai Murray, violin; Billy Hunter, trumpet; Monica Ellis, bassoon; Weston Sprott, trombone; Phylicia Rashad, narrator, Wesley Sumpter, percussion; Patricia Weitzel, double bass; Damien Sneed, conductor; Alexander Laing, clarinet