WQXR is a proud media partner of the Gateways Music Festival

On April 24, 2022, at 3pm WQXR is proud to present a live broadcast of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra's Carnegie Hall Debut featuring Grammy award-winner Jon Batiste. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, and to many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. To give these musicians a supportive artistic home, the festival was founded in 1993 by eminent concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. Originally based in North Carolina, the festival relocated to Rochester, New York in 1995, when Dumisani was appointed to the faculty of the Eastman School of Music.


Audio: “Dance for Martin’s Dream” by Michael Abels performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra

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