Recent performances include Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; Toronto; Danbury, Connecticut; and an eight-concert Midwest tour. Michael Morgan, conductor. She thought, "If a five-year-old kid sees the Gateways orchestra up there and that kid will say, You know what, I can play hip hop. Orchestra Hall Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music announced on Dec 7th that Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at its eagerly anticipated performances at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre (April 20) and the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut (April 24).Known for his "charismatic, captivating conducting" (Los Angeles Times), Parnther takes the . Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. I thought you were going to say George Gershwin because what strikes me is the similarity to the Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin famously-, John: -did not have fully finished at the time of the world premiere, and famously in the written score for the conductor, wrote the words, "Wait for a nod.". General Admission. The final . I think also really significant for us is this is the first time that the orchestra or the festival has toured, has branched out of being in one place. I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. To Learn More, Click Here Rochester, NY | APRIL 18-20, 2022 Festival Piano Recital A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. GUEST ARTISTS: MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET92ND STREET Y | 7:30 PM, GATEWAYS BRASS COLLECTIVETHE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | 5:30 PM, GATEWAYS PIANO QUARTETTHE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM | 7:30 PM, GUEST ARTISTS: HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS STRING QUARTETSCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCHIN BLACK CULTURE | 7:30 PM. Adults: $15 | Seniors and Students: $10 | Children/Youth (Under 18): Free, Film ScreeningCaged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. You have to make it true. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. and D.M.A. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org (585) 274-1170. It opens up all these realms of possibility. This performance is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. . Alex, thank you for stopping by. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. He has premiered and recorded works by Anthony Davis, George Walker, Errollyn Wallen, John Wineglass, Gary Powell Nash, Marian Harrison, Renee Baker, James Wilson, Phillip Herbert, Daniel Kidane, Chanda Dancy, and James Newton. Price, Corey Hunter, PhDGeneral admission. Price, Corey Hunter, PhD*General admission. John: For his album, We Are. She's a person that no one really says no to. John: Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. The Cleveland Orchestra. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. Also at home playing classical music he has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. Gateways is an all-Black classical symphony orchestra created in 1993 by concert pianist and educator Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani. It's a beautiful moment. Anthony: Exactly. The most recent Gateways Music Festival took place in April 2022 in both Rochester and New York City and featured seven days of performances, panel discussions, lectures, film showings and more before a live audience of nearly 7,000 and a live radio audience of more than 100,000. At recent festivals, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra comprised 125 instrumentalists, many drawn from such major orchestras as the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Cleveland Orchestra and the National, Boston, Houston, Phoenix and Detroit symphonies. There are some elements of truth to that, but what's happening in a concert hall is not just a celebration of Brahms and Walker and Batiste and Price, but it's also a celebration of the audience. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. For the first time, the Rochester based Gateways Music Festival orchestra got to perform at the famed concert hall in New York City Gateways was created nearly 30 years ago to support classical. The all-Black Gateways orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, after a week of events at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and other key NYC cultural spots.The orchestra represents a supportive artistic home for its members, all of whom are professional classical musicians of African descent. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. I suppose that Gateways is a little bit like that too because you don't get together very often. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Description. You'll find lots of stuff on the wqxr.org website that Kelly was involved with during her time with the APL. The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. THE COOPER UNIONThe Great Hall Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Gateways Brass Collective, Gateways String Quartet, the Marian Anderson String Quartet and special guest artists perform in a joint concert featuring old and new-to-some chamber music repertoire. The panel discussion is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 2022 Gateways Orchestra 2022 Guest Artists & Chamber Music Musicians Gallery Listen Gateways Radio Stream . John: It is interesting that you went to Mozart and Beethoven. Three-movement work played by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut from Carnegie Hall Live. Founded in 1993 by pianist and music professor Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisa, the Gateways Music Orchestra was cultivated to connect Black musicians with a shared passion for classical. It's our greatest cultural export as a nation. Tuesdays at 8:00 pm The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Fresh, exciting performances highlighting musicians of African descent The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. by James V. Cockerham in this initial performance of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance you'll hear from Carnegie Hall Live. Gateways Music Festival is grateful to the following institutions, foundations and governmental agencies for their generous support of the 2022 Gateways Music Festival. Jeff: -for Soul, the Pixar film, and has also just won five Grammys, including Record of the Year at the most recent Grammy Awards just a few weeks ago. The concert concludes with James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing, a rousing and epic musical journey from Africa to the new world which has become the signature piece of the Gateways Orchestra. John: A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. 3. We are about to hear this performance of the, , music by Johannes Brahms based on a theme that probably wasn't actually written by Haydn. *General admission. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. Mary also enjoys teaching private trumpet lessons with students from ages 10 - 94! We had to really be on our feet, go with Jon wherever he decided to go at any given minute. << Galilee Chamber Orchestra. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATREEastman School of Music60 Gibbs StreetRochester, NY. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. The group was originally based in North Carolina but later moved to Rochester, New York in 1995 after its founder joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music. His live orchestral concert appearances for e-sports titan League of Legends in Barcelona, Beijing, Seoul, and Los Angeles are among the most widely viewed symphonic concerts in the world, with live audiences of 50,000-75,000 spectators and a viewership that outpaces the World Series with approximately 100 million live streaming each League of Legends Finals Opening Ceremony concert. Jeff: Congratulations to you, Anthony Parnther, and to the Gateways Music Festival at an amazing week in New York in an amazing combination of this concert. The ensemble taking center stage is part of the Gateways music festival, a larger organization dedicated to providing a community and a performance hope for classical musicians of African descent. There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS National Youth Orchestra of the United States of . We understand its importance, so that's really significant. He was known for his warm spirit and as a visionary behind the Gateways Music Festival, an event celebrating classical musicians of African descent. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. The film screening and lecture are both free and open to the public, but tickets are required. He's also just won an Oscar-. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. For his work with Chicago Sinfonietta leading the premiere of Joel Thompson's "breathe/burn: an elegy" for cello and orchestra, the Chicago Tribune praised "Clark . We should mention too that. The authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. It's a world premiere. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. That's a big step for us as well. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. Bagikan di Facebook . The concerts are free to attend. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. John Schaefer's here as well. Conductor Anthony Parnther is also out on the stage now with the rest of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Gateways For: STUDENTS ; FACULTY & STAFF; ALUMNI; PARENTS Recent guest. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. The Gateways Music Festival opens Nov. 9 -13. It's an incredibly exciting week for all of us. General Admission. We are going to hear the world premiere of. The Brahms to begin, and then the Variations on "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to conclude and in between, four works by four composers of African descent that even if they weren't world premieres like Jon Batiste's work, were the first time they were being heard on the Carnegie Hall stage. John: Jon Batiste is pointing to Maestro Parnther and to the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Because of limited seating capacity in the Rose Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUMNEW YORK LIBRARY FORTHE PERFORMING ARTSLincoln Center111 Amsterdam AvenueNew York, NY. They're equally important to us. Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. We have made 400 complimentary tickets available, and you can reserve yours at the link below with promo code RACF50. Jeff: Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nations foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. Attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask indoors. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. It takes active participation to do that. From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative." It would come up. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. They're leaving the stage for a few minutes, but we have managed to grab one of them by the coattail as he walks by. I believe she's 84-85 years old. John: I want to come back to Jeff's first question to you, which was about the significance of being here. is a work for piano and orchestra called. I love the way this harkens back to the days of Mozart and Beethoven, who would also write works that contained a great deal of written music finished for the players but also places for them to improvise. It would come up. He's having so many moments at one time, yes. I'm sure she wouldn't mind me telling her age. She's a person that no one really says no to. 3 of Florence Price, performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther in the orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut and he first time that work has ever been performed at Carnegie Hall, written in the 1930s with help from the federal government, the WPA program at that time, Florence Price created this Symphony No. 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. Jeff: The ensemble taking center stage is part of the Gateways music festival, a larger organization dedicated to providing a community and a performance hope for classical musicians of African descent. As you know, you're moving an orchestra or a music festival across a giant state like this is a big effort. Gateways Music Festival is thrilled to announce that renowned Hollywood and symphony orchestra conductor Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Orchestra for its concerts in Rochester, NY and New York City, including the Orchestras Carnegie Hall debut! Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. Jeff: Jon Batiste once at the center stage. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. Those 5 Grammy Award wins came on the heels of 11 Grammy nominations an almost unheard-of hall for one artist, including a nomination in the best classical composition category. with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Anthony Parnther, conductor Jon Batiste, piano and composer. Alex: Well, I think that's another thing we're saying about what do we think can and should happen in a concert that would be called classical and where is this music coming from and who are our composers. The festival originated in Winston-Salem and then moved with our founder, Armenta Hummings Dumisani to Eastman where she was on faculty. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro five years ago. On Sunday April 24 at 3:00PM, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestracomprised entirely of professional classical musicians of African descentmakes their highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut . SAHAM. 2023 New York Public Radio This place for musicians is key and essential and critical to the mission because most of our players work in environments where there are very, very, very few people, if any, who look like them. That's more than 20 years now. Before I'd conceived this piece, I had this poem, and it just kept resurfacing in my subconscious. -on stage, certainly, but certainly I think this was the best possible opportunity to have my first outing with this great orchestra on this great occasion. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making their debut today, taking their place alongside the Clef Club Orchestra and a lot of other great African American musicians in the illustrious history of Carnegie Hall. Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, dolores.orman@gmail.com Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu After a highly successful 2019 season, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, announced today it will become an annual event starting in the fall of 2020. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. The concert featured conductor Anthony Parnther of the San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra and Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles; and Grammy Awardwinning pianist and composer Jon Batiste, who performed the world premiere of a commission for the orchestra. Our thanks to Clive Gillinson and the staff at Carnegie Hall, the WQXR recording crew, Edward Haber, George Wellington, Irene Trudel, Duke Marcos, and our production team. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, info@gatewaysmusicfestival.org(585) 274-1170. John: As Jon Batiste's piece just showed. We are going to hear the world premiere of I Can. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. Press Room. World premiere, so a song and a kind of sweet for piano into orchestra all in one extraordinarily well-received performance here on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. Of course, that's not true. Jeff: The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra from Carnegie Hall Live. Paul J. Burgett Lecture SeriesBlack Idioms in the Music of Florence B. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? Gateways musicians let their hair down in a fun, club-like environment and perform pop, R&B, Jazz, gospel, reggae and everything in between! John Schaefer: It's a big event for the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra coming down to Carnegie Hall from their home in Rochester, in upstate New York. Bless the Michael Morgan. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. It's a world premiere. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. Black Lives Matter. John: It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. For details on event times, prices,and locations, call 232-6106 or visit gatewaysmusicfestival.org. Over the course of each six-day festival, the musicians give a full orchestral . The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the . In May 2016, Gateways Music Festival formally affiliated with the Eastman School of Music, a festival partner since 1995, but remains an independent non-profit organization. John: Our thanks to Clive Gillinson and the staff at Carnegie Hall, the WQXR recording crew, Edward Haber, George Wellington, Irene Trudel, Duke Marcos, and our production team. A great big deep bow and a warm welcome to this Carnegie Hall audience. They were led by James Reese Europe, and they were one of the finest Black music ensembles to perform in Carnegie Hall and one of the first at that time. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the famed venue. That's an unfair question. Tweet Save . I agree with you when I saw the program that had been given to me. by Petrus A. April 15 2022. in Divertissement, musik. That type of dance and the music that accompanied it was so important that Florence Price actually gave that name, Juba, to the third movement of all of her symphonies. Of course, that's not true. "Oh, well this is classical music. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the famed venue. Jeff: From Carnegie Hall Live, the Symphony No. Anthony: -on stage, certainly, but certainly I think this was the best possible opportunity to have my first outing with this great orchestra on this great occasion. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. It seems like there was a real intention behind the planning of this program today. It's full orchestra and piano and just him. Now, Batiste on his feet, really not moving away from the piano, receiving the applause from this audience and passing it on to all the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and a deep bow from everyone on the stage. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. What was the idea there? At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. This is Carnegie Hall Live, I'm Jeff Spurgeon joined by my colleague, John Schaefer. I'll share it with you now. The Festival was initially scheduled for this November, with a Rochester kick-off, but was rescheduled to next Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making their debut today, taking their place alongside the Clef Club Orchestra and a lot of other great African American musicians in the illustrious history of Carnegie Hall. George Walker composed it in 2003. Those 5 Grammy Award wins came on the heels of 11 Grammy nominations an almost unheard-of hall for one artist, including a nomination in the best classical composition category. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. What's the potential of this orchestra? The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. Another curtain call for Conductor Anthony Parnther. Bless the Michael Morgan. It takes active participation to do that. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. This was a real challenge, but a little bit of everything. It's our national anthem. What was the idea there? There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. 3 in C Minor and Sinfonia No. That is the first time that piece has been played on stage here at Carnegie Hall, by an orchestra also making its Carnegie Hall debut in this special event. We know that it is, and that's what we're doing. Exactly. I think the possibility of spontaneity is what makes this particular live performance so deeply engaging and organic for everybody involved including the audience. Applause is for Anthony Parnther now taking center stage here at Carnegie Hall, and beginning this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra with this work by Brahms, his variations on, Music of Johannes Brahms begins this concert by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in their Carnegie Hall debut. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. Our mentor's other vision was that the Black community in particular, all communities but the Black community needs to see people of African descent up on the stage playing this music and it's about representation. That was my first Gateways. He resides in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. John: There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. In Wynton Marsalis's re-imagining, A Fiddler's Tale, he takes Stravinsky's early jazz ingredients even further, melding jazz and classical idioms together with an updated narrative. It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as, , but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra 2023 tour dates. Anthony: There was an assembly of musicians and people here within the organization that very carefully crafted this program along with Michael Morgan. For a complete listing of Gateways events, repertoire and artists plus ticket purchase information, visit the Gateways web site at: www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org. That was our mentor's vision. If you can see it, you can be it, is the expression. Now, you, as a very busy conductor on sound stages in Hollywood, are accustomed to looking at a score and getting the musicians all organized and playing it. Learn More In the Know with GFO Young Artists Program LEARN MORE Children's Outreach John Schaefer's here as well. For the 12th consecutive season,Carnegie HallandWQXRproudly unite to presentCarnegie Hall Live,a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. Jeff: That's more than 20 years now. A A. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices Symphony No. 3. My good friend Titus Underwood likes to often post the question to American orchestras, "Are we American orchestras or are we European approximations?" Congratulations. [crosstalk]. Does that resonate with you? When 7:30 p.m. March 3, 2 p.m. March 5 Where Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 210 East Monroe Avenue, Kirkwood How much $20-$65 More info 314-865-0038; winteroperastl.org. This is a guy, Jeff, who is having a moment. Special guest Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano The mission of Gateways Music Festival is to connect and support professional classical musicians of African descent and enlighten and inspire communities through the power of performance. It's a beautiful moment. In fact, the third movement is called Juba, which is a type of body percussion and dance that was widely found in musical traditions of enslaved Afro-Caribbean people. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Anthony Parnther, conductorAntoine T. Clark, assistant conductor, VIOLIN I Kelly Hall-Tompkins, concertmaster Cleveland A. Chandler Daniel Constant Caitlin Edwards Mellasenah Edwards Brendon Elliott Alex Gonzalez Mariana Green-Hill Marianne Henry Ashley Horne Amyr Joyner Kyle Lombard Jessica R. McJunkins Chelsea Sharpe Lionel Thomas Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, VIOLIN II Derek Reeves, principal Lucinda Ali-Landing Charlene Bishop Jeffrey Boga Dale Breidenthal David Burnett Nicole Cherry Frdrique Gnaman Bennie Harris Joshua Henderson Sarah E. Martin Phillip Payton Meredith Riley Booker Rowe, VIOLAJennifer Arnold, principalLeslie DeShazorAndrew FrancoisAshleigh GordonLinda GreenChristopher JenkinsCaroline JonesJaven LaraDeidra LawrenceAundrey MitchellYvonne SmithGeorge Taylor, CELLO Troy Stuart, principal Ifetayo Ali-Landing Cremaine Booker Eric Cooper Gordon Grubbs Joseph Hbert Timothy Holley Thapelo Masita Prudence McDaniel Derek Menchan James Ryan Murphy Wayne Smith, DOUBLE BASS Rick Robinson, principal William Johnson Kevin Mauldin Anthony Morris Jacqueline Pickett Patricia Silva Weitzel, FLUTE Judith Dines, principal Dennis Carter Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington Patricia Reeves, OBOE Titus Underwood, principal Hassan Anderson Sarrah Bushara Geoffrey Johnson, CLARINET Alexander Laing, principal Pamela Coats Robert Davis LeTriel White, BASSOONJoshua Elmore, principalAlexander DavisKai RockeMaya Stone, FRENCH HORN Larry Williams, principal David Dickerson Adedeji Ogunfolu Priscilla Rheinhart Jeffrey Scott, TRUMPET Herbert Smith, principal Javian Brabham Leonard Foy Courtney Jones, TROMBONE Burt Mason, principal Isrea Butler Timothy Robinson Martin McCain (Bass), PERCUSSION Ralph Barrett, principal Jauvon Gilliam Cleo Goldberg Don Johns Terry McKinney. 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