Gateways Music Featuring orchestra
concerts, choral concert with orchestra,
and chamber music concerts in the home
series (including homeless shelters and
institutions of incarceration). The
1999
festival brought musicians from all
around the United States which included
tribute concerts to Duke Ellington and
Scott Joplin, chamber ensemble concerts,
performances of all six Brandenburg
Concertos.
Festival Highlights:
Pianist Roy Eaton performs a series
of Joplin rags and works by
composers who utilized his style
Piano Legacy Concert - African
American pianists who have made
history: Dr. Raymond Jackson, Althea
Waites, Kevin Sharpe, Dr. Karen
Walwyn, Buckner Gamby, Roy Eaton,
Rev. CHarles Walker, Richard Fields,
Frances Walker, Awadagin Pratt
Chamber Music:
Arranged works of Duke Ellington for
bassoon and strings Gail Hightower, bassoon
Thomas Warfield, conducting
String quartets and quintets by
Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi, William
Grant Still, Saint-Saens
Brass Chamber Ensemble Performances
Six Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Solo Works:
Sonata for Viola and Piano - Ulysess
Kay
George Taylor, viola - David Liptak,
piano
Sonata for Violin and Piano - Aaron
Copland
Earl Carlyss, violin - Anne Schein,
piano
Suite for guitar and viola - Manuel
de Falla
Georgia Taylor, viola - Nicholas
Goluses, guitar
Sonate fur Bratsche allein - Paul
Hindemith
Amadi Hummings, viola
Duo for Violin and Cello - Kodaly
Kelly Hall, violin - Troy Stuart,
cello
Suite No. 6 for cello - J.S. Bach
Ruppert Thompson, cello
Sonata No. 3 for Violin - Ysaye
Derek Reeves, violin