2001 Gateways Music Festival: Works by composers ranging from Back and Beethoven to Joplin and Ellington will be performed by African-American musicians at the Gateways Music Festival, which is scheduled to be held in Rochester from Sept. 5 through 11. [ read more... ]

Opening the Gates: The 30 violinists--all of them black classically trained artists--were the opening performers in Rochester's third Gateways Music Festival, a weeklong, community-wide celebration of classical music and the African-American musician. [ read more... ]

Fourth Gateways is largest ever: Internationally known performers and Rochester residents came together last fall at Eastman for the fourth – and largest – Gateways Music Festival, a celebration of classical music and African-American musicians last fall. [ read more... ]

Gateways' Beauty: It’s been a week full of music in this city of music, a week dedicated to African-American musicians playing every genre, every age: pop and sacred, classical and jazz, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Beethoven’s Ninth, Joplin rags, St. Saens for harp, Copeland and Mozart. [ read more... ]

Gateways fest offers spirited ‘Ninth Symphony’: The 1999 Gateways Music Festival resounded at the Eastman Theatre with Beethoven’s last symphony, his ninth. [ read more... ]