Gateways group plays with precision, passion: The Gateways Ensemble plays not just with dead-on marksmanship and unerring instrumental balance, but also with rare passion and the kind of romantic stylishness many thought was the exclusive property of 19^th century Europeans. [ read more... ]

Hitting all the right notes: They journeyed from all corners of the nation for this inspired event. Top African-American classical musicians came from as far west as Los Angeles and as far south as Atlanta to be showcased in the third annual Gateways Music Festival... [ read more... ]

Musician with a Mission: The regal woman in the turban and flowing robes tucks a fiddle beneath her chin and strikes up Harry Belafonte’s jaunty 1950s hit, Get an Ugly Woman to Marry You. Grade-schooler Quinton Scott, squatting on the floor at a local YMCA, peers at the woman’s reflection in the shiny ebony surface of an upright piano. [ read more... ]

Presenting Ms. Armenta Adams Hummings: Every so often a community is blessed by the influence of a prodigy. God has smiled on Winston-Salem in the form of Armenta Adams Hummings, critically acclaimed classical pianist. “I want to be of assistance to the community in anyway I can.” [ read more... ]

Preview of a Gateways’ Moment: Everyone is invited. Experience a seven-day classical music festival featuring African-American musicians from throughout the United States who will perform as solo artists and in chamber music, orchestral and choral concerts. [ read more... ]