Gateways Radio

Saturdays @ 9pm

The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is an ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and exquisite performances, celebrating the Gateways Music Festival's mission of connecting and supporting classical musicians of African descent and serving as a source of inspiration, enlightenment and engagement for communities -- especially communities underrepresented in classical music.

5/16

Quincy Jones: Nettie Teaches Celie

Studio Orchestra

Michael Abels: Delights and Dances

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor

Malcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass

Gateways Brass Collective

Lalo Schifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans

Imani Winds

Maurice Ravel: La Valse

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor

 

5/23

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Serenade

Catalyst Quartet

Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Josephine

Jacqueline Cordova Arrington, flute; Geoffrey Johnson, oboe; Monica Ellis, bassoon; LeTriel White, clarinet; Priscilla Rinehart, horn

Fela Sowande: Jubilate, Go Down Moses

Nathaniel Gumbs, organ

William Grant Still: Sahdji

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Paul Freeman, conductor

 

5/30

Margaret Bonds: Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown

Dussoff Choir and Orchestra

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

Chick Corea: String Quartet No. 1

Duke Ellington: Take the A Train

Harlem Quartet

Florence Price: Symphony No. 3

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor