Harlem Chamber Players Black History Month Concert

515 Malcolm X Blvd,New York NY 10030

16 February, 2023

Description

IN-PERSONThe Schomburg Center presents the Harlem Chamber Players 15th Annual Black History Month Celebration. This live music concert will feature the world premiere of Aruán Ortiz’s Episodes in an Unforeseen Departure as well as solo works for piano and music by Valerie Coleman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Terrance McKnight’s own juxtapositions of Langston Hughes’ poetry as spoken word over piano works by Beethoven. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PROGRAMDuke Ellington Black and Tan Fantasy for Clarinet and Piano Don Byron Delphian Nuptials for Clarinet and Piano Aruán Ortiz Pastor’s Paradox - Part 3: The Dream That Wasn’t Meant to Be Ours Valerie Coleman Umoja for String Quartet Aruán Ortiz Episodes of an Unforeseen Departure (World Premiere) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet ARTISTSAruán Ortiz, Guest Pianist and Composer Terrance McKnight, Host and Performer Don Byron, Guest Clarinetist Oliver Hagen, Guest Conductor Ashley Horne, Violin Claire Chan, Violin William Frampton, Viola Wayne Smith, Cello Karen Bogardus, Flute Shelby Blezinger-McCay, Percussion The Harlem Chamber Players is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high-caliber, affordable and accessible live classical music to people in the Harlem community and beyond. In addition, The Harlem Chamber Players builds diverse audiences for classical music in general through community and educational outreach, as well as through collaborations with Harlem's other arts organizations, schools and cultural institutions, while creating opportunities for classically trained musicians of color. Learn more here. ACCESSIBLILITYASL interpretation will be provided upon availability of interpreters. Live captioning is available for streaming programs. Additional accessibility requests can be made by e-mail [email protected]. #SchomburgLive Image: Left to right, Terrance McKnight, Aruán Ortiz, and Don Byron (Photo by Dave Weiland). _________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER IN-PERSON | By registering for this event, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending an in-person program at The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold The New York Public Library, its Trustees, officers, agent and employees liable for any illness or injury. If you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or suspect you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, please stay home. FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED Events are free and open to all, but due to space constraints registration is requested.  Registered guests are given priority check-in 15 to 30 minutes before start time. After the event starts all registered seats are released regardless of registration, so we recommend that you arrive early.  GUESTS Please note that holding seats in the Langston Hughes Auditorium is strictly prohibited and there is no food or drinks allowed anywhere in the Schomburg Center. AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING Programs are photographed and recorded by the Schomburg Center. Attending this event indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for any all purposes of the New York Public Library. PRESS Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at [email protected]. Please note that professional video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent.