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Audio Samples
Augusta Read Thomas, composer
Passion Prayers
Performed by Network for New Music
From the CD Dream Journal, Albany Records, 2002
[Listen]
George Walker, composer
Tangents for Chamber Orchestra [Track 1- 4:59]
Performed by ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio
From the CD Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, Summit Records 2000
[Listen]
Diane Monroe, violinist
From the Homeland, 2nd movement
[Listen]
The Student Workshop will feature More Music:
Capture
By Rolando Morales-Matos, for percussion quartet and narrator set to poetry by Catalino Rios. The Philadelphia Orchestra Percussion Group, which commissioned this work about the slave trade in an African village, performs this rip-roaring percussion piece with the poet as narrator.
Bach, Blues and Beyond
By violin great Diane Monroe: a solo improvisation celebrating the fascinating intersections between classical music and jazz.
Two Miniatures
By Oberlin professor Jeffrey Mumford: an elegant duo for violin and piano, with performers Diane Monroe and Linda Reichert.
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WHYY and Art Santuary
New! Gifted & Black
In collaboration with Network for New Music, Art Sanctuary presents New! Gifted & Black a celebration of the rich expression of African-American artists, with the moving voice of tradition and mastery, the heat of Afro-Cuban percussion, and the spirit of dance.
World Premier: Sunday, March 21, 2004, 3 p.m. at Art Sanctuary
This concert features the first African-American Pulitzer prize winning composer George Walker, violinist Diane Monroe, story-teller Charlotte Blake Alston, dance choreographer Eva Gholson, the Philadelphia Orchestra Percussion Group, and dancer Tim Early.
Admission: $5; children 17 and younger admitted free
Student Workshop: Monday, March 22, 2004, 10 a.m. at Art Sanctuary
Performances of three works by African American and Latino composers: violinist Diane Monroe; Oberlin professor Jeffrey Mumford and percussionist Rolando Morales-Matos. Following the performances, students will have the opportunity to ask the musicians and composers questions.
Admission is $5. Space is limited! To register, please contact Christopher Thompson, Education Coordinator at 215.232.4485 or email cthompson@artsanctuary.org
Senior Citizens welcome
Art Sanctuary is located at the Church of the Advocate, 18th & Diamond Streets in Philadelphia.
For more information, call 215-232-4485 or 215-848-7647
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