Frolov - Fantasy on Porgy & Bess
Florence Price - Quintet in A major
Frolov - Divertimento for 2 violins and piano
$25-$35
I was first introduced to the power of music as a 3-year old sitting in church with my parents. I remember keenly watching the pianist play the hymns each week before going home to try and figure out what I had just heard. Since then, I've never lost the urge to discover all that I can about music and how it works.
However, as I've grown older, I've also given more thought to the ways that music functions as part of our larger society. This stems in many ways from the time I spent in college studying broadcast journalism (my second major) and working as a field reporter for the local news station. Those experiences opened my eyes to the shocking lack of awareness that many people have surrounding not only world issues, but issues facing their local communities.
I attribute this mainly to a failure of all parties to clearly communicate with each other. Music can bridge these gaps and provide all of us with a digestible way to plug into the world outside of our doors. It is for this reason that I devote a significant portion of my programming to music that speaks towards current social issues, rather than limit myself solely to the wonderful, though sometimes overplayed traditional repertoire. It may be an unreachable aspiration, but I aim to be a conduit for positive social change with every program that I learn.
Frolov - Fantasy on Porgy & Bess
Florence Price - Quintet in A major
Frolov - Divertimento for 2 violins and piano
$25-$35
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 12 No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Harry Thacker Burleigh: Southland Sketches
Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performaning Arts Center, 1 Bernard Baruch Way, New York, NY
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet Op. 47
Elizabeth Wright, violin
Amanda Kaya, viola
Charles Reed, cello
Kyle P. Walker, piano
Newark School of the Arts (and LIVESTREAMED online), 89 Lincoln Park , Newark NJ
The Harlem Chamber Players present David Baker's Roots II Piano Trio
Ashley Horne, violin Wayne Smith, cello Kyle P. Walker, piano
In-person and live-streamed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6x1mCZa__A&t=0s
United Methodist Church of Red Bank, 247 West Front Street, Red Bank, NJ
The Red Bank Chamber Music Society and The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center Present A Chamber Music Celebration of Juneteenth: The Harlem Chamber Players
FEATURING Ashley Horne, Violin
Claire Chan, Violin
William Frampton, Viola
Wayne Smith, Cello
Kyle P. Walker, Piano
This concert is FREE