Carnegie Hall Citywide: Tania León and The Harlem Chamber Players
The concert is conducted and hosted Carnegie Hall’s 2023–2024 Debs Composer’s Chair, Tania León—a composer, educator, conductor, advocate, and icon who has been a singular force in New York City’s arts and culture since the 1960s. The program includes one of León’s category-defying pieces, followed by works for string orchestra by Adolphus Hailstork and Chen Yi. The concert ends with an extraordinary collaboration: Trevor Weston’s The People Could Fly, featuring the ensemble with narration by WQXR radio host Terrance McKnight, violin soloist Josh Henderson, and dancers from the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA).
Program
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Sonata da Chiesa
CHEN YI Shuo
TANIA LEÓN "Agua de Manantiel" from Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas
TREVOR WESTON The People Could Fly
Featured Artists:
The Harlem Chamber Players
Tania León, Conductor
Terrance McKnight, Host and Narrator
Josh Henderson, Violin
Leyland Simmons, Choreographer
with
Dancers from Harlem School of the Arts
ALSO FEATURING:
Claire Chan, violin
Ashley Horne, violin
William Frampton, viola
Wayne Smith, cello
THE ORCHESTRA
VIOLINS: Ashley Horne, Claire Chan, Lady Jess, Ellen Gronningen, Chala Yancy, Gloria Lee, Edward W. Hardy, Josh Henderson, Alexandria Hill, Sandra Billingslea, Melanie Baker, Sean-David Cunningham, Charlene Bishop, Savion Washington
VIOLAS: William Frampton, Amadi Azikiwe, Nicole Wright, Matthew Beaugé
CELLOS: Wayne Smith, Robert Burkhart, Kirsten Jermé, Angelique Montes
BASSES: Anthony Morris, Roger Wagner
HSA DANCERS
Eden Arrington-Mouzone, Alexandra Francois, Camille Smalls, Maximilian Malachi, Mia Ortiz, Dylan Van Putten, Raychel Brownlee, Allen Robinson
Additional media support for this performance is provided by WQXR.
Stream the concert on Friday, July 5th at 7pm
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