Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Harlem Chamber Players
Free
- Josh Henderson, violin
- Harlem School of the Arts, dancers
- Terrance McKnight, host & narrator
- Tania León, conductor
Chen Yi — Shuo
Tania León — Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas ("Essence for string quartet")
Trevor Weston — The People Could Fly
Enjoy a free, Friday-night performance in Bryant Park by a world-class New York institution: The Harlem Chamber Players. The concert is conducted by 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 Terrance McKnight (one of New York's and WQXR's most recognizable voices), violin soloist Josh Henderson, and dancers from the Harlem School of the Arts.
About Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall's mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
https://www.carnegiehall.org/About Josh Henderson, violin
About Harlem School of the Arts, dancers
About Terrance McKnight, host & narrator
Terrance McKnight is an Artistic Advisor for the Harlem Chamber Players and serves on the board of the Bagby Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. He's frequently sought out by major cultural organizations for his insight into the cultivation of diverse perspectives and voices in the cultural sphere. He regularly curates concerts and talks at Merkin Concert Hall, the Billie Holiday Theatre the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Museum of Modern Art.
https://www.wqxr.org/people/terrance-mcknight/