2019 GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL FILM SERIES: “R.A.W. TUBA”
August 6, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
The 2019 Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music
The inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series is co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ)
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Released in 2019, “R.A.W. Tuba” features Gateways Music Festival’s principal tuba, Richard Antoine White. White, who experienced homelessness as a child in Baltimore, became the first African American to receive a Doctor of Music in Tuba.
He is a professor at the University of New Mexico and performs with the New Mexico Philharmonic. His remarkable journey shows what happens when grit collides with educators who refuse to give up.
Now, he is on a mission to inspire kids in Baltimore and to help them see that anything is possible with persistence, imagination, and community support.
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Following “R.A.W. Tuba,” the inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series continues at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 with “Kinshasa Symphony” co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) in partnership with the Black Cinema Series at the Little Theatre (https://thelittle.org/series/black-cinema-series/
) and at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 with “The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price” at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance. (https://gatewaysmusicfestival.org/gateways-music-festival-2019-repertoire-artists-events/).
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The Gateways Music Festival, a classical music celebration of professional musicians and composers of African descent with concerts, lectures and other events at various venues around Rochester, runs from Aug. 6 to 11. For full details, go to www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org.
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The inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series is co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ)
The 2019 Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music
The 2019 Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music
The inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series is co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ)
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Released in 2019, “R.A.W. Tuba” features Gateways Music Festival’s principal tuba, Richard Antoine White. White, who experienced homelessness as a child in Baltimore, became the first African American to receive a Doctor of Music in Tuba.
He is a professor at the University of New Mexico and performs with the New Mexico Philharmonic. His remarkable journey shows what happens when grit collides with educators who refuse to give up.
Now, he is on a mission to inspire kids in Baltimore and to help them see that anything is possible with persistence, imagination, and community support.
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Following “R.A.W. Tuba,” the inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series continues at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 with “Kinshasa Symphony” co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) in partnership with the Black Cinema Series at the Little Theatre (https://thelittle.org/series/black-cinema-series/
) and at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 with “The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price” at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance. (https://gatewaysmusicfestival.org/gateways-music-festival-2019-repertoire-artists-events/).
***
The Gateways Music Festival, a classical music celebration of professional musicians and composers of African descent with concerts, lectures and other events at various venues around Rochester, runs from Aug. 6 to 11. For full details, go to www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org.
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The inaugural Gateways Music Festival Film Series is co-sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ)
The 2019 Gateways Music Festival in association with the Eastman School of Music
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