2022-2023 MUSIC SEASON
Gottschalk
“REDISCOVERING
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK”
ENIGMATIC AND BRILLIANT
19th-CENTURY MUSICAL SUPERSTAR
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK”
ENIGMATIC AND BRILLIANT
19th-CENTURY MUSICAL SUPERSTAR
7:30 pm April 15, 2023
at Mills Chapel, Sweet Briar College
“Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s
Caribbean and South American Adventures and Influences”
Chris Magee and Los Gatos, David Sandoval, Naomi Amos.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first American virtuoso pianist to receive international recognition and enthusiastic acclaim.
at Mills Chapel, Sweet Briar College
“Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s
Caribbean and South American Adventures and Influences”
Chris Magee and Los Gatos, David Sandoval, Naomi Amos.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first American virtuoso pianist to receive international recognition and enthusiastic acclaim.
This is the last of three concerts.
Previous concerts include:
Previous concerts include:
- November 5, 2022
Mills Chapel, Sweet Briar College
“Gottschalk Discovers Paris and Europe Discovers Gottschalk’s Unique American Style of Composition and Virtuosic Piano Techniques” Naomi Amos, Giovanni Perez, LIYA String Quartet
- February 4, 2023
Snidow Chapel,
University of Lynchburg
“Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Americana“ Gottschalk’s Musical Journey from Stephen Foster and James Hewitt’s Influences to his own Influences on Early Ragtime and Jazz” Dr. Jeremy Craft with the Lynchburg Singers, a UofL Chorus singing Foster and Gottschalk; Concert Pianist Naomi Amos narrating the concert and playing Hewitt and Gottschalk; ”Soulsters“ Ann Mitchell and Ronnie Shoultz singing Creole melodies; and renowned jazz pianist Dr. Weldon Hill with double bassist Michael Hawkins illustrating Gottschalk's influences on ragtime and early jazz.
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Presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. in collaboration with the Music Departments
of Sweet Briar College
and the University of Lynchburg.
Chamber Music America
Presenters Consortium for Jazz Program
Presenters Consortium for Jazz Program
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA funded AMHERST GLEBE ARTS RESPONSE * with VCU Health and University of Michigan’s Michigan Medicine
“Gifts of Art” THROUGH ITS PRESENTERS CONSORTIUM FOR JAZZ PROGRAM.
Two major virtual jazz concerts will be streamed from New York studios and made available for the purpose of reducing stress, decreasing isolation and building resilience in individuals particularly affected by COVID-19. These include medical and non-medical staff, patients, families and volunteersd in hospitals and nursing facilities, “learners” (medical and nursing students). The concerts will also be streamed to individuals with disabilities or illnesses who are receiving home-delivered meals and home health services, as well as to their caregivers.
“Gifts of Art” THROUGH ITS PRESENTERS CONSORTIUM FOR JAZZ PROGRAM.
Two major virtual jazz concerts will be streamed from New York studios and made available for the purpose of reducing stress, decreasing isolation and building resilience in individuals particularly affected by COVID-19. These include medical and non-medical staff, patients, families and volunteersd in hospitals and nursing facilities, “learners” (medical and nursing students). The concerts will also be streamed to individuals with disabilities or illnesses who are receiving home-delivered meals and home health services, as well as to their caregivers.
