Across The Arts With Patrick D. Mccoy

As a part of the 2014 Chamber Music Vocal Matinee Recital Series at the Colour of Music Festival, baritone Darnell Ishmel present at recital at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC.  He is accompanied by pianist Mikael Darmanie and joined by cellist Khary Joyner. PROGRAM R. Nathaniel Dett-Hymn to Parnassus Franz Schubert Drei Lieder, Der Doppelganger, Der Tod und das Madchen, Der Erlkonig Gabriel Faure-Au bord du l'eau Jules Massenet-Elegie Thomas Kerr-Riding to Town Coleridge Taylor Perkinson Melancholy, The Faithless Shepherd Harry C. Banks, Jr.-A Prayer of Saint Francis James Weldon Johnson-Go Down Death Kerr-Great Day    

In response to the keynote address by Wayne S. Brown, President and CEO of the Michigan Opera Theatre, our host and Washington Life Magazine performing arts columnist, Patrick D. McCoy moderates a panel discussion culminating the Community Symposium Series of the Colour of Music Festival with Dr. Karen Chandler of College of Charleston, Jennifer Bowman of the Washington based Folger Consort and Festival Founder, Lee Pringle.  The Colour of Music Festival is one that celebrates the contributions and performance of blacks in the arena of classical music.

Culminating the 2014 Community Symposium Series of The Colour of Music Festival in Charleston, SC (October 22-26) was a timely keynote address by Wayne S. Brown, former Director of Opera and Music at the NEA and now President and CEO of Michigan Opera Theatre.  In his address, Brown shares his trajectory in the arena of arts management, its important and passing the torch to the future of the field.  Brown has had considerable experience in the arts, himself first playing cello and singing as a tenor.  his talk comes from a place of sound perspective and in Part 2, his talk culminates in a panel moderated by host and Washington Life Magazine performing arts columnist, Patrick D. McCoy.  Joining the panel is Dr. Karen Chandler of College of Charleston, Jennifer Bowman of the Washington based Folger Consort and Festival Founder, Lee Pringle.  The Colour of Music Festival is one that celebrates the contributions and performance of blacks in the arena of classical music.

The Colour of Music Festival began this week in Charleston, SC. (October 22-26) featuring chamber music performances, organ and voice recitals. Dr. Wayne A. Barr of Tuskegee University opened the High Noon Organ Recital Series in music by Whitlock, J. S. Bach, Ralph Simpson and Vierne. Recorded live at Grace Episcopal Church Charleston.  For more information about the festival www.colourofmusic.org PROGRAM: Whitlock: Exultemus Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, 564 Ralph Simpson: Three Spirituals Jacob's Ladder Swing Low Roll Jordan, Roll Vierne: Symphonie III, op. 28 III, Intermezzo V. Final

Noted composer Dr. Trevor Weston of Drew University drops in discuss his career both as a performer and teacher of music.  Weston will open the Community Symposium Series of the Colour of Music Festival, which will be held October 22-26 in Charleston, SC. His talk will focus on Charleston's contributions to classical music around the world. During the broadcast, will feature some of his works,  including his Magnificat.     Weston began his musical training as a choirboy at the prestigious St. Thomas Choir School in New York City at the age of ten. During high school, he continued his musical development with organ and carillon lessons in Plainfield, NJ. Composition became his primary focus at Tufts University while studying with T.J. Anderson and completing a double major in music and history. Weston completed his graduate work at theUniversity of California, Berkeley where he studied with Richard Felciano and Andrew Imbrie for his M. A. and Olly Wilson, his primary teacher, for his Ph.D.        Wes

Soloman Howard joins the show to speak about his trajectory in the arena of opera.  The Morgan University and Manhattan School of Music graduate is currently one of Washington National Opera's rising stars and is set to make his Metropolitan Opera debut this fall!  Currently a member of Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program,a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Soloman Howard is garnering superlatives from the press for his vivid performances on the opera and concert stages.  His voice is called “sonorous” by TheNew York Times, “superhuman” by The Denver Post, and “spectacular” by Maryland Theatre Guide.  Performances of the 2013-14 season include Sarastro in The Magic Flute conducted by Washington National Opera’s Music Director Philippe Auguin, Moser in Verdi’s I Masnadieri with Washington Concert Opera led by Music Director Antony Walker, Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht at Carnegie Hall with Kent Tritle and the Oratorio Society of New York, and a

Anton Armstrong the conductor of the Saint Olaf Choir joins the show to discuss his career and views on Choral Music.  The noted conductor is in Washington at the Chorus America conference.

Terri Allen, Executive Director of the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) and its co-founder Pamela Simonson (with brother Victor Simonson)  drop in on Arts Across America to discuss the role of CAAPA in the community as it strives to "bring color to the classics."  This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Washington, D. C. area organization, which will kick off the festivities with its Melody of Art Reception on September 17 at The Atlas Performing Arts Center.

When Travis Pratt took the stage on the hit television show "America's Got Talent"  no one one was ready for what happened next.  Approaching the microphone, Pratt dedicated a soaring rendition in his soprano voice of the timeless aria "O mio babbino caro"  by Puccini to his girlfriend, who he then proposed to on national television.   Pratt drops in on Patrick D. McCoy to discuss the phenomenon and his introduction to opera and classical music.

The is a not to be missed show confronting the monsters of jealousy and envy in the arts.  On one breath, a person can be praised and revered for the beauty they create, then slandered all on the same breath.  Joining the show to unpack the pain of the green monster called envy is Baltimore based violist Robin Faye Massie-Pighee and St. Louis based emerging modern composer and musician Anthony Stewart. Stewart is the Digital Composer and Publisher of "Vizual Music: Where Classical and Jazz Meet" .  He produces and distributes classical and jazz compositions in hopes of inspiring more African American youth to embrace an art form that originated in Africa.   Massie-Pighee is a professional violist in the Baltimore/D.C. area. She has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington National Opera Orchestra among other ensembles. She performs as Assistant Principal Viola with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Co-Principal Viola with the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra

For many couples whose marriages end in divorce, there is some solace found in monetary compensation or the gain of tangible belongings.  But what happens when two people that once shared the gift of music no longer experience it together because of hurt feelings, anger or even resentment.  Divorced couple, both opera singers Marlissa Hudson and Colin Eaton join the show to speak about their upcoming concert. This will be the first concert that they have sung together since the divorce.   About the concert on March 17, 4:00 p.m. at All Soul's Unitarian Church, D. C. Marlissa Hudson and tenor Sargeant First Class Colin Eaton will perform a joint recital chronicling their journey of love, hurt, and reconciliation. Divorced since 2008, this will be their first time performing together since their marriage ended. When asked why she programmed this type of concert, Marlissa said “I see this recital as a real opportunity to share beautiful music that tells a story to which almost everyone can relate. Who hasn’t b

THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS welcomes esteemed organist, conductor and Bach scholar J. Reilly Lewis to discuss his upcoming concert performance with NOW, The New Orchestra of Washington.  No stranger to Washington, D. C. audiences, Lewis is the founder of the Washington Bach Consort, currently its 35th Anniversary Season and conductor of the Cathedral Choral Society, based at Washington National Cathedral.  For the October 28 concert "Psycophony" by NOW at Westmoreland UCC in Bethesda, MD, Dr. Lewis will perform Bach's Toccata in D minor and then join the members of the orchestra for Poulenc's Concerto for Organ and Orchestra.  Orchestra co-founder Alejandro Hernadez-Valdez and the concertmaster for the program Regino Madrid will join in later to discuss Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion and Orchestra.

THE OPERA DIVA SERIES welcomes Canadian American soprano Othalie Graham to the show. She joins the broadcast to discuss first international performance in the title role of Puccini's Turnadot in Mexico. Ms. Graham debuts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in October in Verdi's Requiem.   PRESS RELEASE: http://www.prlog.org/11987471-soprano-othalie-graham-to-sing-the-role-of-turandot-with-one-of-mexicos-leading-opera-companies.html

Scholar, Ethnomusicologist and Social Activist Alisha Lola Jones drop in to chat about the 2012 Genius Conference for Men, scheduled to be held at THEARC in D. C. next month.  She willbe joined by David Hughey, a featured performer in the recent Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess.  Together, they will unpack the idea of the "Genius" that lie deep within each of us, especially the African American Male.        

Co-Founders of D.C. newest, trend-setting orchestra, N. O. W. Grace Cho and Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez join Patrick for a lively and informative chat about the orchestra's inaugural concert season, "A TOAST TO SEASON ONE." The concert will take place at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary of Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ in Bethesda, MD.  Appropriately themed, "A Toast to Season One" the concert features music inspired by fanfares, food and beverages. Celebratory in nature, the program will include Peter Maxwell Davies' "Fanfare for Lowry" performed by the James Madison University trumpet studio and NOW members Chris and Christine Carrillo. Also featured on the program is the exuberant "Cafe Music" by Paul Schoenfield and Aaron Jay Kernis' highly innovative "Le Quattro Stagioni Dalla Cucina Futurismo" for piano trio and narrator. Rounding out the concert,  NOW will present "La Revue de Cuisine" by Bohuslav Martinu, a truly fun piece for an unusual combination of instruments.  

Join us as we air the 2012 August Musicales Recital of soprano Lisa Edwards-Burrs at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.  She is accompanied by  pianist Michael Simpson. Purcell-Music for A While, Hahn-A Chloris,Debussy-Fantoches, Bachelet-Chere Nuit, Richard Strauss-Zueignung, Schlagende Herzen and Befreit, Puccini-O mio babbino caro, Previn-I Can Smell the Sea Air, Charles Ingram-Weep No More You Sad Fountains, Dream Valley & Little Lamb, Dett-Ride On, King Jesus, Michael Simpson-Deep River, Charles Lloyd-Ain't A that-a Good News, Flanders/Swann-A Word on My Ear ENCORE:  Work-This Little Light of Mine Lisa Edwards-Burrs, who has been described as “a soprano of crystalline beauty”,received degrees in Vocal Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia (B.M. and M.M.) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (D.M.A.).   An accomplished lyric-coloratura soprano, her performances in recital, oratorio and chamber music are extensive.  Her operati

The third installment of THE TRAILBLAZER SERIES welcomes distinguished Howard University professor of voice, soprano Charlotte Wesley Holloman for an informative chat on her career and musical influences. Holloman has maintained private studio for over 25 years.

Artistic Advisor for Jazz at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jason Moran will join the show on Thursday, July 26 to chat about his post at the nation's center for the arts and his career as one of the most exciting young perfomers of jazz.  Named the Kennedy Center's Artistic Advisor for Jazz on November 29, 2011, jazz pianist Jason Moran has proven more than his brilliance as a performer since his formidable emergence on the music scene in the late 90s. The Blue Note Records recording artist has established himself as a risk-taker and innovator of new directions for jazz as a whole. In almost every category that matters - improvisation, composition, group concept, repertoire, technique and experimentation - Moran, and his group The Bandwagon - with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits - have challenged the status quo, and earned the reputation as "the future of jazz."

"The First Lady of the Organ" world renowned concert organist Diane Bish drops in on Patrick D. McCoy to discuss her career and the 30th anniversary of her hit show "The Joy fo Music" which has reached millions around the world. ABOUT MS. BISH: Diane Bish is the most visible and influential classical organist performing today. Concert and recording artist, composer, conductor, and international television personality, Diane Bish displays her dazzling virtuosity and unique showmanship the world over to international acclaim. Her organ performances are hailed as “stunning, virtuoso, fiery, and astonishing.” Miss Bish’s unparalleled achievements as a young performer gave her the credibility and determination to launch The Joy of Music international television series in 1982 as a platform for awareness and appreciation of “the king of instruments.” Broadcast to over 300 million people around the world each week, The Joy of Music combines exhilarating organ and ensemble performances with an informative, inspira

The show comes to you live from the Gospel Music Workshop of America, spotlighting several aspiring and seasoned artist.