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Apollo Chamber Players
Apollo MoonShot
Thursday, March 9, 2023
8 PM
Weill Recital Hall
Apollo Chamber Players, led by founder and director Matthew J. Detrick returns to Carnegie Hall for a program celebrating the ensemble's 15th season of multicultural programming and the conclusion of its Moonshot-inspired 20x2020 commissioning project. New works by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon, Emmy-winning Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, and Rome Prize-winning composer Pierre Jalbert are showcased, along with a homage to Turkish-born composer Erberk Eryilmaz's heritage and a peace-infused work by Prairie View A&M composer John Cornelius. Special guests include Houston Poet Laureate Outspoken Bean, vocalist Kenneth Gayle , and astronaut narrator John Herrington, the first Native American to fly in space.
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Performers
Apollo Chamber Players
··Matthew J. Detrick, Violin
··Anabel Ramirez Detrick, Violin
··Matthew Dudzik, Cello
Guest Artists:
John Herrington, Narrator
Outspoken Bean, Poet
Kenneth Gayle, Tenor
Tonya Burton, Viola
Program
JOHN CORNELIUS PAX (NY Premiere)
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE MoonStrike (NY Premiere)
JENNIFER HIGDON In the Shadow of the Mountain (NY Premiere)
PIERRE JALBERT L'esprit du Nord (NY Premiere)
ERBERK ERYILMAZ Thracian Airs of Besime Sultan (NY Premiere)