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Florence Price, Mississippi River with the Capital City Symphony
WETA Arts March 2022
For Women’s History Month, meet three extraordinary women leaders in the DMV arts community: Victoria Gau, conductor and artistic director of the Capital City Symphony; judge and flamenco dancer Estela Vélez de Paredez; and Rachel Goslins, director of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building. Hosted by Felicia Curry.
Aired: 03/07/22
Rating: NR
Reckoning with racism: How small arts organizations can be a force for change in classical music
A roundtable discussion with five distinguished panelists discussing their personal experiences in the classical music industry - as well as actionable ways in which small arts organizations can be a force for anti-racism in the classical world from the ground up. Panelists: -Vincent L. Danner, Conductor and Lecturer* -Dr. William LaRue Jones, Professor of Music/Director of Orchestral Studies, University of Iowa -Chelsea Tipton, II, Principal Pops Conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra & Music Director of the Symphony of Southeast Texas -Carlos Simon, Award-winning composer & Assistant Professor at Georgetown University -Veronica Jackson, Orchestra Director - T.C. Williams High School, Clinician, Violinist For complete panelist bios: http://www.capitalcitysymphony.org/ev... Hosted by: Victoria Gau, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Capital City Symphony *Our sincere thanks to Vincent Danner, who has generously provided his time as a consultant for this event.
Interviews and Articles
People at Work: Nothing Stops Music—Even the Coronavirus
Victoria Gau sits in her unfinished basement office with the window overlooking the garden with her silk plant from Amazon, new rug and the screen blocking off the stuff she doesn’t want everyone to see. Gau is the Music Director of Monday Morning Music (MMM) which was established 50 years ago in Alexandria to widen the appreciation of classical music.
Gau teaches her Monday morning classes from her basement where she moved from the luxurious choral room at the Alexandria First Baptist Church when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. “This room is comfortable, and I’m finally redoing it. Sometimes I am teaching upstairs at the concert piano.”
Cantate Chamber Singers vouches for the Joy of singing
Conductor, Victoria Gau, is in her first season as the Music Director of Cantate Chamber Singers. Her second concert with them is JOY – How Can I Keep from Singing?
Strathmore Introduces More Than 12,000 MCPS Second Graders to Classical Music
National Philharmonic welcomes more than 10,000 second graders to the Music Center at Strathmore during the annual Strathmore Student Concerts from now through Thursday, Nov. 16. The purpose of the program is to expose every Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) 2nd grader to a live performance of classical music.
The students learn about classical music and prepare for the concert hall experience during the month of October.
