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The '''Du Bois Orchestra''' is a [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]-based symphony orchestra dedicated to the promotion and performance of [[classical music]] in the context of diversity. |
The '''Du Bois Orchestra''' is a [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]-based symphony orchestra dedicated to the promotion and performance of [[classical music]] in the context of diversity. |
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The orchestra was founded in 2015 by Harvard students Karen Cueva and Kai Johannes Polzhofer. Polzhofer served as the orchestra’s first conductor from 2015-17. Starting as a semi-professional orchestra it presented music of underrepresented composers in dialogue with the classical repertoire. The Du Bois Orchestra additionally organized regularly educational and community engagement projects<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inclusively classical|url=https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/blog/Du-Bois-Orchestra-on-a-mission|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=Office for the Arts at Harvard}}</ref> in cooperation with institutions like the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]], New York-based [[El Sistema|Sistema]] style [[Opportunity Music Project |
The orchestra was founded in 2015 by Harvard students Karen Cueva and Kai Johannes Polzhofer. Polzhofer served as the orchestra’s first conductor from 2015-17. Starting as a semi-professional orchestra it presented music of underrepresented composers in dialogue with the classical repertoire. The Du Bois Orchestra additionally organized regularly educational and community engagement projects<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inclusively classical|url=https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/blog/Du-Bois-Orchestra-on-a-mission|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=Office for the Arts at Harvard}}</ref> in cooperation with institutions like the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]], New York-based [[El Sistema|Sistema]] style [[Opportunity Music Project]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education Outreach Through Music |
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How one alum uses orchestra as an educational space to address inequities and bring inclusion to the concert hall.|url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/17/11/education-outreach-through-music|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=Harvard Graduate School of Education}}</ref>, and [[Massachusetts Department of Youth Services|Massachusett’s Department of Youth Services]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Four Gifted Young Musicians Aim To Effect Change Through Community-Focused Projects|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/31/528928263/from-the-top-s-arts-leadership-grant-recipients-2017?t=1613865807554|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=NPR. National Public Radio}}</ref>. Under its second conductor, Nathaniel Meyer (2017-20) the orchestra developed into an independent professional orchestra and premiered in 2018 [[Florence Price]]’s “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediscovered Masterpiece by Florence Price: "A Real Mystery"|url=https://www.whrb.org/archive/rediscovered-masterpiece-florence-price-real-mystery|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=WHRB Classical}}</ref><!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. --> |
How one alum uses orchestra as an educational space to address inequities and bring inclusion to the concert hall.|url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/17/11/education-outreach-through-music|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=Harvard Graduate School of Education}}</ref>, and [[Massachusetts Department of Youth Services|Massachusett’s Department of Youth Services]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Four Gifted Young Musicians Aim To Effect Change Through Community-Focused Projects|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/31/528928263/from-the-top-s-arts-leadership-grant-recipients-2017?t=1613865807554|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=NPR. National Public Radio}}</ref>. Under its second conductor, Nathaniel Meyer (2017-20) the orchestra developed into an independent professional orchestra and premiered in 2018 [[Florence Price]]’s “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediscovered Masterpiece by Florence Price: "A Real Mystery"|url=https://www.whrb.org/archive/rediscovered-masterpiece-florence-price-real-mystery|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=WHRB Classical}}</ref><!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. --> |
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Revision as of 17:03, 22 February 2021
The Du Bois Orchestra is a Cambridge-based symphony orchestra dedicated to the promotion and performance of classical music in the context of diversity.
The orchestra was founded in 2015 by Harvard students Karen Cueva and Kai Johannes Polzhofer. Polzhofer served as the orchestra’s first conductor from 2015-17. Starting as a semi-professional orchestra it presented music of underrepresented composers in dialogue with the classical repertoire. The Du Bois Orchestra additionally organized regularly educational and community engagement projects[1] in cooperation with institutions like the Harvard Graduate School of Education, New York-based Sistema style Opportunity Music Project[2], and Massachusett’s Department of Youth Services[3]. Under its second conductor, Nathaniel Meyer (2017-20) the orchestra developed into an independent professional orchestra and premiered in 2018 Florence Price’s “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight”.[4]
References
- ^ "Inclusively classical". Office for the Arts at Harvard. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Education Outreach Through Music How one alum uses orchestra as an educational space to address inequities and bring inclusion to the concert hall". Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 33 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Four Gifted Young Musicians Aim To Effect Change Through Community-Focused Projects". NPR. National Public Radio. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rediscovered Masterpiece by Florence Price: "A Real Mystery"". WHRB Classical. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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