RESCHEDULED to 4/28/2024 at 3:00 pm Harlem Chamber Players
100 Years of Women Composers
Ashley Horne, VIOLIN
Claire Chan, VIOLIN
William Frampton, VIOLA
Wayne Smith, CELLO

PROGRAM
Umoja Valerie Coleman (1970 - )

At the Purchaser's Option with Variations Rhiannon Giddens (1977 - )

Juba from String Quartet No. 2 (1935) Florence Price (1887-1953)

Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout Gabriela Lena Frank (1972 - )
1. Toyos
2. Tarqueada
3. Himno de Zamponas
4. Chasqi
5. Canto de Veloria
6. Coquetios

Intermission

Entr'acte (2011) Caroline Shaw (1982 - )

Esencia (2009) Tania León (1943 - )
1. Agua de Florida
2. Agua de Rosas
3. Agua de Manantial

The Harlem Chamber Players is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high caliber, affordable, accessible live music to people in the Harlem community and beyond. Founded in 2008, The Harlem Chamber Players annually presents a rich season of formal live concerts, indoors, outdoors, and online. They also promote arts inclusion and equal access to the arts, bringing live music to underserved communities and promoting shared community arts and cultural engagement. The group was first inspired by the late Janet Wolfe, a long-time patron of minority musicians and founder of the NYC Housing Symphony Orchestra. The Harlem Chamber Players have presented culturally relevant programs at numerous venues throughout the city and collaborated with many other arts organizations. The Harlem Chamber Players are also Artists-in-residence at the Harlem School of the Arts.

They have been featured on national radio on WQXR as well as The Greene Space at WQXR and WNYC. The Harlem Chamber Players have also been mentioned in articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Musical America, and on NPR, NBC, and Here and Now on ABC. The Harlem Chamber Players were awarded the 2022 Sam Miller Award for the Performing Arts.

To learn more about Harlem Chamber Players, please visit their website (www.harlemchamberplayers.org).