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BERNSTEIN: Songfest | GERSHWIN: An American in Paris | COPLAND: An Outdoor Overture
An American in Paris is one of Gershwin’s most vivacious works, an orchestral ballet saturated in homesickness and the blues. This recording, however, uses the new 2019 critical edition and offers Gershwin’s original orchestration, unheard for 75 years—leaner, more angular and transparent, it also employs the correct use of the iconic taxi horns, for a new sonic experience. The breezy vitality of Copland’s An Outdoor Overture is balanced by Bernstein’s Songfest—written to celebrate the Bicentennial Year in America, setting the verses of 13 of the country’s poets. |
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CONYERS IMPRESSES IN WNO'S RIFFS AND RELATIONS RECITAL
March 8, 2020 |
Joshua Conyers performed with Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artists Program. This recital, 'Riffs and Relations,' at the Phillips Collection, showcased how 20th- and 21st-century African American artists have both worked within and without European traditions in the creation of American music. “American baritone Joshua Conyers gave a rousing version of Aaron Copland’s setting of the minstrel show tune, “The Boatman’s Dance,” finishing with such a stentorian flourish it was hard to think where the energy might possibly go from there. I’ve had the pleasure of listening to Conyers in a number of different roles for two years now, but this was the first I had heard him in an intimate setting where his voice, though plenty big, could truly resonate and fill the space. The smaller venue suited him allowing a richer tone and timbre I had not previously heard in his voice to shine through."
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Wolf Trap Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos
Joshua Conyers performed the Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf Naxos at Wolf Trap Opera. This production of Ariadne auf Naxos was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in July 2019.
Joshua Conyers performed the Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf Naxos at Wolf Trap Opera. This production of Ariadne auf Naxos was presented at The Barns at Wolf Trap in July 2019.
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath - Aspen Opera Theater
August 18, 20, 22, 2020
Tom Joad
August 18, 20, 22, 2020
Tom Joad
NEWARK BOYS CHORUS SCHOOL
Joshua Conyers visited the Newark Boys Chorus School in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Conyers shared with the students his experiences growing up in the South Bronx and Virginia with parents and siblings who struggled to maintain themselves in an often hostile neighborhood. Joshua performed a negro spiritual Ride on King Jesus by Hall Johnson and the boys sang several selections. Mr. Conyers has made a commitment to the school by joining the Young Professionals Advisory Board and will return to NBCS to mentor the students.
Joshua Conyers talking with the boys of the Newark Boys Chorus School
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The Newark Boys Chorus performing Give Us Hope
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