Photo of Neema Bickersteth as Treemonisha by Dahlia Katz. There’s an annual Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri, because Joplin lived and taught there for a while (in addition to living in St. Treemonisha has been co-commissioned by Apollo Theater (Harlem) BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Luminato Festival Toronto Minnesota Opera National Arts Centre, Ottawa, through the National Creation Fund Southbank Centre, London Stanford Live with the assistance of the Hewlett Foundation TO Live and Washington Performing Arts. Scott Joplin 1M plays Ragtime With Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin 9. In 1908, Scott Joplin published The School of Ragtime: Six Exercises for Piano, especially for students interested in ragtime. This reimagined version tells a revolutionary story of a young Black woman who, in discovering the truth of her past, and overcoming enormous personal loss, discovers her power to unify a divided people, and lead her community towards a new future. Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha is conducted by the first Black woman conductor in Canadian opera history, Panamanian-American Kalena Bovell, and directed by award-winning, internationally acclaimed Canadian stage director Weyni Mengesha. Led by a predominantly Black female creative team from across North America, Joplin’s ground-breaking opera has been reimagined with a new story and libretto by playwright and broadcaster Leah-Simone Bowen (The Secret Life of Canada), working with Emmy-nominated co-librettist Cheryl L. 0:00 / 3:57 Scott Joplin - Euphonic Sounds 1909 (Ragtime Piano Synthesia) itsRemco Piano 8.66K subscribers Subscribe 3 9 views 4 minutes ago scottjoplin euphonicsounds ragtime Euphonic.
Working from the surviving vocal score and featuring the first all-Black orchestral ensemble in Canadian opera history, the new arrangements and orchestrations by Jessie Montgomery (Sphinx Medal of Excellence and ASCAP Leonard Bernstein award winner) and Jannina Norpoth (Grammy nominee) merge musical vocabularies, reflecting the major themes of the reimagined version: split identity – African and American – and the role of one’s ancestors in coming to terms with the realities of a new land. 1911), Treemonisha is one of the few pieces set soon after the abolition of slavery, written by a survivor of that era.įusing European classical music with the sounds of ragtime, folk, and gospel to create a thrilling and distinct sound, and introducing a young woman protagonist chosen by her community to lead, Joplin’s nearly-lost opera was far ahead of its time.
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