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Castle of our Skins Concert Series
United States
Приєднався 22 січ 2014
Castle of our Skins is a Black arts institution dedicated to fostering cultural curiosity and celebrating Black artistry through music. In classrooms, concert halls, and beyond, Castle of our Skins invites Black heritage and culture exploration, spotlighting both unsung and celebrated figures of past and present.
Summer. Life. Song. - Adolphus Hailstork
I. I Shall Keep Singing
II. Answer July
III. As Children Bid the Guests Goodnight
IV. Perhaps You’d Like to Buy a Flower
V. Over the Fence
VI. It’s Easy to Invent a Life
VII. If I can Stop One Heart from Breaking
VIII. His is My Letter to the World
IX. Tie the Strings to My Life
Summer. Life. Song by Adolphus Hailstork
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
I. I Shall Keep Singing
I shall keep singing!
Birds will pass me
On their way to Yellower Climes --
Each -- with a Robin's expectation --
I -- with my Redbreast --
And my Rhymes --
Late -- when I take my place in summer --
But -- I shall bring a fuller tone --
Vespers -- are sweeter than Matins -- Signor --
Morning -- only the seed of Noon --
II. Answer July
Answer July --
Where is the Bee --
Where is the Blush --
Where is the Hay?
Ah, said July --
Where is the Seed --
Where is the Bud --
Where is the May --
Answer Thee -- Me --
Nay -- said the May --
Show me the Snow --
Show me the Bells --
Show me the Jay!
Quibbled the Jay --
Where be the Maize --
Where be the Haze --
Where be the Bur?
Here -- said the Year -
III. As children bid the guest good‑night
As children bid the guest good-night,
And then reluctant turn,
My flowers raise their pretty lips,
Then put their nightgowns on.
As children caper when they wake,
Merry that it is morn,
My flowers from a hundred cribs
Will peep, and prance again.
IV. Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower
Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower,
But I could never sell --
If you would like to borrow,
Until the Daffodil
Unties her yellow Bonnet
Beneath the village door,
Until the Bees, from Clover rows
Their Hock, and Sherry, draw,
Why, I will lend until just then,
But not an hour more!
V. Over the fence
Over the fence --
Strawberries -- grow --
Over the fence --
I could climb -- if I tried, I know --
Berries are nice!
But -- if I stained my Apron --
God would certainly scold!
Oh, dear, -- I guess if He were a Boy -
He'd -- climb -- if He could!
VI. It's easy to invent a Life -
It's easy to invent a Life -
God does it - every Day -
Creation - but the Gambol
Of His Authority -
It's easy to efface it -
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontaneity -
The Perished Patterns murmur -
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed - inserting Here - a Sun -
There - leaving out a Man -
VII. If I can stop one heart from breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
VIII. This is my letter to the world
This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me, -
The simple news that nature told,
With tender magesty.
Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!
IX. Tie the strings to my life, my Lord
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go!
Just a look at the horses -
Rapid! That will do!
Put me in on the firmest side,
So I shall never fall;
For we must ride to the Judgment,
And it 's partly down hill.
But never I mind the bridges,
And never I mind the sea;
Held fast in everlasting race
By my own choice and thee.
Good-by to the life I used to live,
And the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!
Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT
Brianna Robinson, soprano
Sarah Bob, piano
Ray Sebold, Videographer
Learn more at castleskins.org
II. Answer July
III. As Children Bid the Guests Goodnight
IV. Perhaps You’d Like to Buy a Flower
V. Over the Fence
VI. It’s Easy to Invent a Life
VII. If I can Stop One Heart from Breaking
VIII. His is My Letter to the World
IX. Tie the Strings to My Life
Summer. Life. Song by Adolphus Hailstork
Poetry: Emily Dickinson
I. I Shall Keep Singing
I shall keep singing!
Birds will pass me
On their way to Yellower Climes --
Each -- with a Robin's expectation --
I -- with my Redbreast --
And my Rhymes --
Late -- when I take my place in summer --
But -- I shall bring a fuller tone --
Vespers -- are sweeter than Matins -- Signor --
Morning -- only the seed of Noon --
II. Answer July
Answer July --
Where is the Bee --
Where is the Blush --
Where is the Hay?
Ah, said July --
Where is the Seed --
Where is the Bud --
Where is the May --
Answer Thee -- Me --
Nay -- said the May --
Show me the Snow --
Show me the Bells --
Show me the Jay!
Quibbled the Jay --
Where be the Maize --
Where be the Haze --
Where be the Bur?
Here -- said the Year -
III. As children bid the guest good‑night
As children bid the guest good-night,
And then reluctant turn,
My flowers raise their pretty lips,
Then put their nightgowns on.
As children caper when they wake,
Merry that it is morn,
My flowers from a hundred cribs
Will peep, and prance again.
IV. Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower
Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower,
But I could never sell --
If you would like to borrow,
Until the Daffodil
Unties her yellow Bonnet
Beneath the village door,
Until the Bees, from Clover rows
Their Hock, and Sherry, draw,
Why, I will lend until just then,
But not an hour more!
V. Over the fence
Over the fence --
Strawberries -- grow --
Over the fence --
I could climb -- if I tried, I know --
Berries are nice!
But -- if I stained my Apron --
God would certainly scold!
Oh, dear, -- I guess if He were a Boy -
He'd -- climb -- if He could!
VI. It's easy to invent a Life -
It's easy to invent a Life -
God does it - every Day -
Creation - but the Gambol
Of His Authority -
It's easy to efface it -
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontaneity -
The Perished Patterns murmur -
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed - inserting Here - a Sun -
There - leaving out a Man -
VII. If I can stop one heart from breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
VIII. This is my letter to the world
This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me, -
The simple news that nature told,
With tender magesty.
Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!
IX. Tie the strings to my life, my Lord
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go!
Just a look at the horses -
Rapid! That will do!
Put me in on the firmest side,
So I shall never fall;
For we must ride to the Judgment,
And it 's partly down hill.
But never I mind the bridges,
And never I mind the sea;
Held fast in everlasting race
By my own choice and thee.
Good-by to the life I used to live,
And the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!
Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT
Brianna Robinson, soprano
Sarah Bob, piano
Ray Sebold, Videographer
Learn more at castleskins.org
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Sanctum Rhapsody for Viola and Piano - Adolphus Hailstork
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Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT Ashleigh Gordon, viola Sarah Bob, piano Ray Sebold, Videographer Learn more at castleskins.org
Deep River Rhapsody for String Quartet - Adolphus Hailstork
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Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT Matthew Vera, violin Mina Lavcheva, violin Ashleigh Gordon, viola Jing Li, cello Ray Sebold, Videographer Learn more at castleskins.org
String Quartet No 2, Variations on Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Adolphus Hailstork
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Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT Matthew Vera, violin Mina Lavcheva, violin Ashleigh Gordon, viola Jing Li, cello Ray Sebold, Videographer Learn more at castleskins.org
Who Is Sylvia? - Adolphus Hailstork
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Performed Saturday, March 30, 2024, 7:00pm @ Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT Who Is Sylvia? By Adolphus Hailstork Poetry: William Shakespeare Who is Silvia? What is she? That all our swaines commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she: The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness: Love doth to her eyes repair, T...
The Beauty of the Butterfly” for Solo Tenor Saxophone - Melika M. Fitzhugh
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Happy Black Music Month and 12th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 12th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature “The Beauty of the Butterfly” for Solo Tenor Saxophone is written by composer Melika M. Fitzhugh and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us ...
Variation on a Kenyan Lullaby’ (Nyamgodo, Nindo Tere) - Boyd E. Gibson
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Happy Black Music Month and 11th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 11th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘Variation on a Kenyan Lullaby’ (Nyamgodo, Nindo Tere) is written by composer Boyd E. Gibson and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Boyd! - know w...
The African Kimono for Tenor Saxophone - Kevin Leysath II
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Happy Black Music Month and 10th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 10th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘The African Kimono’ for Tenor Saxophone is written by composer Kevin Leysath II and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Kevin! - k...
umoja’ for alto saxophone - Regina Harris Baiocchi
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Happy Black Music Month and 9th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 9th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘umoja’ for alto saxophone is written by composer Regina Harris Baiocchi and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Regina! - know what ...
Imbedded’ for Tenor Saxophone - Julian E. Brown
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Happy Black Music Month and 8th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 8th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘Imbedded’ for Tenor Saxophone is written by composer Julian E. Brown and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Julian! - know what you...
Don’t Give Up for Alto Saxophone - Nantenaina Andriamorasata
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Happy Black Music Month and 7th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 7th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature Don’t Give Up for Alto Saxophone is written by Nantenaina Andriamorasata and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Nantenaina! - know w...
All Logics Computation Activator for Tenor Saxophone - Forbes Graham
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Happy Black Music Month and 6th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 6th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘All Logics Computation Activator for Tenor Saxophone’ is written by composer Forbes Graham and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and F...
Nguva for Baritone Saxophone - Kevin Ramsay
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Happy Black Music Month and 5th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 5th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature Nguva for Baritone Saxophone is written by composer Kevin Ramsay and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Kevin! - know what you think in the comments...
‘moon cricket sings a tale for alto saxophone and tape‘ - Charles Murrell III
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Happy Black Music Month and 4th day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 4th virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘moon cricket sings a tale for alto saxophone and tape‘ is written by composer Charles Murrell III and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us - and Charles! -...
Deceptive Step: The Trickster Among Us’ for Soprano Saxophone - Lauren McCall
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Happy Black Music Month and 3rd day of the Black Composer Miniature Challenge Online Festival! Check out the 3rd virtual world premiere of the BCMC 4.0 #BCMC Today's miniature ‘Deceptive Step: The Trickster Among Us’ for Soprano Saxophone is written by composer Lauren McCall and performed by Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist and dancer & choreographer Jenny Oliver. Video by Dave Jamrog. Let us...
My Desire and Delight for Alto Saxophone - George Brandon
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My Desire and Delight for Alto Saxophone - George Brandon
Dance Rehearsal for Belonging; November 5th, 2023 @ Hibernian Hall
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Dance Rehearsal for Belonging; November 5th, 2023 @ Hibernian Hall
...all that is good... I. Phillis Wheatley by Anthony R. Green
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...all that is good... I. Phillis Wheatley by Anthony R. Green
in soft echoes...a world awaits by Jeffrey Mumford
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in soft echoes...a world awaits by Jeffrey Mumford
Eurythmy Variations by Trevor Weston
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Eurythmy Variations by Trevor Weston
The Season of Rememberance by Jacqueline B. Hairston
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The Season of Rememberance by Jacqueline B. Hairston
Castle of our Skins Trio performs Á Tres Voces by Tania León
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Castle of our Skins Quartet performs Strum by Jessie Montgomery
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Castle of our Skins Quartet performs Strum by Jessie Montgomery
Castle of our Skins Quartet performs String Quartet No. 1 II. Adagio by Adolphus Hailstork
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Castle of our Skins Quartet performs String Quartet No. 1 II. Adagio by Adolphus Hailstork
You need to name your quartet and become a regular staple among string quartets. Your playing is awesome!
Expressive writing for the voice of the viola and the piano blend made this a masterful composition. The performance brought all of this out and I am sure that this has done the composer's heart good and he is beaming from ear to ear.
Thank you :)
Stunning work. Beautiful performance. Was this a recent commission?
It was originally written, I believe in 2008, for violist Beverly Baker and it is meant to evoke memories of Hailstork 's time as a chorister at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York.
Lobe it. Short and soothing!
This work is based on a Kenyan folk song, a lullaby from Lake Victoria. The words basically says to child to be quite and go to sleep for the child that is not quite will be eaten by the hyenas and the child that is quite will not be eaten. Thanks to Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, saxophonist, dancer Jenny Oliver, and video by Dave Jamrog for such a wonderful job in portraying the peacefulness of this lullaby.
It sounds absolutely majestic. It reminds me of Greek Classical guitar composition.
Singleton has me figured out in 13 minutes. Took my therapist over a year.
❤
Another beautiful rendition!! Just what I needed to hear. ❤❤❤❤❤
Brilliant program and performance!
Brava!!!
Just heard this today. How beautiful...but sad I am just discovering the work of Florence Price.
Fine work by a hard working American composer. Very post modern.
Um... melody? Some of us organize the sounds in our heads that way.
This is multidimensional. I’m lost somewhere in the horizontals, diagonals, and bodies I feel distantly and secretly orbiting my soul, I’m alone - and it’s pitiful but it’s not terrified - because each day we start again.
beautiful
As befits a composer with solid academic credentials, every note is in place, every gesture precisely calibrated. Unfortunately it is boring and predictable, also befitting it's academic status.
Interesting! I wholly disagree and find the music and playing inspired.
Wow! Excellent music. Wonderful performers.
Absolute Finesse 💯
Nice work keep it up
Amazing performance... Thank y'all
Proud of you Dr Wells
Congratulations on this new opportunity. So proud of you
Congratulations Dr. Wells on your new position as Executive Director at Castle of our Skins! I am so proud of you niece!
🎶 Promo SM
Gorgeous music, well played. I’m so glad that Ms. Price is now getting recognition via young artists. This is reclaiming history. Thank you all.
Amazing
Poignant and beautiful
Thanks, Anthony for keeping Harriet Jacobs alive thru your opera. Seven years is a long time to live in isolation and to be on the run from an abusive captor. How wish I had bilocation and could travel safely to your premiere! Alas life has other plans. Please share performance links if possible. Meanwhile, know that i am with you in Spirit cheering for what I know will be a wonderful premiere. Harriet is smiling on you and all who articulate her plight and triumph.
Thank you so much, Regina.
Beautiful
1929
我讨厌政治正确，但这首曲子确实旋律优美且有点黑人音乐的底蕴，不错的作品。
phrasing is way too european classical for a Price piecel, that's not celebrating Price at all, it's like saying "we don't care that it's Price, we'll play the quartet with same language that we could play Brahms or Beethoven, because this is the right way to do it". The name is "juba", not "sarabande" or "polka", so interpretation must be in that line... so. less violin sound, more fiddle sound, guys
8 billion people on the planet and we all have to play and sound the same?!? No way. Celebrate the fact that Price's music is being made. Great intonation, rhythm, and excellent professional musicians.
@@rjwohlman playing Price's music with european phrasing is an insult to Price's memory and work. Adaptating to the language is a must-do for every single player, and normally with european repertoire they do it. Not adapting the phrasing to the language is a way to say "i don't care for the author's work" or "the author doesn't deserve it, I'll just play it like I know"
Oh, what- it's not bluesy enough for you? This *is* celebrating Price by giving her the recognition that she's always deserved. Because of her brilliance and originality, it was impossible NOT to recognize her contributions to music, but she certainly was up against the more primitive social thinking that went on in her day. So just be happy this is on UA-cam. There'll probably be more performances of it. For the record, I LOVE the American-ness of Price's compositions; I'm tired of composers like Brahms Mozart and Beethoven getting all the glory.
I think that what's missing here is what an incredible student of 18th and 19th century music Ms Price was...that's one of the things that made her such a visionary teacher...so well-informed. She seamlessly incorporated elements of classical and non-classical styles together to create a wonderful musical fusion...that's why this mvt actually works with several approaches, to my ear. She was simply brilliant...and a master of multiple styles.
Wonderful performances! Thank you for sharing this.
Bravo. I'd like to buy the score. Do you know where I can buy it, please?
Breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL!!!!💜
Sirgourney is so awesome!😘🙏🏽
Excellent piece I love the harmonies, textures, and rhythms of this
wow!
everything changes when you hit 20:37
Such a beautiful, and expressive piece! Price is a composer I'd never heard of until about a year ago; *now* she's one of my favorites (which includes Dvorak, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, et al)
Beautiful! Thank you
Simply amazing music, played with such sensitivity and brilliance!
Beautifully played. Thank you.
One of the first songs i learned to play on the violin, and one of my favourites...
This is lovely. A perfect accompaniment to an improvised morning stretch, or a short-form yoga "sun salutation", or just a moment of stillness. Thank you Castle of Our Skins, composer, and musicians.
Wow. Incredible sounds!
this is dope im boutta sample this 😭😭
Beautiful voice, beautiful expression. Brava!
this is nice