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Koerner Hall 10Th Anniversary Gala: Kathleen Battle Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 8:00Pm This Is the 862Nd Concert in Koerner Hall Koerner Hall 10th Anniversary Gala: Kathleen Battle Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 8:00pm This is the 862nd concert in Koerner Hall Kathleen Battle Soprano Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called “… without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world” (The Washington Post). Yet beyond the glory of her singing, in a career filled with countless accolades, honours, and major milestones, what has perhaps distinguished her most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering emotional bond between herself, her music, and her audience. In her youth, this native of Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children, sang in church and school, and envisioned a future as a music teacher. Fortunately for audiences around the world, she found other ways to share her love of music – and through her natural gifts, innate intelligence, and hard work, her soaring voice has carried her to the heights of the classical music world. Indeed, throughout a remarkable career that has brought her to the stages of the world’s leading opera houses and major concert halls, critics have never tired of rhapsodizing over her limpid, unmistakable sound. Since her student years, Kathleen Battle has collaborated with colleagues who rank among the world’s most talented musicians. She has been a favourite soloist with the world’s leading orchestras and esteemed conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Slatkin, and Sir Neville Marriner. Her partnerships with soprano Jessye Norman, tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, violinist Itzhak Perlman, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, guitarist Christopher Parkening, flautists Jean-Pierre Rampal and Hubert Laws, and the late saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., to name but a few, are documented on numerous recordings and video discs. Praised for the keen intelligence, which informs her musical sensitivity, Kathleen Battle earned both her bachelor and master degrees from the College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. She has been awarded eight honorary doctoral degrees – from her Alma Mater, the University of Cincinnati; Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey; Ohio University; Xavier University in Cincinnati; Amherst College; Seton Hall University; Wilberforce University, Ohio; Manhattanville College; and the Shawnee State University. In honour of her outstanding artistic achievements, Ms. Battle was inducted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame and, in 2002, into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. She is the first recipient of the Ray Charles Award, bestowed upon her by Wilberforce University. Heady accomplishments indeed for an artist whose earliest connection to music was simply feeling “blessed to have a voice that somebody else wanted to hear.” Joel A. Martin Piano Pianist/producer/composer/arranger Joel A. Martin is the creator of Jazzical®, the explosive union of classical composition and jazz innovation. In the last couple of years, he has collaborated with and/or written music for Grammy Award winners Kathleen Battle, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, cellist Eugene Friesen of the Paul Winter Consort, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jaimoe of the Allman Brothers, among many other artists. He was the youngest pianist ever, and the first African American pianist, to compete in the 1985 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, El Paso Symphony, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, New Hampshire Festival Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, and the Hartford Symphony. In October 2013, he released his 7th Jazzical® CD, Jazzical Meets Menken, honouring multiple Oscar/Grammy/Tony Award-winning Disney/Broadway composer Alan Menken (Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors, Enchanted, Pocahontas). With stellar performances by Broadway legends Liz Callaway, Amanda McBroom, Christine Pedi, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Jazzical Meets Menken featured 14 songs, including two world premieres penned by Alan Menken specifically for this CD. On July 18, 2014 – the capstone event of International Mandela Day celebrations at the United Nations – Mr. Martin produced Footsteps of Mandela, an all-star tribute concert to Nelson Mandela at NYC’s Riverside Church. Special guest artists included Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone legend Simon Estes and Broadway singer Liz Callaway. A second Footsteps of Mandela concert was held in February 2015 in Bridgeport CT at the Klein Memorial Auditorium to an enthusiastic audience of 1,000 people. 2016 marked the debut concert and national tour of Mr. Martin’s Footsteps of Peace in Palm Beach, FL, concerts around the world with live house music band Tortured Soul, 2 symphonic commissions, and the release of the 8th CD in the Jazzical series, Jazzical Rocks! featuring the Jazzical Symphony Orchestra. Both artists are making their Royal Conservatory debuts tonight. .
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