Gateways Piano Recital: Rochelle Sennet

Apr 26th EDT

Dorothy Maynor Hall @ Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY

 

 

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In collaboration with the Harlem School of the Arts, Gateways Music Festival presents Rochelle Sennet performing music that celebrates the power of music to connect past and present, this recital underscores the festival’s mission of showcasing the brilliance and diversity of Black classical musicians.

Dr. Rochelle Sennet has established herself as a well-known performer, teacher, and scholar. Her recital programs showcase her versatility at the keyboard, with frequent performances of works by J.S. Bach and Black composers such as H. Leslie Adams, Jeffrey Mumford, James Lee III, and Pulitzer-Prize winning composer George Walker. She is the inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the College of Fine and Applied Arts at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she also serves as Professor of Piano in the School of Music, and is a faculty affiliate in the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC).

Her latest 3-Disc recording, “Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Volume III” was released on Albany Records in February 2024, and includes the complete French Suites and French Overture of J.S. Bach, and seven suites by Black composers: Margaret Bonds, Betty Jackson King, Nkeiru Okoye, Montague Ring, William Grant Still, James Lee III, and Adolphus Hailstork.