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Special Backstage Pass: Featuring the 2022 Gateways Festival Orchestra, Wednesday, 4/20 at noon

Gateways Music Festival Orchestra on stage with inset of conductor Anthony Parnther
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Before the GMF orchestra traveled to NYC for their Carnegie Hall debut, host Julia Figueras talked to the organizers and players about what this experience means.

2022 marks the debut of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. But before they made the trip to the Big Apple, Julia Figueras talked with their new maestro, members of the orchestra and the festival organizers in a live concert from Kodak Hall at the Eastman School of Music.

The line-up of guests you'll hear include:
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Titus Underwood, principal oboe, Gateways Orchestra and Nashville Symphony
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin, concert master
Kearstin Piper Brown, chair, board of director and Alexander Laing, vice-chair, board of directors; chair, Artistic Programs Committee; principal clarinet, Gateways Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony

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