Name: Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Harlem Chamber Players
Start: 2024-07-05T19:00:00
Location: Bryant Park

Tania León

Josh Henderson

Leyland Simmons

Carnegie Hall

Enjoy a free, Friday-night performance in Bryant Park by a world-class New York institution: The Harlem Chamber Players. The concert is conducted by Carnegie Hall’s 2023–2024 Debs Composer’s Chair, Tania León—a composer, educator, conductor, advocate, and icon who has been a singular force in New York City’s arts and culture since the 1960s. The program includes one of León’s category-defying pieces, followed by works for string orchestra by Adolphus Hailstork and Chen Yi. The concert ends with an extraordinary collaboration: Trevor Weston’s The People Could Fly, featuring the ensemble with narration by Terrance McKnight (one of New York’s and WQXR’s most recognizable voices), violin soloist Josh Henderson, and dancers from the Harlem School of the Arts.