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The MOSAIC Project
Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach
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REGGIE MOBLEY
Diversity Fellow
ASHLEE FOREMAN Education Specialist
GABRIELLA MARTINEZ
Music Outreach Interns
Apollo’s Fire believes that the arts are most compelling when they truly represent our diverse communities, including people of color. Whether on stage or in the audience, the deep emotions of music resonate with all of us.
The MOSAIC PROJECT, underway at Apollo’s Fire since January 2020, is an ambitious Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity initiative that offers training, performance, and mentoring for talented young musicians of color. Conceived by Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, the program strives to increase diversity throughout the national early music field through a “pipeline” approach.
Why Mosaic? Like early music, a mosaic is an ancient art form. Just as a baroque composition consists of small thematic gestures linked together in harmony, so a mosaic picture consists of small, varied, colored pieces assembled in a design. In mosaics and in early music, the diverse, multicolored bits work harmoniously together to create the beauty of the whole.
apollo’S FIRe Gala BeneFIT SUNDAY in the PARK with Johann
presented by hoRIZonS, Inc.
SAVE THE DATE! July 25, 2021 at 5:00pm MAPLESIDE FARMS
294 Pearl Road, Brunswick, OH 44212
HONORARY CHAIR Mrs. Clara Rankin
GALA CO-CHAIRS Ann Fairhurst & Kasia Rothenberg
AF’s joyous Gala Benefit takes to the outdoors! Join us under our elegant canopy for cocktails, dinner, wine, a fabulous silent auction, and music of J.S. Bach and friends performed by Apollo’s Fire – all on the gorgeous grounds of Mapleside Farms. More information at apollosfire.org/galas
CONCERT-VIDEO AVAILABLE!
Resilience MuSIc FoR TRouBled TIMeS London, 1665: A plague held the city in its grip, but haunting folk ballads and laments of Dowland and Purcell wafted from the windows of empty streets....
Generously sponsored by
CONCERT-VIDEO AVAILABLE!
Allure The ThRee aMandaS Amanda Forsythe, soprano | Amanda Powell, soprano Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano Long ago in the palace of Ferrara, three renowned ladies entertained princes with their astonishing musicianship.... Generously sponsored by an anonyMouS donoR
CONCERT-VIDEO AVAILABLE!
CHRISTMAS on Sugarloaf Mountain
Jeannette Sorrell, conducting | Amanda Powell, soprano Ross Hauck, tenor | Jeffrey Strauss & Aaron Keeney, baritones The people of the mountains welcome Christmas with LOVE, SINGING, DANCING and PRAYER. Generously sponsored by The deveny FaMIly &
A Pilgrimage of Hope
CONCERT-VIDEO AVAILABLE!
Elegance The haRpeR’S voIce Anna O’Connell, Baroque & Celtic harps, soprano
The harp was the voice of the marginalized peoples of the British Isles – Irish, Welsh, and Scots. Their stories emerge through music of Purcell and Handel....
CONCERT-VIDEO AVAILABLE!
Tapestry
JewISh GheTToS oF BaRoque ITaly In the 1600s, Jews enlivened Italy with a vibrant mix of Sephardi and Ashkenazi musical traditions, while influencing Catholic composers such as Monteverdi and Marcello.
Generously sponsored by KaRen & RIchaRd SpecToR
April 21-25 Virtuosity FIRewoRKS FRoM J.S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire ends the season in an explosion of virtuoso fireworks. Amanda Forsythe returns for AF’s first-ever performance of Bach’s sparkling “Jauchzet” cantata, featuring dazzling coloratura for soprano and trumpet. Generously sponsored by
APOLLO’S FIRE AKRON SERIES 25th Anniversary Gala
The SILVER SOIRÉE
presented by the Deveny Family & Summa Health f
SAVE THE DATE!
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 – GERVASI VINEYARD PAVILION
1700 55th Street NE, Canton, OH 44721 HONORARY CHAIRS Mrs. Cynthia Knight & Mrs. Frances Seiberling Buchholzer GALA CO-CHAIRS Mrs. Barbara Feld & Mrs. Sandra Smith
Join us to celebrate the 25-year love affair between Apollo’s Fire and Akron! Cocktails, dinner with wine, silent auction, and... music of Bach and Friends, performed by Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell – all in the open air at the gorgeous Gervasi Vineyard Pavilion. More information at apollosfire.org/galas
This year, Apollo’s Fire Goes Worldwide! Give the Gift of a Watch-at-Home Concert Ticket or Subscription!
Do you have friends in other cities who would enjoy an Apollo’s Fire concert video? Or friends and loved ones sheltering at home in Northeast Ohio? Gift certificates for virtual tickets or subscriptions are available either as digital PDFs or paper certificates that you can send through snail mail.
* Watch-at-Home concert videos are sent to ticket-buyers and gift certificate recipients 10 days after the final performance of each program.
* Each video can be watched multiple times for up to 30 days.
* Watch-at-Home patrons also receive the password to our lively ZOOM Pre-Concert Talks with visiting scholars and our Virtual Lobby post-concert Q&A sessions with featured performers.
