Paul Burgett, a towering, larger-than-life man and the beloved vice president of the University of Rochester, died August 25 after a brief illness. Burgett was a graduate of the University’s Eastman School of Music and spent much of his career in key administrative positions at the university. Devoted to young people, he served as dean […]
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Gateways celebrates and promotes classical musicians of African descent
Only 1.8 percent of American symphony orchestra members are African-American or of African descent, according to the League of American Orchestras. And that number doesn’t seem to be increasing significantly anytime soon. The prospect of young students of African descent not only getting into the field of classical music but succeeding in it, says Paul […]
