State of the Arts
Symphony in Lockdown: The NJSO 2020-21
Clip: Season 39 Episode 4 | 9m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Music director Xian Zhang and composer Daniel Bernard Romain create new work during Covid.
During the pandemic of 2020-21 the New Jersey Symphony found innovative ways to keep the music alive and employ their players, plus address urgent social issues. They commissioned a new work from composer Daniel Bernard Roumain called “i am a white person who ________ Black people.” Meet Roumanin, and NJSO music director Xian Zhang, filmmaker Yuri Alves and members of the orchestra.
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State of the Arts is a local public television program presented by NJ PBS
State of the Arts
Symphony in Lockdown: The NJSO 2020-21
Clip: Season 39 Episode 4 | 9m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
During the pandemic of 2020-21 the New Jersey Symphony found innovative ways to keep the music alive and employ their players, plus address urgent social issues. They commissioned a new work from composer Daniel Bernard Roumain called “i am a white person who ________ Black people.” Meet Roumanin, and NJSO music director Xian Zhang, filmmaker Yuri Alves and members of the orchestra.
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Clip: S39 Ep4 | 7m 20s | Carolyn Dorfman Dance's new work inspired by jazz artist Louis Prima, created during Covid (7m 20s)
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