We're back with our New Music Virtual Town Hall Meetings! We started these Town Halls for the community to come together during the pandemic, share resources, and develop ways to continue to present programs online and share organizational processes related to equity and leadership. The arts and culture field has entered a re-opening phase of gathering people in-person. This November's Town Hall will be an opportunity for organizations, groups, and individuals to share their processes for programming in-person events at this time.
We have some exceptional guests joining the call to share in the conversation, including Liz Player (Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, Clarinetist, Harlem Chamber Players), Gary A. Padmore (Director, Education and Community Engagement at New York Philharmonic), and Arden Corbett (Health Consultant). We'll leave time for a community conversation, and we look forward to hearing your questions and ideas. RSVP above to receive the Zoom link in the morning of November 16th. If you have an idea or question you'd like to make sure gets addressed at this Town Hall, please email Bridgid Bergin (Director of Production & Communications) at bridgid@iceorg.org.
ABOUT GUEST SPEAKERS:
LIZ PLAYER
Liz Player is the executive and artistic director of The Harlem Chamber Players, which she founded in partnership with the late violist Charles Dalton in 2008. She is also currently a grants manager at the Ford Foundation. As clarinetist Ms. Player has performed with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, the Greenwich Village Orchestra, New York City Housing Symphony Orchestra, One World Symphony, Ensemble du Monde, Harlem Symphony Orchestra, The Manchester Music Festival Orchestra, The Bronx Opera, the Association of Dominican Classical Artists, and on Broadway's Finian's Rainbow. As an avid lover of chamber music, Ms. Player has organized recitals and chamber music concerts in New Jersey and New York since 1990.
She attended the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College as a Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellow and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor in Music. There she made her debut as soloist with the Queens College Orchestra in a performance of the Debussy Première Rhapsodie. She also appeared as a featured soloist with the Greenwich Village Orchestra in a performance of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto and as a guest artist with Ensemble du Monde in a performance of Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and strings.
GARY A. PADMORE
Gary Padmore joined the New York Philharmonic in 2018 as their Director of Education and Community Engagement, bringing with him decades of experience in education and community work. Prior to his current role, Gary was the Director of Education & Community at Orchestra of St. Luke’s where he created a concert series celebrating works by composers of color, doubled enrollment in its youth orchestra program, and increased school and community partnerships. Gary also led education programs at Midori & Friends and Brooklyn Philharmonic, served as an adjunct lecturer at Queens College, and was a teaching artist at several local organizations. As a steward of symphonic music and arts education, Gary sits on the boards of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable and The Dream Unfinished: an activist orchestra. A trumpet player and native New Yorker, Gary holds degrees from Queens College and Mannes School of Music. He was named one of Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals of the Year in 2019.
ARDEN CORBETT
Arden is a licensed RN with over 20 years of experience working in critical care hospital settings. She established her healthcare consulting practice in 2010 and has provided trainings and consultation to a wide range of New York City independent schools and childcare programs. Arden is known for her accessible and dynamic instruction and expansive knowledge of certification and regulation requirements. Through her client-focused approach, Arden makes mandated trainings an opportunity for growth and staff engagement and managing complex health care programs stress free. https://ardencorbettrn.com/about