Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In our new Caramoor Conversations series, pianist Lara Downes (whose Caramoor concert is on June 30th) interviews musicians who are performing at Caramoor this summer. But we thought we needed to flip the tables, and put Lara in the spotlight. So in this one-off video, Caramoor's Artistic Director Kathy Schuman interviews Lara Downes about her upcoming Caramoor performance and her advocacy work for underrepresented composers.
Program:
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
Morton Gould: American Caprice
Dana Suesse: American Nocturne
Florence Price: Fantasie Nègre No. 1
Nathaniel Dett: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends from Magnolia Suite
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Scott Joplin: Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Solace; Maple Leaf Rag
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
If you are interested in seeing Lara Downe's Caramoor performance, here are the tickets for the show: caramoor.org/event/lara-downes-piano-summer-2022
In our new Caramoor Conversations series, pianist Lara Downes (whose Caramoor concert is on June 30th) interviews musicians who are performing at Caramoor this summer. But we thought we needed to flip the tables, and put Lara in the spotlight. So in this one-off video, Caramoor's Artistic Director Kathy Schuman interviews Lara Downes about her upcoming Caramoor performance and her advocacy work for underrepresented composers.
Program:
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
Morton Gould: American Caprice
Dana Suesse: American Nocturne
Florence Price: Fantasie Nègre No. 1
Nathaniel Dett: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends from Magnolia Suite
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Scott Joplin: Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Solace; Maple Leaf Rag
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
If you are interested in seeing Lara Downe's Caramoor performance, here are the tickets for the show: caramoor.org/event/lara-downes-piano-summer-2022
