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Ensemble Connect performs Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston. This performance was filmed at the Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall at Skidmore College on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Cameron Cullen, Flute
Nicole Martin, Clarinet
Joseph Vaz, Piano
Adam Jaggernauth, Narrator (Skidmore College student)
Sam Sexton, Narrator (Skidmore College student)
I. Prelude: Helen Keller
II. Danse Africaine
III. Le Grand Duc Mambo
IV. Silver Rain
V. Parisian Cabaret
VI. Harlem’s Summer Night
Ensemble Connect is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. This two-year fellowship program prepares extraordinary young professional classical musicians for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Ensemble Connect offers top-quality performance opportunities, intensive professional development, and the opportunity to partner with a New York City public school throughout the fellowship. To learn more about Ensemble Connect, visit http://www.ensembleconnect.org.
Portraits of Langston
Written by Valerie Coleman
Coleman Page Publishing (ASCAP)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, Copyright © 1994.
Used by Permission of the Estate of Langston Hughes and International Literary Properties LLC.
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Ensemble Connect performs Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston. This performance was filmed at the Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall at Skidmore College on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Cameron Cullen, Flute
Nicole Martin, Clarinet
Joseph Vaz, Piano
Adam Jaggernauth, Narrator (Skidmore College student)
Sam Sexton, Narrator (Skidmore College student)
I. Prelude: Helen Keller
II. Danse Africaine
III. Le Grand Duc Mambo
IV. Silver Rain
V. Parisian Cabaret
VI. Harlem’s Summer Night
Ensemble Connect is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. This two-year fellowship program prepares extraordinary young professional classical musicians for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Ensemble Connect offers top-quality performance opportunities, intensive professional development, and the opportunity to partner with a New York City public school throughout the fellowship. To learn more about Ensemble Connect, visit http://www.ensembleconnect.org.
Portraits of Langston
Written by Valerie Coleman
Coleman Page Publishing (ASCAP)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, Copyright © 1994.
Used by Permission of the Estate of Langston Hughes and International Literary Properties LLC.
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Carnegie Hall’s mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
Learn more at https://carnegiehall.org.
facebook.com/CarnegieHall
twitter.com/CarnegieHall
instagram.com/CarnegieHall
