The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Khari Joyner

ROXBURY - Friday July 19, 7:00p at the Old School Baptist Church, Denver, NY

607-326-7608 or roxburyartsgroup.org

Acclaimed musician and arts ambassador, Khari Joyner, presents an evening of solo cello works exploring the theme of “Musician as Composer as Musician” in the exquisite acoustics of the Old School Baptist Church in Denver, NY at the Intersection of Route 36 & Cartwright Road on Friday July 19th at 7pm.  Tickets are available now https://roxburyartsgroup.org/event/khari-joyner/

A passionate advocate for the music of today, Mr. Joyner’s recital will feature pieces for solo cello by composers who were either cellists themselves or have a great affinity for the instrument.  In that spirit, he will also share several original compositions.  As a soloist, Khari Joyner has many notable accomplishments including; performing the world premiere of MacArthur Genius Tyshawn Sorey’s Cycles of My Being, the New York Premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s cello concerto Notes on Light, and the world premiere of Carman Moore’s MADIBA for cello and orchestra. He also has given a private performance for President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, performed Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra with the Juilliard Orchestra, and has given the U.S. Premiere of the late Valentin Bibik’s Cello Concerto No. 2, with the New Juilliard Ensemble. In addition, he was recently awarded a 2017-2018 career grant from the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Dubbed by the New York Classical Review as “one of the most exciting young musicians on the classical scene”, Khari Joyner began his musical career in Atlanta, Georgia where he was garnering attention as principal cellist of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and met success in the  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program.  Mr Joyner went on to receive his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, with research into mathematics and music found in his dissertation, “The Vertex: An Analysis of Mathematics and Music for the 21st Century Student and Performer.” While in his doctoral studies he was named a fellow of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund, sponsored by the Tokyo Foundation, and also received a Benzaquen Career Grant. Joyner continues to serve as a Teaching Assistant for Joel Krosnick in the College Division at Juilliard, as well as a substitute faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. 

Don’t miss your chance to experience Khari Joyner in concert on Friday July 19th at 7pm in the Old School Baptist Church in Denver, NY at the Intersection of Route 36 & Cartwright Road.

This performance is sponsored by Beaverton Builders.  All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Delaware National Bank of Delhi.

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