SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
What are people saying about Black Pearl?
May 17, 2018
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra is excited to receive the 2018 PNC Arts Alive Award for Arts Innovation in honor of Peggy Amsterdam from the Philadelphia Arts and Business Council! At an event on May 23rd at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Black Pearl Founder and Artistic Director Jeri Lynne Johnson will be honored along with other innovators and leaders in the cultural community whose contributions are creating new opportunities, new strategies and new solutions for bringing the arts to new audiences.
Beyond the Podium- An Interview with Maestro Jeri Lynne Johnson
December 05, 2019
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, I had the pleasure of speaking to Jeri Lynne Johnson, a conductor and the founder of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra. Jeri Lynne Johnson is deeply committed to building the diversity of the contemporary orchestra and its audience. On this episode, we learn about how as she grew more as a conductor, she was faced with discrimination in the workforce. In response to her own experience, she created the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in Philadelphia. Once word got out in Philadelphia that there was a Black conductor and a diverse orchestra, Ms. Johnson has quickly gained national recognition for her work.
A Multi-cultural Holiday Premiere!
What does history sound like? Great preview article on Black Pearl's Synaesthesia project- and world premiere of Maestro Johnson's Bricolage: 1756 from the Broad Street Review
Bricolage: Philadelphia 1756 - a world premiere piece by Jeri Lynne Johnson
Music is an art form that affects much more than just our sense of hearing! People take in live musical performances with their eyes in addition to their ears! This is was a quick interview about the premiere of my multi-sensory composition, Bricolage: 1756 as part of the Fairmount Park Conservancy 's Sounds of the Season historic home tour.
