For pandemic-related reasons and other issues, we have decided to postpone performances of our final program of OGP’s inaugural season, Global Roots, and re-present it at the beginning of our next season, in the fall of this year.
June 3 in Manhattan & Online
June 4 in Queens
June 5 in Brooklyn
Performances have been postponed until Fall 2022. Read more details here
Global Roots: Mi Alma, Mi Voz, Mi Corazón
A Journey Through Argentinian and Armenian Folk and Popular Song
Ranging from Folk tunes to tangos to classical arrangements, this program will explore Argentinian and Armenian music through the medium of Baroque instruments. Join us for this intercultural dialogue across the ages, featuring Armenian-Argentinian American Mezzo-Soprano, Solange Merdinian.
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Thanks to everyone who made our first two concert runs!
Click here to view the February concert
Click here to view the November concert
Enjoy the photos below (click on the gallery to view larger), and this wonderful review from our February concert.
"The sparkling performances showed that Open Gates is not a mere lip-service DEI gesture like some of those cropping up in business and the arts today."
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Read our full mission and vision statement and the personal story of co-director Joe Chappel
WHO WE ARE: Co-Directors, Joe Damon Chappel & Michele Kennedy
Conversations: conversations with the co-directors
Read the latest from Michele Kennedy here.
Get to Know our Artists in These Intro Videos
Open Gates Project Statement of Solidarity with the AAPI Community
The Open Gates Project is made possible with a generous grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation; funding from The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural affairs in partnership with the City Council.