Press Page
2023 – 2024 Season
“Byeong Woo Lee Performs His Scores For Bong Joon-Ho Classical ‘Mother’”
Forbes — April 7, 2024
“10 Fun Things to Do This Weekend in Harlem, Washington Heights and Beyond”
The Curious Uptowner — April 5, 2024
Review: “EASTMAN Femenine”
Gramophone — March 24, 2024
“Black History Month events to check out in New York, New Jersey”
NBC New York — February 12, 2024
“Harlem Chamber Players is retelling Black history of classical music for West Harlem”
Columbia Spectator — February 12, 2024
“16 ideas to celebrate Black History Month in New York City”
Gothamist — February 2, 2024
“Review: The Composer Joseph Boulogne, a Polymath for All Seasons”
The New York Times — January 22, 2024
“‘The Chevalier’ paints full-length portrait of Bologne in theater and music”
New York Classical Review — January 22, 2024
“The Chevalier: New York Premiere”
Sequenza 21 — January 18, 2024
2022 – 2023 Season
“Harlem Chamber Players invite stellar vocal artists for diverse Harlem Songfest II”
Seen and Heard — June 21, 2023
“Opera uptown and downtown”
Gay City News — June 12, 2023
“Lucia Bradford Hits the Right Notes On Stage and in the Schools”
Our Time Press — June 9, 2023
“Live at Ten”
Spectrum News NY 1 — June 8, 2023
“The Harlem Chamber Players to Mark 15th Anniversary and Black Music Month With HARLEM SONGFEST II”
Broadway World — June 8, 2023
“Harlem Chamber Players bring works by Black composers to Harlem Songfest II”
NY Amsterdam News — June 1, 2023
“Here and Now on May 28, 2023: Supporting youth mental health in schools”
”Here and Now” on ABC — May 28, 2023
(Interview with Liz Player begins at 17:13.)
“Q & A with Liz Player”
Our Time Press — May 25, 2023
“Review: A Concerto Conjures the Creation, With Video”
The New York Times — February 17, 2023
“Harlem Chamber Players Black History Month Celebration”
WFUV — February 14, 2023
“At Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the Rev. Martin Luther King’s fight for racial justice lives on”
The Gothamist — January 16, 2023
“Experience music and theater from around the globe and more things to do in NYC this week”
The Gothamist — January 14, 2023
“Judy Collins Performs 'Wildflowers' With Harlem Chamber Players Under Tania León at the Town Hall Next Month”
BroadwayWorld — January 11, 2023
“6 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York”
The New York Times — January 11, 2023
“Noteworthy Career: Liz Player ‘08, founder of the Harlem Chamber Players, presents concerts for underserved audiences”
Queens Magazine — Fall/Winter 2022-23
“The Harlem Chamber Players Releases Debut Album”
The Violin Channel — December 13, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Rehearse For Free Celebratory Concert Black Composer Adolphus Hailstock Marking The Release of Their New Album”
Times Square Chronicles — December 11, 2022
“Hear quality music with meaningful messages in Harlem and the Bronx”
Gothamist — December 10, 2022
“From the Harlem Chamber Players, Two Gifts and More to African American Culture and History”
Our Time Press — December 8, 2022
“Top 30 Professionals of the Year: The Resilient Warriors”
Musical America — December 6, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Poised to Release Debut Commercial Digital Album”
New York Trend — November 29, 2022
“Playlist (Quiet in That Moment)”
The Night After Night Archives — November 28, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Release Adolphus Hailstork Debut Album”
Harlem World Magazine — November 22, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players’ Debut Digital Album Is Coming”
Carib News — November 21, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players' Debut Digital Album To Be Released This December”
Broadway World — November 15, 2022
“85 Years After His Oratorio Was Silenced, Black Composer Gets His Due”
ABC — August 26, 2022
2021 – 2022 Season
“The Harlem Chamber Players perform ‘The Chevalier’ at Caramoor’s Summer Festival”
New York Amsterdam News - July 7, 2022
“The Ordering of Moses rekindles admiration for Harlem Renaissance composer R. Nathaniel Dett”
Seen and Heard International - July 4, 2022
“Review: ‘The Ordering of Moses’ Shines at Riverside Church”
The New York Times - June 19, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players revive a Black composer's biblical oratorio”
The Gothamist - June 17, 2022
“Black composer's classical music piece to be performed in Harlem for 1st time in 85 years”
ABC Eyewitness News - June 17, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players revive a Black composer's biblical oratorio”
WNYC News - June 17, 2022
"Shedding light on Black composers…"
CBS New York - June 16, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Present ‘The Ordering of Moses’ at Riverside Church during Juneteenth 2022
GothamToGo Arts & Culture - June 14, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Present Masterpiece ‘The Ordering of Moses’ At The Riverside Church”
New York Trend - May 25, 2022
“Brandie Sutton, Janinah Burnett, Krysty Swann, Kenneth Overton, Chauncy Packer Headline Historic Performance & Broadcast of Dett’s ‘The Ordering of Moses’”
OperaWire - May 20, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Present The Harlem Renaissance Masterpiece The Ordering of Moses”
Harlem World Magazine - May 12, 2022
“The Harlem Chamber Players Present THE ORDERING OF MOSES”
Broadway World - May 11, 2022
“First Person: Liz Player Brings Chamber Music to New Audiences”
The New York Community Trust - April 20, 2022
2020 – 2021 Season
“Mezzo-Soprano J'Nai Bridges Collaborates On 2 Powerful Commemorations To The 1921 Tulsa Massacre”
5 KPIX CBS SF Bay Area - July 27, 2021
“J’Nai Bridges Delivers Operatic Retelling Of Tulsa Massacre”
Ebony - June 22, 2021
“Harlem Chamber Players commemorate the Tulsa race massacre and Juneteenth with world premiere of TULSA 1921”
Seen and Heard International - June 19, 2021
“Goings On About Town”
The New Yorker - June 19, 2021
“REVIEW: Pity These Ashes: Tulsa 1921-2021”
Indie Opera Podcast - June 18, 2021
“Harlem Chamber Players to stream Tulsa Race Massacre play”
Tulsa 2 News Oklahoma - June 18, 2021
“J’Nai Bridges, Karen Slack, Ana María Martínez, Luciano Pavarotti, Luca Pisaroni Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week”
Opera Wire - June 14, 2021
“MA’s Free Guide to (mostly) Free Streams, June 14-21”
Musical America Worldwide - June 14, 2021
“Tulsa Race Massacre musical tribute features song by local poet Herbert Martin”
Dayton Daily News - June 11, 2021
“Here and Now: Looking back at the Tulsa Race Massacre”
ABC - June 7, 2021
“Classical composer creates concert commemorating Tulsa Massacre”
New York Amsterdam News - June 3, 2021
“What’s Going On”
The New York CaribNews - June 2, 2021
“Black classical artists are turning the pain of the Tulsa Race Massacre into music”
CNN - May 30, 2021
“J’Nai Bridges Headlines The Chamber Players’ ‘Pity These Ashes: Tulsa 1921-2021’”
Opera Wire - May 5, 2021
“The Harlem Chamber Players Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of The Tulsa Race Massacre With Streamed Juneteenth Concert”
Broadway World - May 3, 2021
“Iconic Harlem School of the Arts reopens after pandemic closure, renovations”
WPIX - March 10, 2021
"Cultural and arts industry discuss major losses due to COVID-19"
The Legislative Gazette - November 6, 2020
"Powerful Concert at Green-Wood Cemetery a 'Reckoning' with Pandemic, Police Violence"
New York 1 News - October 28, 2020
"Q & A: Baritone Kenneth Overton on Returning to Live Performance & Spotlighting the Lives of the Black Opera Greats"
OperaWire - October 24, 2020
"To America – a meditation on race exhumed from Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery"
Seen and Heard International - October 23, 2020
"Review: In a Cemetery, Music Lives"
New York Times - October 23, 2020
"VC INTERVIEW | Andrew Ousley - "Death of Classical" Concert Series"
The Violin Channel - October 22, 2020
"Death of Classical to Explore Music and Poetry in ‘To America’"
OperaWire - October 20, 2020
"Goings On About the Town"
The New Yorker - October 17, 2020
"Up on the Roof, Into the Woods, and Down in the Graveyards … Classical Music Lives"
WQXR - October 14, 2020
"Hearing What We Wouldn’t Have Before: The Benefits of an Expanding World of Recordings"
WQXR - October 7, 2020
"Death Of Classical Offers In-Person Performances At Green-Wood Cemetery"
Classical Post - October 5, 2020
"Green-Wood Cemetery is hosting an immersive storytelling event set to live music"
TimeOut - September 18, 2020
2019 – 2020 Season
"Juneteenth: 'The Black Experience in the Concert Hall'"
WQXR.org - June 20, 2020
"Neither Big Nor Small, Music Ensembles Struggle in a Pandemic"
New York Times - June 12, 2020
"A Grand History of Small Operas"
New York Times - June 12, 2020
"HARLEM RENAISSANCE 100 Goes Virtual As Second Phase of the Celebration Kicks Off"
Broadway World - June 11, 2020
"HSA@HOME and The Harlem Chamber Players to Present Careers in Music Panel"
Broadway World - June 5, 2020
"Today in New York: Harlem Renaissance 100th Anniversary Celebration Begins"
NBC News - February 1, 2020
"Community News 01.29.20"
Manhattan Times - January 28, 2020
"Over 40 Harlem Institutions Collaborate for Upcoming Harlem Renaissance 100 Celebration!"
Black Star News - January 27, 2020
"Officials flip the switch on Harlem Holiday Lights on Nov. 20"
New York Amsterdam News - November 14, 2019
"Liz Player Works to Bring Classical Music Uptown"
The Uptowner - October 22, 2019
"America’s First Black Opera Composer Left Behind a Rich, Untapped Archive"
The Saturday Evening Post - October 9, 2019
"Liz Player: Bringing classical music to Harlem"
New York Amsterdam News - September 26, 2019
2018 – 2019 Season
"How Art Can Double as Historical Corrective"
The Atlantic - June 1, 2019
"Juneteenth celebration at Carnegie Hall"
New York Amsterdam News - May 30, 2019
"A Musical Power Couple Salute the Bravery and Fortitude of the Millions Who Made the Great Migration"
New York Music Daily - April 2, 2019
"A Pianist Swings Hard in Both Classical and Jazz"
New York Times: New York Today - February 15, 2019
"Harlem Chamber Players' 10th Anniversary"
American Record Guide September/October 2018 Issue
"New York Today: Today's New York News: New Yorkers on #WhyIDidntReport"
New York Times - September 28, 2018
2017 – 2018 Season
"Friends join Harlem Chamber Players for a tenth anniversary vocal feast"
New York Classical Review - June 2, 2018
"Harlem Chamber Players Present HARLEM SONGFEST, 6/1"
Broadway World - March 16, 2018
"The Cosmopolitan Review: Feb. 15 - Feb 21"
New York Amsterdam News - February 25, 2018
"The Harlem Chamber Players' 10th Annual Black History Month Celebration"
Time Out New York - January 30, 2018
"Two Wings: The Music of Black America In Migration"
Carnegie Hall Presents - January 25, 2018
"Cultural Affairs Dept. disburses $40M to local organizations, focusing on de Blasio's CreateNYC plan"
NY Daily News - December 21, 2017
"City Announces Over $40 Million For Local Arts And Cultural Organizations"
Broadway World - December 21, 2017
"New York Today: ‘Star Wars’ on Stage"
New York Times - September 29, 2017
2015 – 2016 Season
"Harlem Chamber Players & ChamberMusicNY Receive Grant"
Broadway World - October 21, 2015
"ChamberMusicNY to Host Terrance McKnight Concert in 2016"
Broadway World - August 13, 2015
"As the Met Abandons Blackface, a Look at the Legacy of African Americans in Opera"
Hyperallergic - August 3, 2015
2014 – 2015 Season
"Voodoo, a Harlem Renaissance opera, revived in New York"
World Socialist Web Site - July 2, 2015
"That Sly Come-Hither Stare"
Parterre Box - June 29, 2015
"Review: ‘Voodoo,’ by Harry Lawrence Freeman, Has First Staging Since 1928"
The New York Times - June 28, 2015
"Voodoo"
Voce di meche - June 28, 2015
"Voodoo review – a lost Harlem Renaissance opera soars"
The Guardian - June 27, 2015
"Morningside Opera Presents Long-Lost, Historical Opera VOODOO This Weekend"
Broadway World - June 25, 2015
"Classical & Opera Listings for June 26-July 2"
The New York Times - June 25, 2015
"‘Voodoo,’ an Opera from the Harlem Renaissance, Gets Its First Revival"
The Wall Street Journal - June 25, 2015
"Unearthed in a Library, 'Voodoo' Opera Rises Again"
NPR - June 24, 2015
"How ‘Voodoo,’ a Trailblazing 1928 Harlem Rennaisance Opera, Was Reborn"
The Daily Beast - June 24, 2015
"‘Voodoo,’ Opera by the African-American Composer H. Lawrence Freeman, Is Revived"
The New York Times - June 22, 2015
"Morningside Opera Sets Cast of VOODOO, 6/26-27"
Broadway World - June 4, 2015
"Morningside Opera to Present Long-Lost, Historical Opera VOODOO, 6/26-27"
Broadway World - May 8, 2015
"Long-Unheard Harlem Renaissance Opera Coming in June"
The New York Times - May 1, 2015
"BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015: New York celebrates African-American culture and heritage with an abundance of events"
NY Daily News - February 5, 2015
"7th Annual Black History Month Celebration"
TimeOut New York Critics' Pick - January 28, 2015
"Victoria Theater Redevelopment Gets $1.5 Million From State"
DNAinfo - New York - December 15, 2014
"Harlem Renaissance Opera to Hit the Stage for First Time in 86 Years"
DNAinfo - New York - December 10, 2014
2013 – 2014 Season
Photos of The Harlem Chamber Players
Morningside Heights Life Magazine - November 2013
"Harlem Chamber Players Present Affordable Local Concerts"
Morningside Heights Life Magazine - August 2013
2012 – 2013 Season
"Music Review: In Harlem, Gershwin's Brief, Brash, Early Opera"
The New York Times - June 19, 2013
"Opera Review: Slaughter on 12th Avenue. On Site Opera presents Blue Monday at the Cotton Club"
Superconductor Classical and Opera - June 19, 2013
"Gershwin Fan Produces Mini Opera at Harlem’s Cotton Club"
Bloomberg - June 17, 2013
"Eric Einhorn's On Site Opera Brings Blue Monday to The Cotton Club"
WQXR Operavore - June 14, 2013
2010 – 2011 Season
"The Harlem Chamber Players Open New Season"
Harlem News - September 15, 2011
"Harlem Chamber Players: 'Music at St. Mary's'"
The New York Amsterdam News - September 8 - September 14, 2011
Summer 2009
"Stellar program predicted for Prelude to Performance"
The New York Amsterdam News - July 16 - July 22, 2009
"Sacred sites in Harlem host chamber music programs"
The New York Amsterdam News - June 25 - July 1, 2009
"Chamber music is alive and well"
The New York Amsterdam News - June 18 - June 24, 2009
Inaugural Music Festival – Summer 2008
"A marathon of opera in Mount Vernon"
The New York Amstedam News - August 14 - August 20, 2008
"Harlem Opera Theater stars shine at Apollo"
The New York Amstedam News - July 31 - August 6, 2008
"New concert series kicks off summer of classical events in Harlem"
The New York Amsterdam News - June 19 - June 25, 2008
"Opera Theater wows at the Apollo, concert series debuts at St. Mary's"
The New York Amsterdam News - June 2008