Richard Antoine White plays music at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore. (Darren Durlach/Early Light Media)
Darren Durlach and David Larson first met Richard Antoine White about nine months before starting the project on him.
The co-directors – once journalists – fell for White’s story and wanted to weave it into a documentary about art education in America.
White experienced poverty and homelessness on the streets of West Baltimore’s Sandtown neighborhood while living with his mother, who struggled with alcoholism.
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He was eventually raised by his mother’s adoptive parents, Richard and Vivian McClain, who gave him his first instrument, a trumpet, in fourth grade.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival And Youth Symphony Present Free Screening Jan. 23-31, 2021 - 7:25 am
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association present the documentary R. A. W. Tuba: From Sandtown to Symphony Jan. 23-31, 2021. Courtesy photo
MUSIC News:
SANTA FE The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association present a free screening of the documentary R. A. W. Tuba: From Sandtown to Symphony, which will be available to screen via RawTubaSantaFe.com Jan. 23-31, 2021.
The 29-minute film was produced by Early Light Media as part of its Invisible Thread series which focuses on “people-driven stories” and “explores human connectivity” and premiered at the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colo., in May 2019.
The Nutcracker is for ballet troupes and
A Christmas Carol is for theaters. But theyâre close. With this yearâs online-only events, the income opportunity is smaller, but the opportunity to reach new audiences is much greater, especially since some offerings are available for as long as a month. Hereâs a roundup of what artists and local presenters and producers have in store to help you celebrate, with appropriate social distancing, of course.
AMP Concerts: Lucinda Williams
The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter from Lake Charles, Louisiana, started 2020 on a political tack. Her new album,
Good Souls Better Angels, led off with âMan Without a Soul,â a song that attracted much attention for lyrics such as, âYou hide behind your wall of lies, but itâs coming down.â No names were mentioned, but now we know the date and place of the event, which is Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.