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A Carnegie concert for the Trump era

A Carnegie concert for the Trump era

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On April 20, 2025, acclaimed Black, Queer conductor Cailin Marcel Manson will take the podium at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage to lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble in the Carnegie Hall premiere of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Grass—Poem for Piano and Orchestra, alongside Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia X in B minor. Manson’s leadership and artistic vision add a significant voice to the conversation about diversity and representation in classical music.

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