In anticipation of her duo concert "Passages" with kora master Malang Jobarteh on 6/61at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, Chelsea will perform selections from her upcoming program, including works by Joshua Uzoigwe and Philip Glass.
In collaboration with kora virtuoso Malang Jobarteh, Chelsea brings her Crossings project exploring intersections between African and Western music, to the historic St. Mark's Church in the Bowery.
Chelsea and kora master Malang Jobarteh perform new, original kora and piano duo pieces alongside works by Philip Glass, Fred Onovwerosuoke and others.
Chelsea opens Klavierhaus’ new Salon Concerts Series with an eclectic program pairing Baroque music with modern interpretations of the Prelude, Fugue, Invention and Variation forms by Black American composers.
Lecture/recital spotlighting some of today’s most talented, young emerging composers.
Concert Postponed.
In celebration of International Women’s Month, Chelsea will perform a diversity of piano music by multigenerational Black American women composers.
Recording solo and duet pieces for Standing on The Corners’ Bembe Secreto: Seven Prepared Pianos for the Seven African Powers.
Recording solo and four hands pieces for Standing on the Corners’ Bembe Secreto: Seven Prepared Pianos for the Seven African Powers.
Workshop on Black American composers in partnership with Clinton Hill and Fort Greene, Brooklyn P.S. schools.
Performance of works by Talib Rasul Hakim, Dorothy Rudd Moore, George Walker and more.
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Lecture/recital on Black American women composers.
Chelsea will record works by Regina Harris Baiocchi, Adolphus Hailstork and Joyce Solomon Moorman for her American Mavericks project.
Duo concert with Gambian kora master Malang Jobarteh, exploring the intersections between African music and modern African and Western piano repertoire, featuring the world premiere of a new work for kora and piano by Jobarteh and Randall.
Crossings is supported by New Music USA’s 2022-2023 Creator Development Fund.
Concert postponed to a later date TBA.
Duo concert with Gambian kora master Malang Jobarteh, exploring the intersections between African music and piano repertoire inspired by African rhythms and harmonies, featuring the world premiere of a new work for kora and piano by Jobarteh and Randall.
Crossings is supported by New Music USA’s 2022-2023 Creator Development Fund.
Chelsea brings the American Mavericks project to San Francisco, with a solo recital featuring works by trailblazing modern Black American composers, and the West Coast premier of “The Forest” by emerging composer Chloe Clarke Smith.
Chelsea presents an intimate concert celebrating 20th and 21st century Black American Composers as part of her American Mavericks project.
Chelsea will record pieces by contemporary composers Grace Coberly and Joyce Solomon Moorman.
Chelsea presents a solo recital celebrating new and seldom performed piano masterworks by 20th & 21st century Black American composers for the NY launch of her American Mavericks project.
All proceeds will go towards the project’s commissioning fund.
Chelsea will perform a stimulating duo-recital with pianist and fellow EXTENSITY Concert Series co-founder Francesca Khalifa featuring rarely heard and new works by Black and Latin composers, alongside West Coast premieres of pieces by fellows from Wildflower Composers.
Chelsea joins forces with pianist and fellow EXTENSITY Concert Series co-founder Francesca Khalifa for an stimulating duo-recital to raise funds for EXTENSITY’s commissioning program and California Chapter, in partnership with Wildflower Composers.
Chelsea launches her “American Mavericks” project dedicated to 20th & 21st century Black American composers, with a solo recital spotlighting monumental, late piano works by trailblazing composer George Walker in celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of his birth.
Chelsea interviews JUNO-award winning composer Vivian Fung about her rich life as a composer and educator, in anticipation of cellist Christine Lamprea’s 3/26 performance of Fung’s cello work “Humanoid” for EXTENSITY’s WOMEN NOW Festival.
Free Virtual Event.
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Chelsea interviews acclaimed composer Mary D. Watkins about her compositional process and her piano work “Summer Days,” ahead of Sarah Cahill’s performance of the piece for EXTENSTIY’s WOMEN NOW Festival on March 19.
In honor of International Women’s Day, Chelsea will co-moderate a panel discussion on gender equity and diversity in classical and new music with representatives from The Sphinx Organization, NYFA, International Alliance for Women in Music and American Composers Forum, as part of EXTENSITY’s WOMEN NOW Festival.
Chelsea interviews Thomas Mesa, Lydia J. Pugh Elizabeth Start ahead of Mesa’s performance of their works for EXTENSITY’s Analogs festival.
Chelsea interviews acclaimed pianists Craig Taborn and Vicky Chow on their work and process ahead of their June 26 duo-concert for EXTENSITY’s inaugural season, Analogs.
EXTENSITY Concert Series co-founders Francesca Khalifa and Chelsea Randall perform a special Juneteenth recital to raise funds for EXTENSITY’s inaugural season.
Chelsea interviews award-winning musicians Adam Richardson and John Arida ahead of their June 12 concert opening EXTENSITY’s inaugural season, Analogs.
Chelsea Randall presents a solo recital of contemplative modern piano music by composers including Ruth Crawford Seeger, Robert Palmer and Takemitsu.
This concert has been cancelled.
This is the first recital of a two-part soft launch event introducing Extensity Concert Series, founded by pianists Chelsea Randall and Francesca Khalifa.
Francesca Khalifa performs a benefit concert for the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Opening remarks by Chelsea Randall.
A stimulating recital of 20th century French and American masterworks by Ravel, Messiaen, Ruth Crawford Seeger and many more, in an intimate salon setting.
Cancelled due to COVID-19