![]() Ragtime highlights many difficult truths about early twentieth century America. One family is white, Protestant, and privileged, a second family is African American and living in Harlem, and the third is comprised of a poor Jewish immigrant father and daughter coming to America from Latvia in search of a better life. Seated unobtrusively in the onstage balcony choral seats, the members of the James Hubert Blake and Eleanor Roosevelt High School choruses rose as one choreographed unit, in voice and body, at a climax in the show’s Prologue.įor those unfamiliar with Ragtime, it tells the story of three very different families at the beginning of the twentieth century. Two guest choruses completed the large onstage presence. Rather than placing the orchestra in the pit, the concert presentation of Ragtime allowed for this large orchestra to be front and center onstage where their playing became a part of the scenery and an enhancement to the aural beauty of the production. Onstage with the performers was the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, led by Conductor Kristofer Sanz. The performance, which took place in the acoustically rich Music Center at Strathmore, highlighted the skills of 285 young performers who displayed maturity beyond their years in tackling both the serious subject matter of the Ragtime story and the complex music of the Stephen Flaherty score. Young Artists of America and the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strathmore joined forces to present a concert version of Ragtime last Sunday, April 15th. ![]()
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