{"id":13404,"date":"2015-03-24T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=13404"},"modified":"2015-03-26T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T14:44:33","slug":"music-professors-work-performed-at-national-gallery-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/music-professors-work-performed-at-national-gallery-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Music professor\u2019s work performed at National Gallery of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"13405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/music-professors-work-performed-at-national-gallery-of-art\/mcnair-jonathan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"338,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mcnair-jonathan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13405\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jonathan McNair\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Jonathan McNair\u2019s <em>Follow the Drinking Gourd <\/em>was performed by the Marian Anderson String Quartet at the National Gallery of Art in a concert presented in honor of African American History Month.<\/p>\n<p>McNair was commissioned to compose the work for Chattanooga Symphony for its resident quintets.\u00a0 He was asked to revise and adapt the work for the Marian Anderson String Quartet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story told by the narrator is based on the Underground Railroad, and features a fictional African American family escaping slavery. The music incorporates the folksong \u2018Follow the Drinking Gourd,\u2019 used in a variety of ways, as well as the melodies of three spirituals, along with original music and creative treatment of the tunes,\u201d McNair explained.<\/p>\n<p>In the Washington D.C. performance, an enthusiastic audience was invited to participate in the chorus of the original folksong.\u00a0 McNair says the song \u201ccontained clues for enslaved persons who wished to attempt escape, as to the time of year, the signs to follow, the general direction (the Drinking Gourd was code for the big Dipper constellation, which pointed the way), and large landmarks along the way such as rivers. The \u2018old man\u2019 in the song waiting to carry folks to freedom was \u2018Peg-Leg Joe,\u2019 who was an Underground Railroad operative, and he taught the song to slaves while working as a temporary laborer on plantations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"13407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/music-professors-work-performed-at-national-gallery-of-art\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1424637731&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13407\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jonathan McNair and Marian Anderson String Quartet\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/mcnair-jonathan-marian-anderson-string-quartet-01.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When he composed this work for the Chattanooga Symphony quintets, McNair hoped that it might find a broader life, but he had no idea that a professional group such as the Marian Anderson String Quartet would add it to their repertoire and play it throughout the entire concert season in multiple locations in multiple states, including Texas, Georgia, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving this group of wonderful musicians take my work to heart, and give a truly passionate performance of it in a setting like the National Gallery of Art, with a sizable audience for the space, long applause for the performance, and having people ask for an autograph afterwards&#8211;this was a remarkable experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McNair is working on Preludes for solo piano, and a suite of pieces for String Orchestra. He finished a set of songs for baritone voice and piano on poetry by Walt Whitman in September 2014.\u00a0 Those songs were premiered by his colleague Perry Ward in the Music Department at UTC, and they were performed again at Converse College on February 27 by Ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jonathan McNair\u2019s Follow the Drinking Gourd was performed by the Marian Anderson String Quartet at the National Gallery of Art in a concert presented in honor of African American History Month. 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