Cynthia Erivo: "Natural Woman" and "Johnny and Donna"
Cynthia Erivo: « Femme naturelle » et « Johnny et Donna »
Best known for her role in the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple," Cynthia Erivo is a Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning performer. Full bioJason Webb - Musical director
Jason Webb is a writer, musical director, arranger, orchestrator, lecturer and a lover of music. Full bio
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the whole thing through,
d'y réfléchir vraiment,
de subvenir à ses besoins
et de l'affection.
When and where?
comment, comment fais-je ?
souvent posées à Dieu.
de rebondissements, rebondissements.
twirl, t-twirl, twirl.
tournoiements, tournoiements.
quand vous êtes vieux
When and where?
comment, comment fais-je ?
souvent posées à Dieu.
de rebondissements, rebondissements.
twirl, t-twirl, twirl.
tournoiements, tournoiements.
la destitution, les damoiseaux,
les erreurs équivoques,
de guêpes et d'abeilles, oh.
but I love music.
mais j'adore la musique.
it's the fast-track route to the heart.
que c'est le chemin direct vers le cœur.
we all understand music.
nous comprenons tous la musique.
that we can all understand.
que nous pouvons tous comprendre.
as fluently as each other,
de façon aussi courante que l'autre,
or the storyteller
ou en tant que narratrice
how someone else is feeling
comment quelqu'un d'autre se sent
can finally understand.
puisse enfin comprendre.
nous pouvons émouvoir,
simply by using a tune.
simplement en utilisant une mélodie.
I think we can change things.
que nous pouvons changer les choses.
to help to change things.
pour aider à changer les choses.
of tune in our hearts --
de mélodie dans notre cœur --
that we can all understand.
un langage que nous comprenons tous.
vous joindre à moi.
if you understand this.
on the morning rain --
la pluie matinale --
by a piece of music somewhere.
par un morceau de musique.
by the same thing,
tous liés par la même chose
qui, à je le crois --
is something that connects us all.
est une chose qui nous lie tous.
we can use to move us forward
à utiliser pour aller de l'avant
affronter un autre jour,
for my piece of mind.
de ma tranquillité d'esprit.
comme une femme naturelle.
m'aide à y mettre un nom.
comme une femme naturelle.
si bien à l'intérieur.
comme une femme naturelle.
comme une femme naturelle.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Cynthia Erivo - Actor, performerBest known for her role in the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple," Cynthia Erivo is a Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning performer.
Why you should listen
Cynthia Erivo made her Broadway debut as Celie in The Color Purple -- a role that earned her Tony, Grammy and Emmy Awards. Erivo has performed for the annual Kennedy Center Honors and been featured on stage in Sister Act as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Most recently, Erivo teamed up with John Legend at the 2017 Grammy Awards to perform the Beach Boys’ song, “God Only Knows.”
The actress stars with Viola Davis in the upcoming Steve McQueen film Widows, and as Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet.
Cynthia Erivo | Speaker | TED.com
Jason Webb - Musical director
Jason Webb is a writer, musical director, arranger, orchestrator, lecturer and a lover of music.
Why you should listen
From conducting orchestras in Broadway pits to writing and arranging music for a presidential inauguration, Jason Michael Webb has dedicated his life to using music to heal, uplift and encourage.
Webb;s early musical training consisted of formal classical study, playing in small churches and listening to pop music. By 21, he had a degree in classical piano, played in the biggest churches in New York City and made his orchestral solo debut with the Queens Symphony Orchestra. He then went on to become Musical Director of the six-time Grammy-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle, for whom he co-wrote and produced four albums for The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, leading to two Stellar Award nominations and a Dove Award win. His arrangement of BTC's "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was featured at the 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama and simultaneously heard by over one billion people worldwide.
Webb also recently served as musical director of the Tony- and Grammy-winning 2016 Broadway Revival of Oprah Winfrey's "The Color Purple", directed by John Doyle and based on the timeless novel by Alice Walker. Webb is now currently the US Music Supervisor of the tour, as well as Music Director/Arranger for Cynthia Erivo, who won a 2016 Tony Award as Celie in the Broadway Revival.
Mr. Webb’s writing can also be heard on the TV series "Empire", Netflix’s film Juanita, and numerous recording projects and original musicals, including "The First Noel" (produced annually at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, NYC) and the South African musical "Ilathi," which premiered July 2017 at the New York Musical Festival. Webb has conducted live and recording orchestras from New York to LA, including pianist Lang Lang's 2016 love letter to NYC, "New York Rhapsody", which featured performances by Rufus Wainwright, Regina Spektor and Suzanne Vega.
Jason Webb | Speaker | TED.com