After 138 years, Black American composer Edmond Dédé gets his flowers
Prolific freeborn Creole composer Edmond Dédé’s career took him from New Orleans to Paris, but his masterwork has remained ...
3. Florence Price: Power and Pride
Nina Sosanya explores how composer Florence Price overcame prejudice to proudly forefront her identity as an African-American woman in her music. Nina Sosanya explores how composer Florence Price ...
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Women Composers at the Proms
Florence Price (1887 – 1953) was an award-winning African-American classical composer. She is thought to have been the first woman symphonist of African-American heritage, and was certainly the ...
The MacArthur Award-winning composer Vijay Iyer is moving towards ‘a larger sense of community’
It’s in this latter role that Iyer and his frequent performing partner, the Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh will ...
Pianist Michelle Cann honoring Chicago's Black female composers in Logan Center concert
Cann knows that many of the names on this program are unknown, but she hopes Chicago audiences will give it a chance.
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Binghamton Philharmonic to host ‘Classically Black: Great Music of African-American Composers’
On Feb. 28, around 3,000 students will attend the “Classically Black: Great Music of African-American Composers” at the ...
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Talladega College plans special lecture honoring two African-American composers
Next month, the Talladega College Department of Fine Arts will host a special lecture, recognizing the late African-American ...
Dynamic concert set to celebrate African American musical artists
Pacific Symphony and the Arts & Learning Conservatory partner to present "Symphonic Soul: A Celebration of African American ...
Springfield Symphony Orchestra celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with ‘New Musical World’
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra's third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration concert, "New Musical World," will ...