Michael Cooper PhD is professor of music at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. His research includes previously unknown but recently published compositions by Margaret Bond and Florence Price. MusicUNTOLD is currently reviewing these edited compositions for performances in Los Angeles. Additionally, I am also greatly appreciative to learn from Michael Cooper about an paper by Philip A.…
Famed soprano Latonia Moore will make her virtual company debut with the LA Opera in a recital featuring music from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Puccini’s “Edgar,” songs by Rachmaninoff, and music by American composer Wintter Watts. She will be accompanied by Roberto Berrocal.
Congratulation to LBC friend Pamela K. Johnson -July 26, 2020 LA Times op-ed article https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-26/watts-uprising-summer-1965-racism
John Michael Cooper 2019 journal article titled ‘People of color Who Write Classical Music: Recovering “Lost” Music by Black Composers as Resistance and Revolution’ in the Association for the Study of African American Life and History digs deep to share neglected history. See preview https://www.jstor.org/ stable/10.5323/blachistbull. 82.1.0020?seq=1
The old Main Library in the former Long Beach Civic Center opened in April 1977 and closed its doors January 18, 2019 at 5:00M. The new futuristic state of the arts Billie Jean King Main Library grand opening was September 21, 2019 in the new Long Beach Civic Center. Attendance at the old Main…
Conductor Leonard Slatkin forthcoming book includes a chapter with an idea to increase diversity in American orchestras. See https://slippedisc.com/2020/07/leonard-slatkin-how-to-make-our-orchestras-more-diverse/
Please listen to soprano Victoria Okafor sings the poignant “A Quality Love” at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center from Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison’s 2005 opera MARGARET GARNER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfmpeehJtRc
Murder of George Floyd and virus pandemic is historic period for people of African descent in OPERA https://outline.com/NH7WWv
Dana Canedy 1st African American to head major publishing imprint. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/888846267/dana-canedy-is-first-black-person-to-head-a-publishing-giant
To help increase awareness of recorded classical music and opera featuring composers, conductors, vocalist, and musicians from the African diaspora, MusicUNTOLD website now includes access to Afrocentric Sounds (365 Live internet radio). Please see www.musicuntold.com