Opera Wire interview Bass Baritone Kevin Short https://operawire.com/q-a-kevin-short-on-systemic-racism-aida-the-future-of-opera/?fbclid=IwAR2B-gDhp3IoXVx0NmdDES9ioc6gPO7h9f7DFYcNXKNObGzNQ_BIKNF79Wo
Congratulations to Randye Jones for her relaunch of Afrocentric Sounds-a vital link to heighten awareness of artists and composers of African descent in classical music. See https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2020/07/randye-jones-re-launches-afrocentric.html
The NAACP has a seat at the table and receives funding from selected major US corporations seeking to redress systemic racism. However, the annual NAACP IMAGE Awards perpetuates systemic racism (omission of achievements by African American in classical music and composition). Please see https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2011/03/john-malveaux-asks-executive-director.html https://africlassical.blogspot.com/search?q=john+malveaux+%2B+image+awards https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2018/01/john-malveaux-michael-abels-is-2017.html https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2013/12/request-to-add-classical-music-to.html Classical music is subliminally associated with the…
Confronting racism-comparative analysis https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-to-confront-a-racist-national-history?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200708&instance_id=20110&nl=the-morning®i_id=100290336&segment_id=32873&te=1&user_id=d5732803f67226a5cc64ea5c53c0e1d7
Join Cincinnati Opera Zoom on Tuesday, July 7 at 5 PM for a conversation about American Opera Project’s 2014 opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom. The two-act work (available for free online streaming) tells of how a young girl born in slavery became Harriet Tubman, the legendary Underground Railroad conductor.…
See New York Times article about composers of African descent. Slave Blind Tom Wiggins became an internationally recognized performer. By 1868 Tom toured the United States and Canada. He earned an average of $50,000 annually for the Bethune family in Virginia. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/arts/music/black-composers-classical-music.html?fbclid=IwAR3xX7mA4oaJ4G3HJrnLLxjeqFcpZBkVWqY91RdMl07O5DxKwXii76bE7xw
OBJECTIVE: Heighten awareness of historically significant, but little known, symphonic, chamber, and vocal music -including operas. No. 5 Contemporary composers have the difficult challenge of not only competing against current composers but also the classical canon after copyright coverage. This challenge is heightened when a South Korean composer uses Korean text for an art…