Sunday Nov 14, 2021 Long Beach Camerata Singers at Jordan High School program titled “PEACE PROJECT V: RECONCILIATION,” celebrating music as a force for understanding featured the world premiere of “TESTIMONY’ by composer Richard Danielpour with text from Rita Dove conducted by Dr. James K. Bass. Composer Danielpour and choral director Bass previously won a…
Congratulations to longtime friend-composer/musician Dawn Norfleet- recipient of the CREA Fellowship for 2021! https://www.glfcam.com/alumni-support-initiative/crea-20212022?fbclid=IwAR2XeKKO7Mwu-a_W1cZXULxOVQbWZILNdsMftd2L8O64diqko_T9WSfjaco
On Nov. 6, the Washington National Opera opened its 2021-22 in celebratory fashion by showcasing a gala with five international artists. https://operawire.com/washington-national-opera-2021-22-review-come-home-a-celebration-of-return/?fbclid=IwAR0TEmeVYDqnvTrrkAmvI3RpfLhYRkzrqxFsDsVuFDNMFyDsuTM1S-bRiLE. See archival pic John Malveaux (left) and Tenor Lawrence Brownlee (right) in Long Beach
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Sun Oct. 31, 2021 attended LA Opera Tannhäuser with appreciation and recollections. Appreciation because LA Opera staged a second consecutive operatic canon successfully casting African Americans in principal roles. Bass-baritone Morris Robinson also sang in Il Trovatore and the part of Landgrave Hermann in Tannhäuser. Tenor Issachar Savage was Tannhäuser. Los Angeles local bass baritone Patrick Blackwell sang Reinmar Von Zweter.…
On February 18, 2018, MusicUNTOLD presented composer Michael Abels the 2017 Composer of the Year Award at the Michelle Obama Library in Long Beach, Ca for the original motion picture soundtrack of “GET OUT”. Attorney Michele Anderson, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, was host for the honoring. The ceremony included two interviews…
Anthony Parnther will conduct the LA Philharmonic in two November concerts (Nov 10, 2021 https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1424/2021-11-10/ry-x-with-the-la-phil and Nov 20, 2021 https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1476/2021-11-20/reel-change-kris-bowers. See pic (LA Phil)
Thursday Oct 14, 2021 Maestro Dudamel conducted Schoenberg’s ‘Transfigured Night, Op.4’ during 1st half. The 2nd half opened with the rising soprano Golda Schultz singing Four Last Songs by Strauss (Spring, September, When Falling Asleep, At Sunset). An affection seemed to be present between Gudamel, Schultz and the orchestra. The audience responded in kind. The program…
Archival Roy Harris 1963 interview https://pastdaily.com/2021/10/10/interview-with-american-composer-roy-harris-past-daily-talking-about-music/?fbclid=IwAR0G-WFV8Z5rGlm532LTciGLATux7ACUCuvu_B3zI2hWgizaF-dbigmvJwY
Sunday Oct 3, 2021 attended spectacular LA Opera’s IL TROVATORE to witness final performance by Limmie Pulliam (Manrico) before being replaced by Gregory Kunde. While the Met has shattered their 136 year history with Terrence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’, LA Opera is also making a huge contribution to diversity in opera. I…