National Negro Opera Company House
Please listen to NPR story about National Negro Opera Company House https://www.npr.org/2020/09/24/916625387/national-negro-opera-company-house-named-one-of-the-most-endangered-places-in-u-
Composer Kris Bowers
Composer Kris Bowers rising in film music https://www.npr.org/2021/02/26/971058488/kris-bowers-reflects-on-coming-full-circle-in-composing-the-score-for-respect
Opera Santa Barbara
Opera Santa Barbara African American 2021 vocal history program.
Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater and Popular Songs
Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater and Popular Songs. Louise Toppin, Editor Videmus African American Art Song Series. 250 pages. Sole Distributor: Classical Vocal Reprints, CVR5268. $55.00. https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Rediscovering-Margaret-Bonds-Art-Songs-Spirituals-Musical-Theater-and-Popular-Songs-401530.html?fbclid=IwAR3srA-xpTZUN9cdud31fc7RkGQpgO11AXKffMGihf2SF-cEqpUPE4AXZow
Dr. Michael Cooper uncover Florence Price’s PRELUDES set for PIANO
Dr. Michael Cooper uncover Florence Price’s PRELUDES set for PIANO Florence B. Price (1887-1953) PRELUDES for Piano edited by John Michael Cooper CONTENTS Foreword and Critical Report………………………………………………………………………………. iii Preludes………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 No. 1. Allegro moderato……………………………………………………………………………. 1 No. 2. Andantino cantabile………………………………………………………………………… 5 No. 3. Allegro molto…………………………………………………………………………………. 9 No. 4 [“Wistful”]. Allegretto con tenerezza…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…
Hildegard celebrates female African American composers
Hildegard celebrates female African American composers https://www.hildegard.com/resources.php?page=afro_american&fbclid=IwAR0loompQLw6RZPzX_7j26_lHYSdyTroJrr2mCdz3i6YokDVQKuYOUYc1DE
‘Bicentennial Symphony’ – February 12, 2021 1:00 PM PST Broadcast
MusicUNTOLD revisits the 2009 performance of American Composer Roy Harris ”Bicentennial Symphony” on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday Feb 12, 2021. The 2009 performance by community and college players is the only known recording of the symphony. In addition to the Feb 12, 2021 1:00 PM PST broadcast at KLBP 99.1 (Long Beach, Ca. Public Radio https://www.klbp.org/),…
Resurrecting a Blacklisted Musical Affirmation of Freedom from 1976 in 2021
Music scholar and professor Dr. Michael Cooper shared “Resurrecting a Blacklisted Musical Affirmation of Freedom from 1976 in 2021” https://cooperm55.wixsite.com/jmc3/post/racial-justice-and-american-patriotism
Open Ears/Staff blog: The Resurrection of Florence Price
Saturday Feb 6, 2021, while listening to Florence Price Violin Concert #2 at 91.5 FM KUSC Classical Radio- Rich Capparela show, I enjoyed reading 2/12/2018 Open Ears/Staff blog: The Resurrection of Florence Price by Gail Eichenthal https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/open-ears/open-ears-florence-b-price/. See pic of Florence Price at the piano, 1941 Photo: Arkansas Educational Television Network.
New book on two of Margaret Bonds’s most important Civil Rights manifestos
Dr. Michael Cooper is authoring a book on two of Margaret Bonds’s most important Civil Rights manifestos — the “Montgomery Variations” (1964) and her setting of the W.E.B. Du Bois “Credo” (1965-67) for Cambridge University Press. The book will be part of the inaugural batch (six volumes) of the New Cambridge Music Handbooks series, edited…