Soprano Makeda Hampton volunteered a performance during the Nov. 21, 2015 concert at Constitution Hall-150th Anniversary 13th Amendment to US Constitution – ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY. Makeda Hampton sang: ‘Tis Sunset in the Garden from William Grant Still opera Troubled Island; This Little Light of Mine arranged by Jacqueline Hairston. Victor Simonson pianist. See attachment. Soprano Makeda Hampton, is now on stage,…
Bass Baritone Kevin Deas volunteered a performance of two opera arias during the Nov. 21, 2015 concert at Constitution Hall-150th Anniversary 13th Amendment to US Constitution – ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY. Kevin Deas sang: I Made Me A Man from Adolphus Hailstork opera Rise for Freedom: The John P Parker Story; No Man’s Possession from Ulysses…
October 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere performance of Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a civil rights era cantata emphasizing the spiritual and historical parallels of Jewish and African Americans.
Save the Date 16th Annual RECOVERY AWARDS, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 6:00 PM Veterans Park Community Room, 101 E. 28th St. Long Beach, CA 90806. Event Chair -Terence Oriee, sponsored by the Long Beach Central Area Association. Music by TATIANA TATE Quartet. Guest speakers: Denise Maupin and Long Beach City Prosecutor, Dough Haubert 16th Recovery…
William Warfield Centennial Masterclass with Legendary The Metropolitan Opera Tenor George Shirley at the July 17, 2019 National Association of Negro Musicians Centennial Convention in Chicago, Recorded live by Patrick D. McCoy July 18, 2019. Imani Francis, soprano George Johnson, III, tenor Detra Davis, soprano Elliot Brown, tenor Alan Williams, bass-baritone Wilfred Delphin, piano
Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory promo video for upcoming August 9, 2019 CD release with Dmitry Yablonsky Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra Russian Music for Solo Violin and Orchestra Annelle K. Gregory, violin Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra CD to be released on August 9, 2019 Naxos Records Pre-orders: www.AnnelleViolin.com
Smithsonian Magazine America’s forgotten migration – the journeys of a million African-Americans from the tobacco South to the cotton South By Edward Ball; Photographs by Wayne Lawrence November 2015 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/slavery-trail-of-tears-180956968/ When Delores McQuinn was growing up, her father told her a story about a search for the family’s roots. He said his own father knew the…
From July 24 to 27, the YOLA (Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles) National Symposium will bring together educators, administrators, advocates, and other key stakeholders in Sistema-inspired programs and programs similarly invested in youth and community development through music education. The theme of the symposium is “Empowering Youth, Building Community.” Over the course of the symposium,…
Annelle Kazumi Gregory shared comments from Burgos International Music Festival Faculty Concert Cathedral, Burgos, Spain, July 17, 2019 “What a wonderful time playing Strauss Piano Quartet with these amazing musicians! It was so fun rehearsing and performing with you guys. Thank you for a wonderful experience! Let’s do it again soon.”
Colonel Charles Young named a tree in the Sequoia National Park in honor of Booker T. Washington and the giant tree was lost for 100 years. See https://blackvoicenews.com/2003/09/14/after-100-years-young-and-booker-t-get-recognition/ Public television host Huell Howser dedicated a segment to Colonel Charles Young and the lost Booker T. Washington tree. https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2004/02/01/sequoia-black-history-californias-gold-6002-2/