Composer Michael Abels shared a track he produced for singer/composer Rhiannon Giddens forthcoming opera about a Muslim African enslaved and brought to Charleston in 1807.
Please see blog – Violinist Booker Rowe retires after 50 years https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2020/09/sergio-mims-6abccom-trailblazing.html
Part 1 of 3 series highlighting composers of African descent https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j2bs. See pic Janise White, Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra
Part 2 of 3 series highlighting composers of African descent https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j96f In this second program of the series, British composer Eleanor Alberga charts the contribution that black composers have made to the story of western classical music, the focus is America, and how “Black pride and identity” have helped to shape American classical music from…
Los Angeles Philharmonic Soundstage Episode 1- LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID Gustavo Dudamel, conductor María Valverde, narrator J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano LIEBERSON Neruda Songs: “Amor mío, si muero y tú no mueras” WALKER Lyric for Strings MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Read more at soundstage.laphil.com
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s SOUND/STAGE media project, an online compendium of concert films, debuts Friday, September 25, at 10am with “Love in the Time of COVID.” Friday, September 25, 2020, at 10am. Series Available at laphil.com/soundstage This first episode will be narrated in Spanish by actress María Valverde, wife of LA Phil Music & Artistic…
DEEP RIVER-The ART of the SPIRITUAL – academic discussion of Negro spirituals as art songs including comments and vocal performances by baritone Kevin Deas. Bass Baritone Kevin Deas volunteered performances of two opera arias during MusicUNTOLD Nov. 21, 2015 concert at Constitution Hall (Washington DC) celebrating the ‘150th Anniversary 13th Amendment to US Constitution…
Mezzo Soprano Denyce Graves Montgomery was a dear friend of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. MusicUNTOLD presented Denyce Graves-Montgomery in recital at Long Beach Performing Arts Center June 19, 2011. The following Youtube performance is dedicated to the Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Director Rita Coburn to document Marian Anderson for PBS and beyond. See https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/marian-anderson-rita-coburn-interview-american-masters-20200913.html?fbclid=IwAR0e-YqJzd51NEXiCKI7rhiJIItXHyCFbgrtvadd3ynSK67wegdcK-3CnzQ
Composer Dr. Nkeiru Okoye INVITATION TO A DIE-IN. Invitation To A Die-In is a “sung story” written by composer, Nkeiru Okoye with text by David Cote in direct musical response to recent murders of unarmed Black men at the hands of police officers or vigilantes. It was commissioned by Maestro Ng Tian Hui and the…