Stories about Martha’s Vineyard
Long time friend and Grammy vocalist Thelma Houston recently captured me with stories about visits to Martha’s Vineyard. Also see video https://mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org/ and attachment for book cover.
Howard University’s new Afro Blue website
Dr. Kehembe V. Eichelberger invited MusicUNTOLD and others to view Howard University’s new Afro Blue website. See https://afrobluehu.com/ Connaitre Miller Jazz Voice Coordinator Dept. of Music Howard University
Discovery of African American cantor recording
Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history. Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/yiddisher-black-cantors-from-100-years-ago-rediscovered-thanks-to-rare-recording/?fbclid=IwAR2VRM3AONVZjKzNGn138RS6hhs5s_-vx3YAvQqIg7AB4lEr90lZt5uooyg
LA Opera schedules opera by Afro-European composer
LA Opera proudly presents The Anonymous Lover (L’Amant Anonyme), an unjustly neglected 1780 chamber opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint–Georges, a pioneering Black composer who was a contemporary of Mozart. Read more: https://www.laopera.org/performances/updated-2021-season/the-anonymous-lover/
World premiere of the orchestral version of violist-composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message
Thursday, November 5, Xian Zhang conducts the world premiere of the orchestral version of violist-composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message. See https://www.dso.org/watch-listen-and-connect/newsroom-2/this-month-on-dso-digital-concerts-classical-and-pnc-pops-performances
Encore radio broadcast of Margaret Garner with Mezzo Soprano Denyce Graves
The opera Margaret Garner was originally performed in 2005 at Cincinnati Music Hall with music by Richard Danielpour, libretto by Toni Morrison and Mezzo Soprano Denyce Graves singing the title role. See announcement of encore radio broadcast Sunday, November 15, 2020 Classical 90.9 WGUC https://www.cincinnatiopera.org/calendar/wguc-encore-margaret-garner Denyce Graves has performed in the world’s great opera houses…