Classical KUSC Radio “Play On, California!” blog

  Each day, the KUSC Classical Radio “Play On, California!” blog is updated to reflect new digital content being produced up and down the state, small and large https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/play-on-california/ I have followed the amateur and professional career of soprano Julia Bullock with amazement. Julia Bullock recently posted a home performance of ONE BY ONE with…

Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory and other qualified violinist/violist remain steadfast to break the glass ceiling with top tier American orchestras

POLITICS of MUSIC Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory and other qualified violinist/violist remain steadfast to break the glass ceiling with top tier American orchestras. See Annelle Kazumi Gregory bio http://annelleviolin.com/about.html Please see Annelle Kazumi Gregory performance with collaborative pianist Richard Thompson, at age 17, during Sep. 22, 2012 Emancipation Proclamation concert in Los Angeles   Also…

Composer Anthony Davis wins Pulitzer Prize for contemporary Central Park Five Opera

  Politics of Music Composer Anthony Davis wins Pulitzer Prize for contemporary Central Park Five Opera. Long Beach Opera premiered Central Park Five. See https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2020-05-04/anthony-davis-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-the-central-park-five-the-uc-san-diego-professors-fiery-opera and https://www.npr.org/2020/05/04/850166148/anthony-davis-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-his-opera-the-central-park-five

Philadelphia Orchestra performance of George Walker’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra featuring Gregory Walker, son of George Walker

POLITICS of MUSIC The top American orchestras historically and currently do not program violin concertos by composers of African decent or program violinist or violist of African descent to perform music of any composer. One notable exception was the Philadelphia Orchestra performance of George Walker’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra featuring Gregory Walker, son of…

Pulitzer prize composer George Walker’s last major work, Sinfonia No. 5 “Visions”

  Pulitzer prize composer George Walker’s last major work, Sinfonia No. 5 “Visions”, was inspired by the 2015 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Todate the work has been ignored by ever major American Orchestra before and after the 2019 Seattle Symphony premiere. Please see https://seattlesymphony.org/watch-listen/beyondthestage/george-walker and https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/music/george-walker-sinfonia-visions-seattle-symphony.html Sinfonia No.…