Korean cellist Kristen Yeon-Ji solo performance of African American composer Adolphus Hailstork “Theme and Variation on Draw the Sacred Circle Closer” carries a timely message.
Soprano Janai Brugger-Orman in studio singing “Ach, Ich Fühl’s” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Click here to listen via DropBox
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Cooper who shared the following: I’m honored and humbled to have been invited to speak on Margaret Bonds in the Royal Irish Academy of Music’s Guest Lecture Series on 24 March, 2021. The complete line-up is below. All the lectures are free (and virtual): 18 November 2020: Professor Stephen Emmerson (Queensland…
MusicUNTOLD 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment concert Nov. 21, 2015, Constitution Hall, Washington DC included a solo piano performance by Karen Walwyn of God Bless America and the 1st movement of her original “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me”. The genius of Karen Walwyn is displayed in the…
Jonathon Heyward conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony ‘From the New World’, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra live at LSO St Luke’s on Wednesday 30 September 2020. Jonathon Heyward conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony ‘From the New World’, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra live at LSO St Luke’s on Wednesday 30 September 2020.
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.
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
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 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/
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