In September, American Ballet Theatre announced the promotion of Calvin Royal III, making him the company’s first Black male Principal Dancer in over two decades. Royal joins Misty Copeland in the roster of American Ballet Theatre’s principal dancers. Royal joined the main Company as an apprentice in October 2010 and the corps de ballet in…
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Lara Downes and NPR music announce AMPLIFY with Lara Downes, a new video conversation series with leading black musicians. Series premieres Saturday, October 17 on NPR Music.org and NPR’s YouTube and social media platforms. Click here to read the press release PDF. OCTOBER 16, 2020 – NPR Music and Lara Downes announce the launch…
Master cellist Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun performed three movements (approximately 19 minutes) of Adolphus Hailstork Sonata for Solo Cello during a noon concert October 14, 2020 at The First United Methodist Church, Grand Junction, Colorado.
The concert halls and classrooms alike give the undeniable impression that while Blacks are vitally important and great in repertoires outside the concert halls (such as blues, jazz, and spirituals), the concert halls themselves are, and have always been, the domains of Whites—most of them men, most of them European. This impression is only corroborated…
Part 3 of 3 History of classical music by composers of African descent. In the final part of this series Eleanor Alberga touches on the impact of colonialism and immigration on classical music and considers the history of black composers in the UK. This program begins with music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was born in…
The Metropolitan Opera open its 2021-22 season with Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — the first work by a Black composer ever presented by the Met. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma…
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