Soprano Pretty Yende
Lawrence Browlee sat down with the INCREDIBLE soprano Pretty Yende for ‘The Sitdown with LB’ Sunday August 9, 2020.
Opera Wire interview with Bass Baritone Kevin Short
Opera Wire interview Bass Baritone Kevin Short https://operawire.com/q-a-kevin-short-on-systemic-racism-aida-the-future-of-opera/?fbclid=IwAR2B-gDhp3IoXVx0NmdDES9ioc6gPO7h9f7DFYcNXKNObGzNQ_BIKNF79Wo
The Heart of a Woman – Florence B. Price Biography
The Heart of a Woman offers the first-ever biography of Florence B. Price, a composer whose career spanned both the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and the first African American woman to gain national recognition for her works. Price’s twenty-five years in Chicago formed the core of a working life that saw her create three hundred…
Violins of Hope
The inhumanity of man to man is shared in Violins of Hope https://www.violins-of-hope.com/ , and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWhxYQ_O5f4
Audio Library No. 2 – Composer Hale Smith (1925-2009) RITUAL and INCANTATIONS
OBJECTIVE: Heighten awareness of historically significant, but little known, symphonic, chamber, and vocal music -including operas. No. 2 Composer Hale Smith (1925-2009) RITUAL and INCANTATIONS suffer benign neglect. Hale Smith desired that his works be evaluated for their merit and not featured exclusively for African American programs. However, he was proud of his…
Terence Blanchard selected 2019 MusicUNTOLD Composer of the Year
Composer/trumpeter Terence Blanchard selected 2019 MusicUNTOLD Composer of the Year. Terence Blanchard was also 2018 MusicUNTOLD Composer of the Year following inaugural 2017 MusicUNTOLD Composer of the Year Michael Abels. Terence Blanchard composed the music for Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2019 world premiere FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES. The opera has been selected…
Met’s ‘Porgy & Bess’ will feature all-Black chorus
One of America’s favorite operas returns to the Met for the first time in nearly 30 years. James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row on the Charleston waterfront, vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants. “If you’re going to stage Gershwin’s opera, this is how,” raved the Guardian when the new…
16th Annual RECOVERY AWARDS, Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Save the Date 16th Annual RECOVERY AWARDS, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 6:00 PM Veterans Park Community Room, 101 E. 28th St. Long Beach, CA 90806. Event Chair -Terence Oriee, sponsored by the Long Beach Central Area Association. Music by TATIANA TATE Quartet. Guest speakers: Denise Maupin and Long Beach City Prosecutor, Dough Haubert 16th Recovery…
Tatiana Tate Quartet – Dunbar Hotel Stage – July 28, 2019 at the Central Avenue Jazz Festival
The Tatiana Tate Quartet will perform at the Central Avenue Jazz Festival on Sunday July, 28, 2019 1:00 PM -1:45 PM, Dunbar Hotel, 4225 S. Central Ave. About the 2019 Central Avenue Jazz Festival: Join us in Los Angeles along Central Avenue in 2019 between King Boulevard and Vernon Avenue. Billowing with lively music honoring such…
Long Beach UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday July 6, 2019
The Tatiana Tate Quartet will open the Long Beach UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday July 6, 2019 at 11:45 am, featuring headliner Con Funk Shun. Tatiana Tate Quarter is represented by the Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD.