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
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…
October 30, 2020 – Austin Opera announces a casting update for its spring 2021 production of Puccini’s Tosca. Celebrated American soprano Latonia Moore joins the cast in the title role. A native of Houston, Moore makes her Austin Opera debut as the fiery diva caught in the crossfire of love. She has recently sung Tosca…