Mezzo Soprano Denyce Graves Montgomery was a dear friend of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. MusicUNTOLD presented Denyce Graves-Montgomery in recital at Long Beach Performing Arts Center June 19, 2011. The following Youtube performance is dedicated to the Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Director Rita Coburn to document Marian Anderson for PBS and beyond. See https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/marian-anderson-rita-coburn-interview-american-masters-20200913.html?fbclid=IwAR0e-YqJzd51NEXiCKI7rhiJIItXHyCFbgrtvadd3ynSK67wegdcK-3CnzQ
Composer Dr. Nkeiru Okoye INVITATION TO A DIE-IN. Invitation To A Die-In is a “sung story” written by composer, Nkeiru Okoye with text by David Cote in direct musical response to recent murders of unarmed Black men at the hands of police officers or vigilantes. It was commissioned by Maestro Ng Tian Hui and the…
Dr. Michael Cooper continues to unearth new discoveries by composer Florence Price. Here is another titled CLOUDS performed by pianist Lara Downes.
Dr. Michael Cooper, Southwestern Louisiana, has developed a class/course to teach antiracism in one of the greatest of all White spaces in higher education, the Music History curriculum. See https://medium.com/@michaelcooper_38640/challenging-a-sonic-refuge-of-whiteness-in-undergraduate-music-history-courses-f99136ea3132
Pianist Phoenix Park Kim’s favorite solo piano piece by composer Florence Price is CLOUDS.
Composer Florence Price – ADORATION performed by pianist Augustin Hadelich and 37 musicians (arranged by Elaine Fine)
Composer Margaret Bonds’s setting of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost is an ‘African American woman – settings of a White man’s words’ (Dr. Michael Cooper). Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his…
Joel Thompson is an Atlanta composer, pianist, conductor, and educator moderating live stream conversation Black Women Composers Making an Impact Today-Part 2 https://app.idagio.com/live/event/movers-and-shapers-in-classical-music-black-women-composers-making-an-impact.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra digital concerts include music by composers of African descent: Philip Herbert, George Walker, William Grant Still, Chevalier De Saint-Georges, Adolphus Hailstork, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and Florence Price. Thursday September 10PHILIP HERBERT: Elegy: In Memoriam – Stephen Lawrence. DSO strings are featured in Philip Herbert’s remembrance of a Black British teenager murdered in an act…