Israel Ambassador Ido Aharoni

Ambassador Ido Aharoni serves as a global distinguished professor at New York University’s School of International Relations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Ambassador Aharoni is a 25-year veteran of Israel’s Foreign service, a public diplomacy specialist, founder of the Brand Israel program and a well-known nation branding practitioner. Ambassador Aharoni, who served as…

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Pianist Polli Chambers-Salazar to perform ‘Summerland’ by William Grant Still at POLITICS of MUSIC concert June 29, 2020

  Pianist Polli Chambers-Salazar is scheduled to perform ‘Summerland’ by William Grant Still during POLITICS of MUSIC concert June 29, 2020, Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. ‘Summerland’ is a popular vision of beauty in the afterlife. Polli Chamber-Salazar recorded solo piano music by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Boulanger and Afro-European Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in her CD,…

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Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory and pianist James Lent

Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory and pianist James Lent will perform during 1st half “POLITICS of MUSIC” concert scheduled June 29, 2020 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.   American violinist and violist Annelle Kazumi Gregory is a laureate of international competitions, concert soloist, and recording artist.  She is 1st Prize & Audience Choice Award winner of the 2017 National Sphinx…

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Revisit Soprano Latonia Moore, Baritone Donnie Ray Albert, Pianist/Composer Richard Thompson perform Aida, Amonasro: “Ciel, mio padre!”

    Revisit Soprano Latonia Moore, Baritone Donnie Ray Albert, Pianist/Composer Richard Thompson September 22, 2012 Los Angeles performance of Aida, Amonasro: “Ciel, mio padre!”/Heaven my father, Giuseppe Verdi. Metropolitan Opera soprano Latonia Moore will return to sing again in Los Angeles June 29, 2020.

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A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM-AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGACIES

2-15-2020 – I attended Georgia Laster Association of Musicians in collaboration with Knox Presbyterian Church presents A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM-AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGACIES-Outstanding Moments in our History. The program included live performances and video clips with introduction by musicologist Dr. Hansonia Caldwell-Harriford. Legacy-1-Jimi Hendrix, Rock Guitarist (1942-1970); Legacy-2-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Activist (1929-1969);…

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Thoughts after attending the historic production of Porgy & Bess at the Metropolitan Opera

January 15, 2020 attended the historic production of Porgy & Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. With deep gratitude to composer George Gershwin and his estate for required color casting that has provided invaluable employment opportunities on and off stage for generations of African Americans. My single opinion henceforth recommends color casting be revoked and blind…

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