Please see passage from ‘In One Lifetime’, a personal perspective about composer William Grant Still by his wife Verna Arvey (pianist, librettist). “This reminded us of R. Nathaniel Dett’s strong plea, when he visited groups of Negro musicians in Los Angeles, for Negroes to buy and perform works by Negro composers. At the time, we…
POLITICS of MUSIC concert scheduled June 29, 2020, Music Centers’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, has been cancelled due to current health crisis. When more is known, an alternate date will be offered to featured Metropolitan soprano Latonia Moore. Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory and collaborative pianist James Lent were scheduled to open the 2nd half…
American composer Roy Harris Symphony ‘1933’ was the 1st commercially recorded symphony in the United States. Roy Harris 5th Symphony was commissioned by the Boston Symphony conductor Serge Koussevitzky, a close friend of Dmitri Shostakovich. Roy Harris dedicated his 5th Symphony to the Russian soldiers who were our allies during WWII. The work premiered Feb…
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,…
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…