Orchestra of Ukraine
American composer Roy Harris was a treasured friend and LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD is currently developing a performance of his “Bicentennial Symphony”. See Profiles in Courage-National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Archival Roy Harris 1963 interview
Archival Roy Harris 1963 interview https://pastdaily.com/2021/10/10/interview-with-american-composer-roy-harris-past-daily-talking-about-music/?fbclid=IwAR0G-WFV8Z5rGlm532LTciGLATux7ACUCuvu_B3zI2hWgizaF-dbigmvJwY
2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
The health controversy surrounding the July 23, continues as the USA Olympic trials are in progress. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games faced a very different controversy that led to the United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Please see https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2012/04/john-malveaux-music-and-1980-olympics.html Composer Roy Harris was inducted into the American Academy and Institute…
1980 Olympic Symphony – Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2 In 1979 or earlier during a visit to the home of composer Roy Harris and wife, Johana Harris, atop a mountain in Pacific Palisades, Ca. with a striking view of the Pacific Ocean, I asked Roy Harris to write a symphony dedicated to me. After some thought, he told me that…
Roy Harris 5th Symphony
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 James Lent Solo Performance of Roy Harris Piece
Solo and collaborative pianist James Lent is scheduled to perform solo and with violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory during POLITICS of MUSIC concert June 29, 2020, Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pianist James Lent is Lecturer and Coordinator of Instrumental Collaborative Piano at UCLA in addition to serving as a coach and accompanist for…
MusicUNTOLD String Quartet performing at 50th Anniversary SYMPHONY of BROTHERHOOD Concert
MusicUNTOLD String Quartet (Violinist Jennifer Lindsay, Cellist Clavis Ballard, Violinist Darrell Sims, and Violist Joseph Taylor) will perform west coast premiere of THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER harmonized and arranged for String Quartet by Roy Harris
Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln Video – Junteenth Photos, News Coverage
The west coast premiere and first performance of the “Bicentennial Symphony” since the 1976 premiere will be held June 13, 2009 as centerpiece of ‘Junteenth: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln‘.
Statement in Support of Juneteenth – June 19, 2009
Congresswoman Laura Richardson of California presented a Statement in Support of Juneteenth into the Congressional Record. June 19, 2009 Congresswoman Laura Richardson of California Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize June 19, 2009, or “Juneteenth,” the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States….. …Madam Speaker, I would also…
Junteenth: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln – June 13, 2009
Roy Harris 14th Symphony, also known as the “Bicentennial Symphony” premiered in Washington D.C., February 10-12, 1976 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is the strongest musical statement on U.S. History, slavery, and race relations ever made by an American composer. The west coast premiere and first…