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…
According to Thomas Jefferson in 1781: “The instrument proper to them (i.e. the slaves) is the Banjar, which they brought hither from Africa.” The 1984 television film Solomon Northup’s Odyssey and the 2013 feature film 12 Years a Slave are based on the memoir of violinist Solomon Northrup. Living & working violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama…
MusicUNTOLD, KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM and The Colburn Foundation present 150th Anniversary EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Concert AT&T Center Theatre/Auditorium 1139 South Hill St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90015 Pre-Concert Lecture: 6:30pm | Concert 7:30pm VIP and media request: jmalveaux@gmail.com Download Flyer Soprano Latonia Moore Latonia Moore made an 11th hour surprise debut at The Metropolitan…
MusicUNTOLD , KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM and The Colburn Foundation present 150th Anniversary EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Concert AT&T Center Theatre/Auditorium September 22, 2012 1139 South Hill St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90015 Pre-Concert Lecture: 6:30pm | Concert 7:30pm VIP and media request: jmalveaux@gmail.com or (562) 436-4352 Download Flyer Scheduled performers for this historic concert include: Tenor…