Wednesday, April 9, 2008

“Danzas de Panama” of William Grant Still at Detroit's Scarab Club June 1


[Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still; Koch 3 7546 2H1 (2002)]

Detroit public radio station WRCJ, 90.9 FM, announced at its website yesterday:
Chamber Music at the Scarab Club
Sunday, June 1 at 7 p.m.
“Still, Beach, and Kuhlau”
Our 10th season comes to an exciting close with Danzas de Panama for string quartet by William Grant Still, Quintet No. 1 in D Major for flute and strings by Friedrich Kuhlau, and Theme and Variations for flute and string quartet by Amy Beach.

Musicians include: Laura Larson - flute, Velda Kelly and Andrew Wu - violins, John Madison and Scott Stefanko - violas, Nadine Deleury – cello.
For more info visit http://www.ScarabClub.org/chambermusic. The Scarab Club is located at 217 Farnsworth in Detroit, right behind the Detroit Institute of Arts. [The African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]







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