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A companion to AfriClassical.com, a website on African Heritage in Classical Music.
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John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
Benjamin Bradham writes:
Dear friends,
The Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts has posted my virtual recital from February 20th on YouTube. I will mention that the audio on YouTube is better than came through over ZOOM. For those who were unable to view the webcast, or would like to view again, please use the link below.
Best to all,
Benjamin
https://youtu.be/sq92fIaaN9s
Marlon Daniel writes:
Dear Everyone,
I am inviting you to BLACK VOICES – CLASSICAL MUSIC, an online webinar series hosted by Fordham University which I spearheaded and will be a moderator.
This is the first of the three panel discussions and is dedicated to “Performers”. It will be Friday February 26 at 5:30 on Zoom and feature my good friends and colleagues J’Nai Bridges, Anthony McGill and Toyin Spellman-Diaz. They, as you may know, are prolific performers that have graced many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and opera houses with their amazing talent.
We will be discussing topics from “being a person of Color in classical music” to “creating change throughout the Arts”.
Please join me and my Fordham University colleagues/co-host as we explore some of today's most relevant issues in the arts!
Thank you and hope to see you all soon,
John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
African-American composers will take the spotlight on Sunday, Feb. 28, when the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Guild of Organists hosts a special Black History Month virtual concert.
The program for the concert, which begins at 3 p.m., includes works by Florence Price, the first African-American female composer to have her works performed by a major orchestra; Harry T. Burleigh, whose relationship with Czech composer Antonin Dvorák influenced Dvorák’s “New World Symphony”; and Moses Hogan, who is credited with introducing spirituals in the standard choral repertoire.
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Miller will perform his own works during the concert, which also features works by opera composer H. Leslie Adams, hymnal composer William Farley Smith, Nigerian composer Fela Sowande, symphonic composer Calvin Taylor and George Walker, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for music.
Sunday’s concert will be streamed through the guild’s website, saago.org; click on “events” and it will take you to the site.
Admission is free but donations are welcomed.
ALBANY -- Black composers and poets will be featured in the Saint Rose Camerata presented at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 via YouTube.
The College of Saint Rose's all-faculty ensemble, under the direction of Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough, will commemorate Black History Month with musical works by Henry “Harry” Thacker Burleigh, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, H. Leslie Adams and B.E. Boykin and poetry by Black poets Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes.