[Portrait of José Mauricio Nunes Garcia (1767-1830) by José Mauricio Nunes Garcia, Jr.]
Experience the grandeur and sophistication of musical gems penned by eminent symphonists of the African diaspora dating from 1600 to the present. Glenn Graub, cellist; Marissa McLeod and Jeff Corwin violinists join the Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra in a performance of Symphonie Concertante, Op. 6, No. 1, of Joseph de Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Other works featured include: African Suite by Fela Sowande; Overture by José Mauricio Nunes Garcia. $20 admission. Wilshire United Methodist Church, 4350 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. Contact: 310-677-8155.
The Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra was founded in 1988 by Janise White, Musical Director, Harpsichord. Celinda Searle Levno, Flute. Tom Jones, Conductor. [José Mauricio Nunes Garcia, Joseph de Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Fela Sowande are profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra
Black Symphonists Concert LA
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
José Mauricio Nunes Garcia
Fela Sowande
Chamber Music
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