On An Overgrown Path on James DePreist's Absence From The Juilliard Tour of China

Earlier today, AfriClassical posted that the Juilliard Orchestra was touring China without Maestro James DePreist, who had been scheduled to conduct the ensemble from May 26-June 6, 2008. We appreciate the reference to our post on the major U.K. classical music blog On An Overgrown Path: “AfriClassical reports that in a last minute change African American conductor James DePreist, who is Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at the Juilliard School and nephew of Marian Anderson, will not, as previously announced, be leading the Juilliard Orchestra in their imminent tour of China which takes in Beijing and Shanghai. Instead the concerts will be led by Chinese conductor Xian Zhang.”