[Top: William Grant Still (Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music, and is used with permission.) Bottom: Adolphus C. Hailstork]
Description: Each year the Santa Monica Symphony dedicates its January concert to Martin Luther King and includes music by great African-American composers. This year the orchestra will play Adolphus Hailstork’s powerful First Symphony and William Grant Still’s lively ’Panamanian Dances’. The program also features gold medal winning Filipino-American pianist Jovanni-Rey de Pedro playing the very popular Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto. This concert is given in association with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside Coalition. This one concert each year is not in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and it is advised to arrive early at the SGI Auditorium to be sure of a seat. [Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941) and William Grant Still (1895-1978) are among the 52 composers and musicians of African descent who are profiled at AfriClassical.com A comprehensive Works List for William Grant Still has been compiled by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, along with a Bibliography on the composer. Both have been made available to the William Grant Still page at AfriClassical.com]
Santa Monica SymphonyMLK Concert
Adolphus Hailstork
First Symphony
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances
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