Pianist Claire Detels Performs Florence B. Price's 'Sonata in E Minor,' Fayetteville, Ark. March 23

[Symphony No. 3; Mississippi River Suite; The Oak; Florence B. Price, composer; The Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, Conductor; Koch 3 75182H1 (2001)]

GoddessFestival.com

"Mar. 23 6:00 – Two Goddesses of the Piano

This year’s Goddess Festival piano recital will feature the music of 'Two Great Women Composers: Clara Schumann and Arkansas’s own Florence Price.' The evening will include Price’s bravura Sonata in E Minor and Clara Schumann’s 'Witches’ Dance' and 'Fleeting Vision' among other colorful character pieces.

"THIS EVENT IS HELD AT THE FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Pianist-Musicologist Claire Detels is Prof. Emerita with the UA Music Dept (where she taught from 1982-2008), Collaborative Pianist at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Fayetteville, and piano teacher at the Suzuki School of Music. She currently offers programs through the Arkansas Artists on Tour and Mid-America Arts Alliance, specializing in music of women and African-American composers.

Music.UArk.edu

23rd - Claire Detels Piano Recital: "Two Great Women Composers"

Pianist-Musicologist Claire Detels (UA Emerita) will present a piano recital entitled "Two Great Women Composers: Clara Wieck-Schumann and Arkansas's own Florence Price.” This recital is in conjunction with the 2010 Fayetteville Goddess Festival and Women's History Month. Walker Community Room, Fayetteville Public Library (401 W. Mountain St.), 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend and admission is free. [Florence B. Price is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a complete Works List compiled by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma]