Bob Shingleton: Baritone Marvin Hayes & Percussionist Frederick King in Ensembles of Noah Greenberg

[Noah Greenberg; Baritone Marvin Hayes of Abbey Singers on Decca LP cover]

OvergrownPath.com:

Bill, today's post has some useful African American subtexts - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2012/01/classical-music-needs-more-noah.html

Best wishes for 2012,

Bob

Excerpt from post:

“Pro Musica rose to prominence at a time when institutional racism was an accepted feature of American classical music. Despite this musicians of colour featured in the various Pro Musica line-ups. African American bass baritone Marvin Hayes performed with several of Greenberg's ensembles in the early 1960s and can be seen on the cover of the Abbey Singers' Decca disc above. Fellow African American and percussionist Frederick King joined Pro Musica's instrumental group in 1963 and took part in their Russian tour the following year; he is playing with Greenberg's Renaissance Band in the footer photo. In 1963 Greenberg met with James Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi, and in 1965 Pro Musica gave a benefit in Greenville SC for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.”