Battle Creek Enquirer: Music of H. Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds & Florence Price at Kellogg Community College 3 PM, Feb. 26

[KCC's Vocal Music Professor, Dr. Gerald Blanchard, will perform as part of "Two Sistas and a Brotha" on February 26 at KCC / Kellogg Community College (Battle Creek Enquirer)]
H. Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds and Florence Price are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a Works list for each of the three composers by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com:

Battle Creek Enquirer

February 13, 2012

“KCC presents Two Sistas and a Brotha concert on February 26

“On Sunday, February 26 at 3 pm, in honor of Black History Month, Kellogg Community College will present Two Sistas and a Brotha: A Celebration of African America Art Songs & Spirituals in KCCs Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center Auditorium, located at 450 North Avenue in Battle Creek.

“The concert will feature works by such notable composers as H. Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, and Dominic Dousa. Much of the music will feature the texts of great African American poets such as Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Leslie Morgan Collins. The featured artist includes sopranos, Alfrelynn Roberts and Carmen Bell the two sistas and Dr. Gerald Blanchard, baritone the brotha. Accompanying the vocalists will be KCC keyboard faculty members, Nancy Brown and Sara Cleland.”


Comment by email:

Dear Bill, Thanks so much for the post from the Battle Creek Enquirer regarding the forthcoming Kellogg Community College Program.  This is good to know.  Just returned from four days at the AASA Conference in Irvine.  H. Leslie Adams