[Flutist
Julietta Curenton (Joanna Williams)]
Philly.com
David Patrick Stearns,
Inquirer Classical Music Critic
“In Astral Artists' one-day
Spiritual Voyages Festival on Saturday, flutist Julietta Curenton
rightly occupied the 'eye of the storm' slot - the middle - having
been the conceptual epicenter of the three-concert event at Church of
the Holy Trinity with a program that solidly bridged mainstream
classical repertoire and the non-European cultures represented in the
other two concerts.
“She and pianist
Andrea Lam followed an African American program featuring composers
George Walker and Alvin Singleton and preceded music of Asian and
Latin American origin with composers such as Gabriela Lena Frank and
musicians such as Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi.” “Often,
one hears flutists fight their way into the spotlight with a more
aggressive manner. Not Curenton. Her tone glows more than it
sparkles, and it draws in one's ear with sounds and ideas that simply
cannot be resisted.” [George Walker (b. 1922) is featured at AfriClassical.com]
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