Friday, March 30, 2012

Salisbury Post: Judith Anne Still 'will conduct a workshop on' William Grant Still at Livingstone College at Noon Wed. April 4


[Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still; Denver Oldham, piano; Koch International Classics 3-7084-2H1]

Salisbury Post
Salisbury, North Carolina

Nat King Cole’s brother headlining Livingstone concert series

Friday, March 30, 2012 


By Laurie D. Willis
Livingstone College News Service
Internationally renowned jazz artist Freddy Cole, brother of legendary crooner Nat King Cole, will headline this year’s Livingstone College Spring Concert series.
Embracing Musical Excellence is the theme for this year’s musical performances, which begin at 6 p.m. Monday with an outdoor jazz concert.

On Tuesday, opera scenes, featuring Dr. Richard Heard, will be performed at 6 p.m. in Varick Auditorium.

At noon Wednesday in the Walls Center Chapel...Judith Anne Still, president of William Grant Still Music Company based in Flagstaff, Ariz., will conduct a workshop on her father, who is widely considered the dean of African-American composers.

[William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]

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